The rapid development of disruptive technologies in recent years has sparked an explosion in start-up activity. Thanks to the favourable investment climate we witnessed in the past few years, there is ...

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The most common organizational structure in business is a hierarchy of functional departments and units through which work flows in order to achieve maximum performance. Its alignment enables ...

Growth is an exciting phase for any small business, but it can also bring you a host of new challenges. One of the most overlooked areas during a scale-up is the finance function. Many businesses ...

What should your finance team look like? For owners of small and midsize businesses, deciding this is often a major issue because they’re not experienced in setting up a finance department. If you’re ...

In this blog series, we are exploring the crucial role the finance department plays in enabling growth within scaling organisations. Over the course of the series, we will be deep diving on key ...

Successful companies need efficient sales and finance departments. A sales department focuses primarily on expanding the organization's customer base, and a finance department focuses on achieving ...

Aside from the policies and processes in place, HR is there to make sense of the gray areas and advocate for the people. For decades, human resources has fought hard to have a seat at the table where ...

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