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As a specialist finance recruitment consultancy, the Headstar team are in constant conversation with finance leaders, hiring managers and candidates across Yorkshire. …
Most CEOs feel like they have a decent finance person in place, but more often than not it is someone who keeps things ticking …
Scaling a consulting business brings a distinct set of challenges, many of which only become visible once growth is underway. …
Last week, 230 registered delegates came together at the Leeds Marriott Hotel for Finance Futures: The Executive Summit 2026 – Headstar’s annual conference delivered …
Headstar recently delivered an in-person Careers Masterclass session for students at Leeds Beckett University, led by Manager Rachel Porteous and Consultant Suliman Mahmood from our Transactional team. The live talk was …
A major UK accident repair group, operating a nationwide network of state-of-the-art centres, required additional senior leadership capability to support its next phase of growth following …
Our free guide, ‘How to Build a World-Class Finance Team’ reveals the 4-layer Finance Team Pyramid every high-performing team needs, a step-by-step process to attracting and retaining top talent, and how to avoid costly recruitment mistakes.
