Finance Leadership Blog

This article breaks down the best month end reporting process for leaders using ten practical steps. Each point includes why it matters, how much time it wastes when it goes wrong, and how to implemen...

If you're in a startup or scale-up and responsible for finance updates, before you start building any slides, remember that nobody has time for 50-page finance decks full of screenshots, tiny tables, ...

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...

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...

Managing investors effectively is a crucial task for finance leaders in start-ups and scale-ups.

Developing these relationships can be tricky.

By ensuring open, clear communication and aligning expe...

Within the Financial leadership Fundamentals Program, I'm often asked about Xero and how to use it.  

Generally, I'm asked by accountants who have moved sideways from either Audit / Investment bankin...

Are you running your finance function like a small town, local business or like a professional corporation?

Are you spending all your precious time just getting through your task list? Or are you rea...

Have one set of numbers is the dream, isn't it?!

I don't think I have ever started working with a start-up or scale-up that doesn't have issues with this topic.  And it generally sits with the Commer...

Every six months, we review and update the Finance Tech stack and Finance software recommendations.

The last update we did was back in September 2023 and so we're back.  

There have been a few updat...

Data is one of those topics everyone agrees is important, but very few startups actually get right.

And when it goes wrong, it doesn’t just slow things down. Poor data can derail fundraising, undermi...