Finance Leadership Blog

I have worked for fast growth and start-up businesses since 2006 and I probably will for the rest of my career.

I have found that they all have a very unique culture being founder led and fast paced....

This isn't a new topic and changes over the last few years have seen finance teams dramatically different to what they were just 5 years ago (Accounts Payable clerk anyone?!). 

However, with the laun...

I don’t know about you, but now in early 2023, I’m not preparing for as many big fundraising rounds as I was this time last year.

However, I’m still preparing for top-up rounds and discussing fundrai...

You’ve worked hard to get where you are today. You might have studied hard and invested in your professional growth in a number of junior positions, where you gained the knowledge, resilience and skil...

This week, I'm going to talk about the 5 steps you can go through to get a promotion in your workplace. Whether your an Fin Mger, wanting that F/C or Head of Finance role. Or you're Group F/C and want...

For me, living in the Northern Hemisphere in January = clear out.  Are you the same?!

It’s cold outside. Half of my social circle are doing dry January.  The Christmas / holiday bills are coming in. ...

Happy new year!  I hope that you managed to have a break from the chaos that is fast growth businesses and start-ups!

I was lucky enough to spend 3 weeks in Australia after a long gap and I’m only ju...

It’s amazing how quickly a task can sound so daunting and then after you have done it a few times you aren’t phased by it at all!

A company I have only just started working with needs an audit tender...

Yesterday I held a workshop on how to upgrade your Management Accounts, so you can establish your leadership qualities and add value to the business.

Thanks to those who managed to attend – appreciat...

As you may already know, I'm running a free workshop on Thursday 24th November that is all about upgrading your Management accounts. 

This may seem like an odd topic to choose, especially as most of ...

One of my biggest stumbling blocks when moving from that Management role to Finance Leadership role was to find my voice.

I all too often sat in a meeting that had more than 5 people and hardly said ...

I was introduced to the concept of Business Partnering while I was a Finance Director at Funding Circle.  I was already conducting elements of Business Partnering, but once I learned the benefits of i...