The future of finance is happening now. In our recent Leaders in Finance Survey, we asked hundreds of CFOs and FDs across the Tech, Media and Consumer sectors how they thought AI would impact their teams over the next 1-2 years. The good news for those building a career in accountancy is that while…
The Panel: David Lee (iTech Media, Patch, Hometree) | Piroska Kis-Csitari (Noman Foods, Hackett Group) | James Davison (Cabot Financial, Hiscox) Quick Links Panel Introductions The potential of digital innovation now and in the future (and how it’s changing the role of Finance) The death of Excel? Planning for transformation & change – Establishing the…
The Panel: Carmen Carey, CEO at Sorted Uthish Ranjan, Principal at Octopus Ventures Camilla Taylor, Startup/Scaleup Advisor Anthony Rawlinson, CFO at Papier Our Panellists Carmen Carey, CEO at Sorted Carmen has spent 25 years helping fast-growing SaaS businesses to realise scale and value through transformation. She became CEO of Sorted Group in late 2021 having…
How will the predicted downturn impact business’s growth and hiring plans in the coming months? A recent survey of U.S CFOs seems to indicate that preparations for a recession won’t necessarily be characterised by the industry wide redundancies and long term recruitment freezes of previous downturns. While 100% of those taking part in the Q2 CNBC CFO…
There’s no doubt that times are about to get tougher for UK tech startups, but as London Tech Week kicked off yesterday it’s also clear that there is room for optimism for the future of the industry, Funding in 2022 Dealroom.co‘s latest report showed that while levels of investment may have dropped off from the…
It’s not just the tourists flocking to London as the capital recovers post pandemic. The latest data published by Dealroom.co and London & Partners confirms London’s place as the top European destination for stateside VC investors, who participated in nearly 400 rounds for startups based in the capital in 2021. For a number of years US tech firms have…
FinTech secured a staggering £2.4bn of funding in Q1 and 50% of the largest deals done were in this sector (Beauhurst Q1 Equity Market Update). In Q2 Paddle has become the next FinTech to reach Unicorn status. It’s the UK’s leading high-growth industry and they’re hiring finance talent at record levels. Who are they hiring…
Nicky Ivory-Chapman is Head of Talent Management for Channel 4. She has 19 years’ experience within employee relations, talent acquisition & management, employee engagement, HR transformation, early careers apprenticeships and diversity & inclusion. She’s a passionate believer in removing barriers that prevent people accessing opportunities and has spent the last 6 years at Channel 4…
Jennifer Gabrielle-Chapman has 15 years’ experience within talent acquisition and has worked in some of the world’s largest media groups. Now as Head of Talent Acquisition at the insurtech business Bought by Many, they are using their experience to help them scale up their already hugely successful organisation and build a truly diverse and inclusive…
Laura Lefeuvre is Head of Recruitment at AEG. Having worked for 15 years in this area at organisations as varied as The Royal Household, The Football Association and now AEG she has a huge amount of experience of working closely with businesses and their hiring managers to improve the recruitment process and increase the diversity…
Camilla Bruggen has over 20 year’s experience working in media and marketing services. As Head of Data Insight she has helped blue chip clients such as Tiffany & Co. and Xerox create impactful strategies to drive growth. Now in her role as Global Head of Diversity Equity & Inclusion, she is combining this experience and…
The Panel: Amanda Meyrick – CEO, Clarion Communications (WPP) Adam Rubins – CEO, Way To Blue Duncan Cheatle – CEO, LearnAmp/Chairman of The Supper Club Tom Baigrie – CEO, Lifesearch If you would like to be invited to future events in our CFO series, please register below. Your name Company Your email
C-Suite Challenges in an age of innovation and disruption. In the first of our series we focused on the changing face of the leadership team itself. Who gets a seat at the table now ? How does a C-Suite make the move from being compartmentalised to collaborative? How to develop a diverse leadership pipeline.…
After years of working hard to qualify as an ACA, you’re now at a really exciting stage of your career and ready to make the move out of practice into industry. At this stage it might be tempting to focus on getting a job that is a radical departure from what you’ve been doing for…
If you went straight into Practice from university then this might be the first time you’ve had to write a professional CV. It’s also possible that you have only worked for one employer since graduating and only had one or two roles during that time. So it can feel like there isn’t much to put…
As a recently or newly qualified ACA you are in a unique position at this stage in your career in that unlike those that qualified whilst working in industry you won’t necessarily have any previous experience of doing the job you are interviewing for so the interview won’t be as focused on your previous experience…
Coming Soon ! ACA Alumni advice from those that have made the move into industry both recently and earlier in their careers. TalentEdge recruit finance roles across Tech, Media & Consumer. If would like to get more advice on looking for your first role in Industry or get feedback on your CV please do…
As part of our annual IWD celebrations we sat down with four inspirational and successful women in the Tech space to discuss their thoughts on International Women’s Day, and its impact it has on wider diversity issues as well as the challenges women continue to face within the Tech world. I’d like to thank them…
Tini has come a long way geographically, professionally and personally. Born in the U.S, her career started at Mindshare New York after completing a Masters in Economics. Her experience of leadership began much earlier while studying at Boston University Questrom School of Business which prides itself on producing ‘innovative and ethical leaders who understand the…