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…
Read MoreAs 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.…
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Read MoreIn the first of our CFO series our panel discussed the impact of tech on Finance. Technology in finance – Where are we now? How will new and future technologies make an impact ? How will technology transform the role of the CFO ? The future of the finance team The Panel: Simon Samuel – Panel…
Read MoreC-Suite Challenges in an age of innovation and disruption. In the first of our series we focused on the changing face of the leadership team itself. Who gets a seat at the table now ? How does a C-Suite make the move from being compartmentalised to collaborative? How to develop a diverse leadership pipeline.…
Read MoreAfter 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…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MoreFor the next interview in our Founders in FinTech series, I had the pleasure to meet with Axel Coustere, Co-Founder of HUBX, to discuss the inspiration behind the business and the importance of building a finance function within start-ups. Let’s hear his thoughts… What inspired you to start the business? My background is in capital…
Read MoreCo-founder Marc-Alexander Christ shares how building a strong finance team fueled SumUp's success. Learn early-stage finance insights from a founder’s view.
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