by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Startups
I’m an ordinary accountant by training. I fell into project management by accident. During one of my contracts, the CFO (Chief Finance Officer) found out that that I had experience with a finance system that was being implemented called Workday Financials. Workday is...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Compliance, Startups
We are at the final blog post in my series about finance transformation success. I’ve covered the hard technical aspects of project management and the external aspects of communication and working with others. This blog post covers the internal skills and...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Startups
As a Chartered Accountant by training, I found it amusing that PowerPoint skills became much more important than Excel skills for finance transformation engagements. Excel is a comfort blanket for accountants, but a successful finance transformation professional must...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Startups
The second part of finance transformation success is dealing with people. It is well-worn territory and there are 1,345 cliches about work politics for a reason. This is the aspect of finance transformation I’ve found the hardest to get right. The 4 P’s...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Startups
I wanted to share what I’ve learnt from working for seven years in the London finance transformation space. Don’t make my mistakes and make my successes be your successes! All good TED talks are based on unnatural, gimmicky alliterations. So the 4...
