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Guest Column

A businessman running from a rolling boulder

Opinion

Acquisition booby traps

The acquisition trail is littered with potential pitfalls for the unwary finance director, but how do you avoid them?

26 Apr 2012

FD manager

Opinion

Coaching for performance

How to lead the creation of a performance culture is one of the FD’s biggest challenges. But it is not for the faint hearted

29 Mar 2012

Opinion

The best intentions

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Do not let the new CFC regime cause UK job losses

22 Feb 2012

Opinion

Zombie economy

What happens to a business in a flat economy and what strategies can it adopt to thrive?

26 Jan 2012

Opinion

Shaking it up

What is the role of the FD as he manages a business through a fundamental shake-up in its market?

06 Jan 2012

Opinion

A mug’s game

Does the additional pay of being on an audit committee compensate for the time pressures or extra risk assumed?

24 Nov 2011

Opinion

The sum of its parts

TT’s finance director had to shape a disparate collection of small companies into a cohesive global electronics business

27 Oct 2011

Opinion

Driving diversification

After losing ground in its core market, Cosworth’s decision to look to new areas for growth has more than paid off, writes its FD Mark Palethorpe

27 Sep 2011

Opinion

Walking the FD tightrope

Park the ambition to be CEO. The modern FD must first master being operator, steward, strategist and catalyst, says Margaret Ewing

06 Jul 2011

Opinion

Review of regulatory initiatives is urgently needed

If regulation remains principles-based, non-executive directors must create the culture to see it properly effected

20 May 2011

Opinion

Intellectual property: the price of ideas

Adding intellectual property to the FD’s remit requires an intense period of learning - and a lot of unexpected cost

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Time bandits

Could a five-quarter financial cycle improve business planning?

24 Mar 2011

Opinion

Toxic assets

Banks are more demanding and aggressive than ever, so FDs must minimise their reliance on the sector

18 Feb 2011

Opinion

Foglights needed for cloud computing drive

An FD mulls the pros and cons to work through before jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon

24 Jan 2011

Opinion

Guest column: I’m with stupid

What FDs and CIOs say about their relationship isn’t pretty

20 Dec 2010

Column

Making the finance team heard

A US CFO who brought a very public challenge to Barack Obama explains why the CFO voice must be the loudest

25 Oct 2010

Opinion

Form over substance in universal accounting standards

The arrival of International Financial Reporting Standards has only made finance directors’ jobs harder, says one retiring FD

27 Sep 2010

Opinion

What Sir Ranulph Fiennes and FDs have in common

A CFO recruiter reflects on the uphill battle that is being an FD

27 Sep 2010

Opinion

Going undercover on the shop floor

Going undercover on the shop floor opened one FD’s eyes to what was really going on with the business and its staff

24 Aug 2010

Opinion

The role of charitable bonds in good corporate social responsibility

An FD explains how marrying strategy with philanthropy makes sense for his building business and the community

06 Jul 2010

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Financial Director Summit 2012

The Financial Director Summit 2012 will provide a unique platform in which to share, compare and contrast experiences whilst learning and networking with peers

Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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