Start your Finance day by eating a Live Frog!

Start your Finance day by eating a Live Frog!

Most of the important things in life aren’t rocket science. They’re just difficult. Most of us don’t eat healthily or exercise enough. Yet the problem isn’t that we don’t know about healthy food and exercise. We just never get around to it. Other things take up our...
How to free up time for finance business partnering

How to free up time for finance business partnering

“We’ve restructured our Finance organisation but we’re still not adding any more value to the business” I can’t tell you how many times I hear this from Finance Directors who’ve been through a Finance Transformation. Finance typically creates a new ‘Target Operating...
Is that a Monkey on your Back?

Is that a Monkey on your Back?

“I need some more details before I can make a decision.” As a Finance professional, how often have you heard this from one of your business colleagues? I’m going to guess pretty frequently. One of the biggest complaints I hear from finance business partners is that...
Do your Finance teams write Escalator Commentary?

Do your Finance teams write Escalator Commentary?

Does the commentary in your finance performance reports sound like “sales are down x% and costs are up y%”? If so, then your Finance teams are writing ‘Escalator Commentary’. Many management accountants become obsessed with the need to write some sort of commentary on...