Having established the critical importance of the modern Finance Business Partner (FBP) in our previous discussion, we now arrive at the central challenge facing every hiring manager: "Why are these professionals so difficult to find and hire?" The answer lies in a perfect storm of market forces—a talent paradox where the demand for this specific […]
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 […]
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. With social distancing measures and travel restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention workplaces being […]
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. But as November passes, the workload always seems to lighten before party season pretty much kills off all interest from […]
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. It […]
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. However, December isn’t just […]
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 […]
