How good is your current finance team?

Building a credible finance team is vital to corporate business success. However, a survey by business advisory company Gartner (formerly CEB) has revealed that too many finance teams demonstrate weaknesses in the area of critical technical competencies. Click Here to see the Webinar: The Critical Capabilities For Your Finance Team.   Gartner itself has defined five […]

Can’t Keep Up? 7 Ways To Simplify Your New Reporting System

After a period of business change – whether it be a new acquisition, fresh investment or restructure, there tends to be an associated requirement for new management reporting capabilities. Very often this requirement is focused around the need to provide greater visibility on business cash flow, cash movements, operational costs, individual cost centres and so […]

Are your finance skills being fully used?

You’ve worked hard for your accountancy qualifications, you’re diligent in your job, you always give your best, and you’re determined to do whatever it takes to climb the ladder within your organisation to the pinnacle of Finance Director. And yet you’re left with the feeling that your abilities are, at best, not fully utilised and […]

6 ways to maintain a motivated finance team during a restructure

A corporate restructure can be a difficult period for organisational staff. Typically, these kind of change programmes have a number of deliverables but one key underpinning goal – to rightsize the business to deliver more effectively on its strategy and to free up investment by cutting the cost base to create a leaner, more effective […]

Why new finance super stars won’t join your company

Having the best financial professionals on board is key to an organisation’s success. Every company wants to hire the rising stars of the industry, those with the potential to guide a firm to the next level and beyond, but not every organisation can get them. Why is your company missing out? The offer If highly […]

The first interview of their lives

I remember sitting uncomfortably on the other side of that desk wanting to be anywhere else in the world. However looking back it is clear how important it was to get that first awkward interview scenario under the belt. St Patrick’s RC High School recently hosted a varied group of professionals to conduct mock interviews […]

Sometimes, the grass is actually greener!

Have you ever done something, really, really out of your comfort zone? I’m talking about taking a huge leap of faith and trusting your gut, I have! I made a move, just as many of us recruiters in this incestuous market and money orientated rat race have done, I changed jobs. But, I didn’t just […]

Are you satisfied with your accountancy career?

If you believe you would like a change in your accountancy career, perhaps it is time to push yourself a little further out of your comfort zone. Are you satisfied with your accounting career? If the answer is no, it may be time to look for opportunities elsewhere or in a new role. If you […]

5 steps to surviving an acquisition for finance directors

As a finance director, you will have played a fundamental part in the company that you’ve helped to build. Your responsibilities and contributions will have been numerous, and the likelihood is that you will have managed and led your team through many difficult periods before reaching this point. It is in this time of change […]

The 1 question you will be asked at interview

Transcription: [Please excuse any typing errors as this is a direct transcription.] Hello. I’m Matthew Finch from BTG recruitment. We’re accounting and finance recruitment experts. I’m known as the go-to guy for accounting and finance recruitment in the East Midlands. Today we’re going to be talking about one of the most common interview questions, what […]