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When Finance Grows Up: Scaling the Finance Function I

Nov 1, 2025

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19 min read

When Finance Grows Up: Scaling the Finance Function I

Introducing The Finance Maturity Framework

The Board Room

+4

How to Get Hired (and Fired): The Private Equity CFO IV

Oct 25, 2025

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20 min read

How to Get Hired (and Fired): The Private Equity CFO IV

Landing fast, setting the tone, and building a finance engine that wins.

Playbooks

The 7 Pillars of Value Creation: The Private Equity CFO III

Oct 18, 2025

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20 min read

The 7 Pillars of Value Creation: The Private Equity CFO III

Discover the tactics PE use to supercharge shareholder value

Strategy

+2

Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

Oct 11, 2025

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21 min read

Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

Let’s follow the money

M&A

+5

PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

Oct 4, 2025

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16 min read

PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

What every CFO can learn from their PE peers

The Board Room

+4

When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

Sep 27, 2025

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20 min read

When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

This time it’s about you

Strategy

+2

The NPC CFO: Crisis Management III

Sep 20, 2025

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17 min read

The NPC CFO: Crisis Management III

How CFOs can help when finance isn’t the epicenter of the crisis

The Board Room

+2

Crisis Management II: Inside the war room

Sep 13, 2025

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18 min read

Crisis Management II: Inside the war room

A tactical playbook for CFOs in the eye of a storm

Strategy

+3

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

Sep 6, 2025

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15 min read

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

How to turn a nightmare into rocket fuel

Case Studies

+2

Capital Structure Design V: It's About To Get Real (A Case Study)

Aug 30, 2025

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23 min read

Capital Structure Design V: It's About To Get Real (A Case Study)

Let's Bring It All Together

FP&A

+2

Capital Structure Design IV: From Angels to IPO

Aug 23, 2025

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19 min read

Capital Structure Design IV: From Angels to IPO

Your guide to equity investment

Strategy

+3

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Aug 16, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Debt Is Cheaper Than Equity... If It Doesn’t Kill You

Capital Allocation

+3

Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Aug 9, 2025

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19 min read

Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Make the business earn it.

FP&A

+4

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Aug 2, 2025

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15 min read

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Not all money is equal. A practical guide to decode the real cost of capital

Leadership & Impact

+2

☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

Jul 26, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

The next big corporate political battleground

The Board Room

+2

😨 Everything just changed

Jul 19, 2025

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16 min read

😨 Everything just changed

And how to survive a change in CEO...

The Board Room

+2

🤔 Who Really Runs the Business?

Jul 12, 2025

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20 min read

🤔 Who Really Runs the Business?

The Hidden Roles on the Invisible Org Chart

Leadership & Impact

+1

🤫 The Subtle Art of Giving A F*ck (About Politics)

Jul 5, 2025

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19 min read

🤫 The Subtle Art of Giving A F*ck (About Politics)

Kicking off a new series on the CFO’s role in organizational politics

FP&A

+2

🪢 The CFO’s ethical tightrope

Jun 28, 2025

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19 min read

🪢 The CFO’s ethical tightrope

The fine line between credibility and bullsh*t

FP&A

+1

🌉 A bridge too far

Jun 21, 2025

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20 min read

🌉 A bridge too far

How to construct a simple story that connects the shop floor to top floor

M&A

+3

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

Jun 14, 2025

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18 min read

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

Talk nerdy to me: The art and science of variance analysis

FP&A

+2

🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

Jun 7, 2025

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18 min read

🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

No-one ever talks about the cost of forecasting?

FP&A

+1

🏋️ No Pain, No Gain: Move The Needle With Business Reviews

May 31, 2025

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18 min read

🏋️ No Pain, No Gain: Move The Needle With Business Reviews

Spoiler: they should hurt a little

FP&A

+2

🗑️ Management accounts that don't suck

May 24, 2025

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19 min read

🗑️ Management accounts that don't suck

Make sure your management accounts are a truth serum

FP&A

+1

❌ Budget Blunders: Why Speaking Fluent Finance Won’t Get You Very Far

May 17, 2025

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20 min read

❌ Budget Blunders: Why Speaking Fluent Finance Won’t Get You Very Far

How Not To Blow the Budgeting Process

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