Beyond the Numbers
Practical thinking on business finance, careers and the mindset behind both - written from 20 years of hands-on experience.
Before you trust an AI forecast: five checks
AI will build your forecast in thirty seconds. It won't tell you when it's wrong. Five checks to run before an AI-built forecast goes anywhere near your board.
How a finance team gets to 96% forecast accuracy (four disciplines, no new software)
Forecast accuracy is a method issue. The four disciplines that took forecasts from board joke to 96%+ accurate across £10M to £200M+ budgets.
FP&A for small business owners: what to build at £1M, £5M and £20M
Your accountant tells you what happened. FP&A tells you what happens next. What to build at each size of business - before hiring anyone.
The board pack diet: fewer numbers, better decisions
Forty-page board packs are an act of defence. Five KPI-design moves that make a board trust its numbers - from packs built across pharma, FMCG and financial services.
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