How to Assess Your New Finance Manager
Amazing! You hired a new finance manager! Here are some tips to assess your new finance manager’s performance so they can grow with your company.
Leadership Skills Every Accounting and Finance Manager Should Have
The job of an accounting manager is as much about leading people as it is about balancing the books. These are some leadership skills that accounting managers need to succeed.
Accountants aren’t always considered the most outgoing or extroverted types (despite appearing in ever greater numbers on your favourite
Top Leadership Skills for New Finance Mangers
The CPA Competency Map is fascinating (ok fascinating might be bit of a stretch, but it is revealing). While technical skills such as finance and taxation are listed, so too are skills such as ethical behaviour and leadership. For new finance managers, who are just getting their leadership legs underneath
Is Your Finance Team on Fire – and Not in a Good Way?
When we talk about people being “on fire” there are positive connotations – whether it’s the point guard who is on a hot streak, or the finance team member who can be trusted to deliver. But what about teams that are burning from the inside out?
4 Signs You’re a Good Finance Manager
Are You an All-Star Finance Manager?
We’d all like to think that we’re great Finance Managers, even if we’re relatively new at the rol. We communicate collaboratively after all and have an open door policy. But there are definitely signs that you’re the kind of Finance
The 4 Personality Trails Great Finance Managers Share
Great managers in general have specific traits that allow them to effectively balance the competing demands of management and their team.
They understand how to inspire different personality types and share success when it happens.
In fact, the best managers have four personality traits in common.
Roles
It’s likely
Are You a Good Finance Manager?
We talk to a lot of great finance and accounting people at Clarity Recruitment.
When we talk to them about what they prefer in a manager they’re usually pretty clear about what they need. And interestingly, most of them need the same three things.
For those of you who
3 Ways to Impress Your New Finance Manager
You’re starting in a new role and want to impress your finance manager.
While the first two months in any job can feel overwhelming as you learn the ins and outs, there are definitely ways to show that the company made a wise choice in hiring you.
Here are
5 Signs You Should Leave Your Finance Job Sooner Rather Than Later
The thought of leaving a job can create a stress response.
Whether it’s rooted in fear of change, or maybe a realization that the grass is not always greener on the other side, sometimes we stay in a role longer than we should.
Pay attention to the following signs,
3 Goals for New Finance Managers
As a new finance manager you’ll be watched closely.
To succeed you’ll need buy-in at a number of levels in order to drive the results that are expected. Here are three goals that will pave the way for an exceptional first year.
Goal 1: Earn Trust
First and foremost
How to Act Like a Finance Manager Before You are One
Before you can get promoted to the role of finance manager, the leadership of your organization needs to see you as being credible for the position.
And even if your advancement dreams don’t pan out with your current company, developing the traits that make managers successful leaders can only
Why Some Finance Managers Aren’t Good Leaders
We’ve all had them – poor leaders.
But what makes them ineffective?
With bad managers impacting an organization’s ability to retain staff and achieve outcomes, here are some of the main traits that can make employees consider trying their luck elsewhere.
Not Invested
Good finance leaders understand that quality
