By David Parmenter

There are a number of steps to take:

  • before you move understand what best practice is  in corporate finance.  You will be surprised how little you know.  Unless you have been one of the lucky ones to have audited three of more excellent finance teams.
  • work out your own personal baggage and minimise it.  All your flaws will be accentuated in a corporate role
  • gather a cluster of mentors behind you
  • study leadership and have a role model to copy
  • your staff come first – whereas in audit the client is always first.   Spend more one-to-one time with each staff person before you make any recruiting decisions.   Understand them before you make a costly mistake.

Next steps

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Lean Practices to Transform Your Finance Team – Toolkit (120 page Whitepaper + electronic templates)  

How to avoid the twenty major mistakes corporate accountants commonly make every year – Toolkit (110 page Whitepaper + e-templates

Fast close: A Guide to Rapid Month-end and Year-end Reporting – Toolkit (120 page Whitepaper + electronic templates)

One-Page Finance Team Reporting Templates (90 page Whitepaper + electronic templates)

20+ System Improvements for the Finance Team – Toolkit (100 page Whitepaper + electronic templates)

Management and Leadership Toolkit ( Whitepaper and electronic templates)

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Winning Personal Habits

Don’t Say I Never Told You – Series 1 warms up with chapters on family and friends and winning personal habits before moving onto the heavier stuff of personal development.

Don’t Say I Never Told You -Series 2 covers your other half, you and your money, and health and well-being.

​Don’t Say I Never Told You –Series 3 covers winning work habits, forging a career worth having, and some tips for millennial managers.