Strategic Finance & Tax Insights — Page 2
Insights from the front lines. Arron Bennett on tax strategy, cash flow, scaling, and the real challenges of running a service business, from a CFO who has been in your shoes.
A Signed Contract Is Not Permission to Hire Yet
Tie a contract-linked hiring start to verified customer cash or an approved bridge, with separate permission for recruiting and payroll.
When Sales and Finance Disagree on the Cash Forecast
Resolve conflicting customer receipt dates with one evidence owner, a dated assumption and a specific spending decision.
My Case Against False Precision in Business Forecasting
A forecast is not there to be accurate. It is there to be useful.
How to Interview a CFO: Questions That Reveal Judgment
A CFO interview can sound impressive without revealing whether the person can help a CEO make a hard decision.
Build a Finance Leadership Learning Loop
A finance leader improving judgment across repeated planning and operating cycles does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
Five Conversations Every Leadership Team Should Have Before Year-End
A leadership team preparing a plan without confronting the operating choices beneath the forecast does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
A Finance Leadership Operating Checklist
A CEO who wants a compact way to test whether finance is supporting the operating rhythm does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
The Right Time to Add a Finance Partner
A founder who suspects the business has outgrown report-only finance but is unsure what role comes next does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
Clarity Is Valuable Only When It Reaches the Next Decision
A leader who feels informed after a finance conversation but remains unsure what happens next does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
How to Explain Finance Without Hiding Behind Jargon
A finance leader who wants executives to act without forcing them to decode technical language does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
The Founder Question Behind Most Cash-Flow Problems
A founder asking why a profitable business still feels short of cash does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.
Metric Discipline Begins With Classification
A leadership team arguing about performance while departments use different definitions does not need another abstract finance lesson. The issue is what the business can see early enough to change.