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 …
Finance Teams Don’t Fail Overnight – This Is How It Starts
Pressure in a finance team rarely arrives all at once. It tends to build gradually – a gap appears, workload …
Why the CEO–CFO Relationship Makes or Breaks a Business
The relationship between a CEO and CFO can quietly shape the direction of an entire business. When it works, decisions …
How to Build Influence as a Finance Leader (Without Authority)
Finance leaders often ask the same question. How do I lead when I do not actually have authority? But in reality influence often has very little to …
Senior Finance Leader Recruited Through Targeted Search to Strengthen a Growing Technology Business
A global technology business operating in the transport infrastructure sector needed to strengthen its finance function as it continued to scale. After …
What Does a Finance Director Actually Do?
This is a common question – especially from experienced finance professionals stepping up. Over the years, the Headstar team has …
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 …
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 …
How to Move from Big to Small Business
Whatever your industry, it can be really rewarding to leave behind the bureaucracy inherent to big business and swap it …
HerFinance Circle – Our new network for female CFOs, FDs, and aspiring FDs in Yorkshire
A few weeks on from creating HerFinance Circle and the response has been fantastic, with over 100 women already sharing …