£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 …
Headstar’s HerFinance Circle featured in The Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Times, the Yorkshire Evening Post, Yahoo News and York Press
At Headstar, we’ve always been driven to go beyond traditional recruitment – we want to play a role in shaping …
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 …
How to Recruit a Turnaround Finance Director
When your business hits financial headwinds a Finance Director who specialises in turnaround can get you back on track. But …
Credit Management and Pricing Strategies for Growing Niche Products Manufacturer
Background: High Demand but Gaps in Finance Capability An innovative, family-run business producing specialised products for the global agricultural market …
Thinking Flexibly: Do You Need Full-Time Hours or Just Full-Time Results?
Flexibility at work isn’t just a perk anymore – for many professionals, it’s essential. For employers, it can open doors …
Reasons for Leaving – How to Talk About a Tricky Exit
When you’re a CFO, FD or FC you’ll be working with and for, a variety of different characters. Some more …