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Private equity-backed CFOs are being asked to deliver growth, improve margins, and increase reporting sophistication without materially increasing headcount. While AI and automation are creating new efficiencies, many finance teams are finding that saved time quickly becomes filled with new demands. The challenge is no longer doing more with less. It’s redesigning how finance operates.
As AI reshapes finance at unprecedented speed, boards are facing a new reality: the talent they want often doesn’t exist yet. In this piece, Phil Dye explores why the most valuable finance leaders are no longer those with certainty, but those with the curiosity and adaptability to evolve alongside the technology itself.
Our 2026 Finance and Accounting Market Insight and Salary Guide is out now, built on insight from more than 2,500 finance leaders and qualified professionals across Media, Retail, Consumer, Technology, Hospitality, Financial Services and Professional Services. The finance profession has spent years talking about transformation.
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As a recruiter immersed in the finance and accounting landscape, I hear a consistent refrain from hiring managers, particularly in dynamic sectors like Technology, Fintech, and Retail: the bar for commercial finance professionals is rising at an unprecedented rate. The days of the "Excel-only" number cruncher, siloed in the back office and focused purely on historical reporting, are definitively over.
As AI transforms the role of Finance, a growing skills divide is threatening progress. A recent study of over 2,500 respondents in the US and UK reveals a stark truth: AI confidence drops dramatically from students to seasoned finance professionals.And the industry may not be ready for what comes next.
We are pleased to announce the release of our 2025 Finance & Accountancy Market Insight and Salary Guide, developed with input from over 2,500 finance professionals and leaders. This guide provides a detailed analysis of the key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the finance sector in the year ahead.
The role of the Chief Financial Officer has changed dramatically in recent years. This change is largely driven by the importance of digital transformation across modern organisations.
We're excited to introduce the latest 'Finance Market Insights and Salary Report 2024 - an essential tool for employers looking to strategically hire finance talent and for finance professionals looking to understand market rates, trends and career opportunities. Phil Dye, Co-Founder and Director of the Finance and Accounting Division, introduces the report.
Management accounting isn't just about crunching numbers. It's a critical process that helps businesses strategise, make informed decisions, and ensure financial health. As the business world evolves, so do the methodologies and technologies used in management accounting. This blog aims to unveil the 10 latest management accounting trends that can significantly impact your business.
Picture this: you're steering your start-up through the dynamic business landscape. Every move you make shapes the future of your venture. It's like navigating a bustling market, and at times, you need a clear business plan – your guiding star, to help you sail through the stock market and its ever-changing market conditions.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have transformed from niche considerations to fundamental elements in the landscape of financial analysis. These components evaluate a company's impact on the world, covering aspects ranging from greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity to labour relations and corporate governance.
CFOs are under consistent pressure to ensure that an organisation is delivering. From the more obvious responsibilities such as financial performance, budgeting and analysis to holding key influence when it comes to hiring and onboarding new partners and vendors, CFOs have an ever-growing list of things they need to keep tabs on.
In these challenging economic times and with nothing but uncertainty on the horizon, it’s more important than ever that businesses keep on top of regulatory requirements and changing legislation, ensuring their audit goes ahead as usual.
Traditionally, December is always seen as the quietest month in recruitment. September is always busy as people come back from summer holidays with renewed interest, then the knock-on effect of that makes October hectic too.
In a world where businesses are feeling increasingly vulnerable about the commercial and financial risks they’re exposed to, the requirements of finance professionals are rapidly changing. Conventional finance roles used to focus on historical numbers and be reactive, but the industry now demands individuals who can look forward, provide strategic insights and drive performance.
As technology improves at pace and trends come and go, the recruitment landscape seems to alter with the launch of the next social media channel or change in general working practices. But at its heart, recruitment has always been a people business, and as such, networking has been and always will be a constant.
December is an easy month to take your foot off the gas and coast towards the end of the year. It’s dark and cold going into and home from work; there are endless social events to attend; and the office is likely to be closed for a third of the month.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s new legislation that will replace UK Data Law (regardless of Brexit), comes into force in May 2018, meaning that unprepared businesses across all sectors have just eight more months to appoint someone in-house to ensure that all data infrastructure, cloud storage, tech policies and procedures are ready to meet the new regulations.
The role of the modern CFO is rapidly changing, due to the adoption of digital automation, data and analytics. They are spending less time each year on the historical CFO concerns of annual budgets, compliance and administration to become crucial players in board level decision making.
