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The CFO & FD Hiring Readiness Guide
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The CFO & FD Hiring Readiness Guide

A practical guide for founders, CEOs and boards facing the decision to bring in senior finance leadership. It covers the signs you are ready, how to choose between a CFO, an FD and a Financial Controller, and how to run a search that finds the right person the first time.

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What to Pay a CFO or FD
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What to Pay a CFO or FD

A clear, honest look at how CFO and Finance Director pay is built, from base salary through bonus, long-term incentives, equity and benefits. Written for boards and hiring leaders who want to make sensible, competitive offers without overpaying or underwhelming.

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Hiring a Financial Controller
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Hiring a Financial Controller

A practical guide for sitting CFOs and Finance Directors on how to hire the Financial Controller who will own the numbers beneath them. Written finance leader to finance leader, it covers what the role really owns, how to brief and interview for it, and the mistakes that cost you a good hire.

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How to Structure a Finance Team as You Scale
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How to Structure a Finance Team as You Scale

A peer to peer guide for CFOs and FDs on how to structure a finance team through each stage of growth, from first hire to a fully layered function. It covers the core roles, the order to hire them, when to separate control from commercial finance, and how to avoid the twin traps of over and under hiring.

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