The organizational changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have shaped hiring strategies and requirements for finance and accounting companies. As businesses grapple with the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, they must become more agile, efficient, and innovative than ever. The pool of available talent is much more robust…...
How Finance Leaders Can Equip Their Team To Tackle Change
In the face of economic turmoil, agility has taken on a new meaning for organisations. For modern enterprises, agility has become a defining characteristic of businesses that can better anticipate what is coming, act quickly when faced with change, and more decisively respond to the demands of customers, market shifts,…...
4 key leadership skills for a post-COVID-19 workplace
The post-COVID-19 workplace will not look the same in every country or industry, but for many managers, the pandemic presents both challenges and opportunities. Managers will have to adjust their skillsets accordingly. Many of the traits that have always been important for managers — empathy, clarity, authenticity, and agility —…...
People and profits: What it takes to be a revolutionary CFO
CFOs have been an invaluable commodity during the pandemic, steering businesses through disruption and making the tough choices needed to ensure continuity. Yet it takes a special breed of CFO to pull a business out of survival mode and back into growth, competitive differentiation and innovation. Businesses have lived with…...
How to become a Chief Financial Officer?
An accounting or finance professional aspiring to be a chief financial officer (CFO), must reflect a little to be certain they understand what it takes to become a CFO. CFO is generally the most sought-after job title to possess in anyone’s finance career. CFO is an executive-level professional financial professional…...
10 Vital Roles for CFOs
If CFOs have learned anything in the past year, it’s that they must be agile and innovative leaders skilled at predicting and planning for a future that is anything but predictable. The essential skills for CFO success go far beyond mastery of the financial basics, the ability to adopt popular…...
How to Become an Investment Banker
Investment banking is a very popular career path among MBA graduates. While roles such as trader and analyst are accessible to candidates from a wide range of financial backgrounds, an investment banker position usually requires the high-profile skills and business acumen that only an MBA can give you. If you’re…...
If Your Business Needs To Hire A CFO, Move Fast To Find A Great One
Many companies would not have survived 2020 if it weren’t for the guiding hand of a fully engaged CFO working closely alongside other senior executives to stabilize the business. These leaders have been on the front line in helping their organizations transition to new ways of operating, while also finding…...
Positive hiring outlook for 2021
Almost one-half of employers plan to replace workers while 35 per cent hiring for new positions More than eight in 10 (82 per cent) of employers globally say that they plan to hire this year, according to a survey by Monster. Among these, 47 per cent plan to hire to…...
5 signs of potential to look for in new recruits
Everyone can agree that potential is desirable in any employee, but what does potential actually look like in a finance professional? The answer depends on the size and culture of your organisation, as well as the specific role you’re trying to fill, but many high-potential professionals have a handful of…...
5 tips for setting post-pandemic career goals in 2021
The pandemic has waylaid plans and potentially derailed the career trajectories of many professionals across various industries. As the world collectively recovers from this crisis, there is an opportunity to reset career goals and emerge with a sharper focus on how to achieve success in this new environment. “The pandemic…...
5 Types of Executives Found at Thriving Organizations
Executives lead departments such as marketing, financing, legal, human resources, and administration, to name a few. At some stage, every organization needs to build its executive team in order to take its operations to the next level. An organization with a strong executive team is usually productive, creative, empowered, well-managed,…...
Taking on Too Much? How to Succeed as a CFO
Being a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a company can take a lot out of you. Studies show that stress keeps one in three Americans up at night. As a CFO, taking on stress is a part of the job, but how do you know when you should delegate? Knowing…...
The global pandemic has accelerated the pace of financial services digitization
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly shaken up the financial services industry. Banks have been designated as essential businesses and have for the most part remained open, but the normal way of doing business has disappeared. Bank branches around the world are being forced to cut hours, limit the number of…...
5 Essential Traits To Look For When Hiring Your Next CFO
The role of the CFO has always been unique. CFOs are expected to strike a perfect balance between leadership, finance, strategy, and analytics — all with a healthy layer of governance and automation for good measure. That’s a tall order, but it’s in pursuit of scaling while creating repeatable, dependable…...
Diverse CFOs could be heading into board-seat golden age
Only about 7% of CFOs sit on company boards, but that could change as corporate leaders make good on pledges to increase boardroom diversity. They may look to add directors who bring not just fresh racial, ethnic or gender perspectives, but in-demand skills like finance and accounting to the mix. …...
