How to Structure Your CV as a Senior Finance Professional
In senior finance recruitment, first impressions matter – and your CV is still one of the most important tools for …
How to Pick a Recruitment Agency
It’s not easy, is it? You just want a good service at a fair price, but everyone’s website makes similar …
The Finance Seat Interview: Cash & Control – Navigating Uncertainty with ARC Inspirations CFO, Ciara Allan
The Finance Seat is Headstar’s new interview podcast series, hosted by our Managing Director, James Roach. Each episode James will …
Hiring Great People: Why Recruiting on Character Matters
Technical skills can be trained – but character can make or break a hire. When someone’s personality and values don’t …
Top 3 Interview Tips for Introverts in Finance
The unconscious bias, or maybe it is conscious actually, is that extroverts are better candidates. And for a lot of …
£1m Cost Savings and Stabilised Cash Flow for Food Manufacturer
Background: Transition Exposing Financial Weaknesses A long-established, brand-leading dessert producer underwent an unexpected leadership change. A new General Manager stepped …
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Empowering More Women to Aspire to Director Positions
In many finance teams, there’s a balance of men and women in the more transactional roles and middle management – …
5 Common Mistakes When Hiring an Interim Financial Controller
When you need someone to cover the day to day running of your finance department, finding someone isn’t always as …
Transforming the Finance Team to Power Growth in a Specialist Technology Business
Background: Finance Transformation Underway A fast-growing UK technology company in the telecoms and infrastructure sector was undergoing a major finance …
What Finance Transformation Really Looks Like
Finance transformation gets talked about a lot – but in practice, it’s about more than upgrading a few systems or …