Free Article - types of Accountants and Financial Managers

You can read our Free Article about the different types of Accountants and Financial Managers by downloading it here. This is a short guide compared to the full paid for guides, but gives you an idea of the quality we are offering.

An excerpt:

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Finance Director (FD).

The person with ultimate responsibility for a company's finances. Usually a close right hand person to the Chief Executive.

Financial Controller (FC) or Controller.

Either:

a. The deputy to the CFO. In many companies, the CFO will be outward looking, dealing with the board, investors and financiers, while the Financial Controller will be have an internal focus, ensuring effective running of the finance function, or

b. the number one finance person where there is nobody holding the title of CFO or FD.

New Free Article - Working in Head Office

We've released a new guide giving a summary for Working in Head Office. You can download it here.

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Think strategically

Perhaps you have always wanted the prestige and .glamour. of working at HQ rather than in an outlying business unit. More likely, you have very mixed feelings about working there, preferring the gritty reality of interacting with a business.s operations every day. In this case, you need to see your spell in Head Office as a staging post to getting a better operational job.

Get with the culture

You will probably find that the way in which people act and work in Head Office is very different from what you have been used to, particularly if you have come from a factory or warehouse environment. You need to pick up the cultural signals quickly, so that you are seen as part of the team from the start. If you aren.t familiar with your HQ, you should arrange a visit before you start so that you can pick up the right cues.