Andy Burrows Featured on the Strength in The Numbers Show
By Andy Burrows
[First published 8th February 2018]
When Andrew Codd asked me if I'd be a guest on his new podcast, The Strength in the Numbers Show, I was excited.
I connected with Andrew on LinkedIn quite soon after starting Supercharged Finance, late in 2016. He and Anders Liu-Lindberg seemed to be having some good online discussions about Finance business partnering, which I’d already written about. And Andrew had recently published his book about the subject, The Audacious Finance Partner.
I was partly excited because I’ve never been interviewed before, except for jobs!
Networking Backwards
But the main reason for my excitement is that I’m getting a real buzz out of the connections I’ve made through Supercharged Finance.
Before the end of 2016, I was one of those who wouldn’t connect with people on LinkedIn unless I’d at least spoken to them. I’d reject random connection requests from people, or at least be suspicious, especially of...
Why Financial Modelling Skills Will Be A Big Career Door Opener For Emerging Accounting and Finance Talent
This article is written by financial modelling specialist, Lance Rubin. You can find more of Lance's work at https://www.modelcitizn.com/
Background
If you have recently been for a job interview or at least just taken a small peek through the door called opportunity then you may have noticed something emerging regarding a new key skill requirement, which you may or may not have.
Irrespective of your level, financial modelling skills have become one of the most highly sought after for finance professionals today.
Good news for candidates is there is short supply and huge demand. There was certainly no shortage of opportunities when I was looking for a job recently, but I decided to use this shortage to consult to many different companies rather than just one as their employee.
Bad news is if you are in a finance team and never built or know what a 3-way model is, then you have lots to learn and to catch up on. A 3-way model refers to the 3 financial statements namely an Income...
So you want to be a CFO? ā€“ 12 actionable tips to plot a course to the top role in Finance!
By Andy Burrows
[First published 28 February 2018]
“What are the things I need to do to become a CFO in the future?”
“How can I make the transition from Financial Controller to Finance Director?”
These are the kind of questions I get from people from time to time. They probably ask me because of the breadth and length of my experience.
So, I thought I’d write something that gives a few pointers around how I would answer those questions.
[BONUS: I've created a free workbook to help you come up with your action plan from these tips.
It's called the CFO Career Action Plan Workbook.
Get it by clicking here!]
So, without further ado, here are those pointers…
1. Do a great job now
I’ve seen several career-minded people fail because they spent so much time and energy thinking of plotting their career that they didn’t do a good job. And that’s a shame.
Careers are made up of levels and steps. And you don’t normally get to...
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