Guidance written to be acted on.

Taxation

Run the tax health check before the audit letter arrives

A tax audit rarely uncovers something the finance team did not already half-suspect. The difference is whether it was quantified in advance.

Finance Transformation

Your chart of accounts decides what you can report on

Teams reach for new reporting tools when the constraint is upstream. If the coding structure cannot express the question, no dashboard will answer it.

Audit & Governance

Five questions a board should be asking internal audit

An audit committee that reviews only findings is reviewing the past. The more useful questions are about coverage, independence and what is not being looked at.

Financial Reporting

Management accounts that actually get read

Most management reporting fails not on accuracy but on attention. Thirty pages arriving three weeks late will not change a decision.

Finance Transformation

Before you select an ERP, agree what you are trying to fix

Selection processes that begin with vendor demonstrations tend to end with the most impressive demonstration. That is not the same as the right system.

Business Growth

The funding conversation starts earlier than you think

Lenders and investors form a view of financial discipline long before the formal process begins. Most of that view is set by how quickly you can answer a question.