If I were building the first finance team for a growing business today
James Roach, Managing Director of Headstar and a qualified Finance Director, has spent his career helping businesses build finance teams …
Free Webinar: Build a Better Cashflow Forecast in 15 Minutes Using AI
Most finance leaders know AI is something they should be exploring. The challenge is knowing where to start. That’s why we’re launching a free AI in …
What Elite Sports Teams Understand About Recruitment
When people think about elite sport, recruitment is not always the first thing that comes to mind. Performance, leadership, discipline and mindset usually …
Why Traditional Interviews Rarely Tell You Enough
Most organisations still place enormous emphasis on interviews when making hiring decisions. The problem is that interviews are often one of the …
The Finance Seat Podcast: From Finance to Frontier Tech: Inside the CFO Role at a VC-Backed Engineering Business with Adam Uttley, CFO at Wayland Additive
Finance in a VC-backed startup is not just about speed. The priorities, decisions and pressures are fundamentally different. In this …
Transactional Finance: The Most Underrated Team in Finance
Rachel Porteous, Manager of the Transactional and Part-Qualified Finance division at Headstar, believes transactional finance deserves far more recognition than …
Why Scaling Businesses Need More Than Basic Finance
Most growing businesses tend to focus on the same priorities – driving sales, improving systems and tightening operations. All of that matters, but it often comes …
What adidas Learned About Hiring on Character
When global organisations think about talent acquisition, the scale and complexity involved is enormous. adidas employs more than 60,000 people globally …
What Do CFO Careers Actually Look Like?
Most people talk about “becoming a CFO” like it’s a single, linear destination. It isn’t. In reality, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) careers are varied, rarely …
What Leaders Took Away from Hire Great People
One of the most interesting things about delivering in-person Hire Great People workshops and masterclasses over the last few years has been hearing …