Insights & Events

Building a Successful Finance Career in the North-West of England: Opportunities Beyond London

April 23, 2025

For aspiring accountants studying towards their CIMA or ACCA qualifications, the North-West of England - including thriving regions like Greater Manchester and Lancashire - offers a wealth of exciting opportunities.

Career Advice for Newly Qualified Accountants in London

April 14, 2025

Just qualified as an accountant in London? Explore the pros and cons of staying vs moving, and get tips on CVs, recruiters and finance jobs in London.

Leadership Careers Beyond Finance - An Overview

March 5, 2025

Joanne Grindrod (CFO, AMA), Kerry McClelland (VP Finance, 9Fin), and Sabrina Castiglione (CFO, Omnea) share their experiences, insights and advice on stepping beyond finance and into general management

How to integrate AI into your job search

March 5, 2025

How to take advantage of AI to elevate your job search.

Careers Beyond Finance: Sabrina Castiglione

October 7, 2024

During her career, Sabrina Castiglione has been Chief of Staff, Head of People, CFO, COO and is currently CFO at Omnea. However, her career to date has been defined less by job titles and more by her passion for the sector, the part she’s played in the success of the early-stage businesses she’s been part…

ACA Interview Guide

September 9, 2024

As a recently or newly qualified ACA you are in a unique position at this stage in your career in that unlike those that qualified whilst working in industry you won’t necessarily have any previous experience of doing the job you are interviewing for so the interview won’t be as focused on your previous experience…

ACA CV Advice

September 9, 2024

If you went straight into Practice from university then this might be the first time you’ve had to write a professional CV. It’s also possible that you have only worked for one employer since graduating and only had one or two roles during that time. So it can feel like there isn’t much to put…

ACA Jobs & Career Guide

September 9, 2024

After years of working hard to qualify as an ACA, you’re now at a really exciting stage of your career and ready to make the move out of practice into industry. At this stage it might be tempting to focus on getting a job that is a radical departure from what you’ve been doing for…

Finance Leadership Interview: Duncan Burgess

August 29, 2024

Succeeding In A Startup Finance Leadership Interview: Duncan Burgess, Startup/Scaleup CFO

Leadership Careers Beyond Finance with Joanne Grindrod

August 15, 2024

Finance Leadership Interview: Sanjay Bowry, Gravitee

August 15, 2024

Succeeding In A Startup Finance Leadership Interview: Sanjay Bowry, Gravitee

Leadership Careers Beyond Finance with Ed Renaut

January 22, 2023

Ed Renaut is Chief Business Officer at Ennismore, the largest and fastest growing lifestyle hospitality business. Their brands include Gleneagles, Mondrian, The Hoxton and Delano. Ed started his career at Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte before going on to work with a variety of business ranging from owner managed SMEs to FTSE 100 groups. When you started your career in…

Coffee with a startup CFO – Guy Hutchinson

March 8, 2022

Continuing on with our CFO series, this week I was fortunate to catch up with Guy Hutchinson. Let’s hear his thoughts… What do you make of the current UK startup market? As far as I’m concerned, it’s looking pretty healthy. There’s a lot more seed funds doing decent sized seed rounds (£1-2m which gives you…

Coffee with a startup CFO – Hugo Grimston at Paddle

March 7, 2022

As part of our Coffee with a startup CFO series I will be meeting with CFO’s within the tech startup space to discuss their views on the market, career experiences and how the future looks for them. This week, I caught up with Hugo Grimston, CFO at one of the UK’s fastest growing software scaleups, Paddle.…

Coffee with a startup CFO – Camilla Taylor at What3Words

March 7, 2022

Continuing on with our CFO series, this week I was fortunate to catch up with Camilla Taylor of SaaS startup What3Words. What do you make of the current UK startup market? My first CFO startup role was in 2013. Back then, the market felt characterised by funding gaps – most notably between Seed and Series…