Finance Leadership Blog

I thought that as we're in August in Europe, I'll do another book review as I personally read a lot of books when going on holidays. 

If you’re a startup Finance Manager, FD or CFO-in-the-making, Wha...

Let’s talk about the best month end reporting process for leaders and spoiler alert, it’s not a 40-tab Excel pack no one reads.

If you’re the only finance person in a startup, month end is already in...

If you’ve just landed a Head of Finance, Finance Director, or CFO role at a startup, the clock’s already ticking as you hurtle towards the end of your probationery period.

And while the first three m...

It’s summer (in the Northern Hemisphere).

Your out-of-office is tempting you. But if you’re a solo finance lead in a startup, juggling reporting, payroll, board prep, and a few surprise “quick questi...

When you're the Finance Manager, Head of Finance, or even a newly promoted Finance Director in a startup, there’s a high chance you’re reporting into a founder with little finance experience and you'r...

Really please to chat to Tejas Parikh on his podcast, "FP&A Unboxed" recently.  The episode was released this week.

In this podcast, I share the three things that matter most when you're overwhelmed,...

If you’re feeling overwhelmed in a finance team of one, you’re not alone.

Most finance professionals in start-ups or scale-ups, especially those in first-time Finance Manager, Financial Controller or...

If you're working in a fast-growth start-up and the phrase “series A fundraising” has started circling leadership conversations, you know the pressure’s about to kick in.

And if you’re the finance le...

Finance presentation skills are one of the most underrated but essential skills in a startup CFO’s career. You might be brilliant with spreadsheets and analysis, but if you can’t communicate those ins...

Leadership vs. Management.  You’ve probably heard the phrase before, but in the context of working in a startup, understanding the difference is critical for your career progression and your company’s...

If you’re working for a startup, and you’re trying to build the perfect budget......stop. Right now.

Let me save you a good chunk of time, energy, and heartache: perfection in budgeting is a myth in ...

I generally do a Finance Tech stack recommendations every six months.  Slightly late to post this one (let's pretend it's March 2025) thanks to my book launch that took up all my spare time last month...