7 Sure-Fire Strategies To Create an Accountant A.T.S. Friendly CV
The first step in being recruited into an accountancy role is getting your customised CV before a hiring manager or recruiter. Unfortunately, this process isn’t always as simple as it seems. As companies hiring accountants look for ways to simplify and digitise the hiring process, many are turning to technology for help. A.T.S. systems, or […]
7 Tips for Creating Success in Your New Accountancy and Finance Role
You’ve been offered a new accountancy role – congratulations! There are a few things to do now, firstly, to celebrate and inform your current employers of your resignation. The second is to think about how you’re going to make a success of your new role. You know you have the right skills, abilities and experience […]
5 Easy Ways to Build Your Confidence for Your Next Accountant Interview
Applying for a new role, and going through the recruitment process can be a daunting task for even the most experienced accountant professional. Interview nerves affect most people, but they can make the recruitment process more stressful than it needs to be for you, the candidate. Your next job might be the start of something […]
How to Write an Accountant CV That Will Get You Noticed by Employers
The quality of your CV can mean the difference between being stuck in a role with no prospects or being offered a great new position. Your CV is still the first thing clients ask for and will be the decider between getting an interview and being left out of the recruitment process. The CV has […]
6 Undeniable Signs it’s Time to Look for a New Accountant Role
Naturally, we all go through periods of having exciting projects on at work which make us fall in love with our roles again; and times when finding motivation is harder. But if the thought of the end of the weekend and another week in work fills you with dread, this could be a sign that […]
3 (Easy) Ways to Become a Better Financial Controller
A financial controller is one of the most important positions when leaders start building credible finance teams. Without a financial controller, managing the company’s finances would be much harder. If you’re a financial controller in a business, then you want to ensure you’re maximising your value. There are so many ways that you can improve […]
How Successful Financial Controllers Get Promoted?
In the accounting world, financial controllers are the technicians working at the top of the corporate pyramid, just below the CFO or finance director. Typically, they are the pulse of everything ‘finance’ within the organisation. Their tasks range from preparing financial reports to forecasting future earnings and expenses. So, armed with industry expertise and experience, […]
Top Tips For Successful Financial Career Management
Career management is an essential skill for anybody wanting to achieve success and fulfillment within the accounting sector. Successful career management entails planning and working to obtain new skills, capabilities and experiences to ensure continued development and the creation of niche roles within organisations. It’s a good idea to share career growth goals with managers […]
Overcoming the biggest challenges facing today’s finance directors
The role of finance director has changed radically over the past few years. This is not only due to economic instability and evolving technologies, but also thanks to the shifting attitudes in society and how they impact business. Nowhere has this shift been felt more keenly than within accountancy and finance recruitment. We have witnessed […]
How to make the transition from manager to leader
There seems to be a big misunderstanding nowadays between the difference of being a great manager and being a great leader. Being a great leader means people want to follow you and support your vision and goals, but being a manager doesn’t necessarily mean you are a great leader. Instead, you need to develop certain […]
Being engaged at work is not the same as being productive
Popular belief says that the happier and more engaged an employee is, the more fulfilled they will feel in their job role and the more productive they’ll be. Companies invest a great deal of time and money trying to understand and define what engages their employees, and how they can use this engagement to develop […]
How to tell your significant other you are working late again
How to tell your significant other you are working late again We’ve all been there, you get a last minute email or call you’ve been waiting on all day just as you’re getting ready to leave the office and suddenly you’re looking at spending the next few hours dealing with the request that’s just come […]
