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Survive and Thrive as a First-Time Finance Manager

Advice for accountants, management accountants, finance managers, financial controllers and bookkeepers starting out in a small business. 

tips and advice for first-time finance managers, accountants and management accountants

Your first year as a Finance Manager 

Get your free guide for everything I think you should achieve in your first year as a finance manager of a small business.

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Working in a small business is very exciting. The owners are passionate about their products and services. The team is full of inspiring, risk-taking entrepreneurs determined to succeed BUT they tend to find the finance side of the business a headache!

That’s where you come in.

Joining a small business as the company’s finance manager helps you gain real world commercial experience so that you can build the career you want.

But what makes a good finance manager and why would you choose to work in small business rather than in practice or in a large corporate?

You have already received all your technical qualifications and have all the technical accounting knowledge to report on the financial health & performance of the company. But you’re probably wondering:

  • how do I run a finance function?
  • is finance manager a hard job? 
  • what should I prioritise first?
  • what experience should a finance manager have?
  • how do I earn the trust from the team?

In my blog posts I provide you with a practical guide for small business finance managers

The role of a finance manager is complex and ever evolving. These guides and blogs won’t tell you everything you will ever need to know but it contains a summary of my opinions, learnings, and the criteria I use each time I set up a new finance department in all the small businesses that I work with.

To your success,

Stephen