FD Capital

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about interview advice and tips for FD's and CFO's, it always makes sense to prepare yourself, to gain experience of interviews and to have questions and answers ready to put forward when asked.   Being a good FD is all about the chemistry you will have with the MD / CEO and the rest of the senior management team so it is important to share s...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment are focussed on Part-Time Finance Directors and CFO's and that we are now based in Great Portland Street London.    There are many advantages to be gained from using this approach, the cost is far less as the FD concerned typically works 2 or 3 days per week, whilst working for other another client or clients the r...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Part-time to permanent FD roles, and how FD Capital recruitment is seeing increasing interest in such a solution.  A Finance director joins initially a couple of days per week, but as the business develops their role increases in time until it becomes a permanent full-time role.  This suits some of our team members who have been contracting for a...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how Temp to Perm Finance roles are increasingly popular, companies get to work with the FD and find out if the chemistry is right and the FD gets the opportunity of a perm role, which with the changes to IR35 and the post pandemic world are increasingly attractive as an alternative to portfolio or interim roles. To learn more about FD Capital vis...

n today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment offers interims for Maternity cover of Finance Directors, our team now has a near national coverage with offices in London and Shropshire and a presence in Oxford, Brighton, Bournemouth, Manchester, Chester and Leeds. We also offer specialist FD's with skills such as Turnaround, E-Commerce, Bilingual and fund raisin...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment has grown and that we work as a network of Finance Directors and CFO's.  Our national coverage has been increasing as we have brought new customers and new opportunities on board, we increased further our locations over recent months, some new areas covered to note now include:- Chester Sheffield Guildford Bournemo...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the Interim FD market and how FD Capital Recruitment is seeing a recovery, increasingly we are being asked for Interim FD's and CFO's and this seems to reflect that there is still uncertainty in the job market, employers are considering an FD or CFO but interim with a view to going permanent is an option that is discussed much more now...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the advantages of having a bilingual FD or CFO on the board.  Having the ability to effectively communicate with international partners and subsidiaries is a positive skill and one that is in demand. Understanding the culture of other countries is a real benefit when it comes to periods of challenging trading.   Being familiar with the tax and le...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence talks about FD Capital Recruitment and how we are a network of Finance Directors and Chief Financial Officers available to support client opportunities.  We give our team first refusal on new opportunities as they come along, and in return ask that they refer to us opportunities they can't fulfil themselves. Our team are available, Part-Time, Full-Time and on...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the Chief Financial Officer / CFO Recruitment services available from FD Capital, we offer a full range of options, part-time CFO's, interim CFO's and traditional full-time CFO's.   We have been active in the professional recruitment niche since 2018 and increasingly are the specialist provider of choice for London and West Midland...

In todays' episode Adrian Lawrence talks about his experience with blogging and how its a great tool for getting traffic to your website and your message across to interested listeners.   Here at FD Capital Recruitment we seek to update out blog on at least a monthly basis with posts related to topics of interest to Finance Directors and CFO's.   Our service is a niche specialist network...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about virtual finance directors or VFM's, FD capital recruitment has been actively recruiting and placing virtual finance directors since 2018 and this was already a popular area for us pre the pandemic.   Now we are seeing that a lot more businesses are recognising the benefits of remote working, and that its a way to reduce costs and access skil...

In todays' episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment operates, we are a network of finance directors and CFO's that work together to share opportunities and experience, we pass work between each other and also operate as a tradition recruitment service, when an opportunity comes in that is outside of the coverage areas of our team, we advertise the role and headhunt...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence gives tips and advice for FD's and CFO's about to hand in their resignation.   If you have reached the difficult decision to move on from a senior financial professional role, then its important to prepare the organisation for the transition, building up the team in anticipation of your move and to handle the resignation discussion in a positive an...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment are able to provide Finance Directors to cover for Maternity cover, its important that the chemistry is right with a senior financial professional and that the background of the dedicated interim matches your corporate culture and ideally they have your industry sector experience. At FD Capital Recruitment we have a ded...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how an interim finance director can help recruit a permanent finance director.  Bringing in a senior financial professional with experience of both interim work and a clients industry is a great way to help the transition from one Finance Director to another.   The right interim professional will be able to assist by supporting the MD or CEO so t...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment have successfully picked up new opportunities and as a result have added two new locations to their national coverage this week, these being Derby and Brighton respectively. The recruitment business has been running since 2018 and is based in Great Portland Street, London, with a small office in Shropshire, but followin...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the growing national coverage of FD Capital Recruitment, formed in 2018, and initially based in London and Shropshire FD Capital has grown a national network of Finance Directors and Chief Financial officers covering:- London - Our main office is located on Great Portland Street  Oxford Birmingham Manchester Leeds Bristol Wolverhampton Shropshire...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about interim FD Recruitment, FD Capital Recruitment are seeing more enquiries in 2021 than in any previous year for Interim assignments, often these then turn into either permanent full-time FD roles or long term part-time FD roles. Historically FD Capital has seen around 55% of its roles being Part-Time and 45% full-time but now interim roles are gro...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence one of the team of FD's with FD Capital Recruitment talks about the London market for Finance Directors and how FD Capital Recruitment are seeing a recovery in activity in 2021.   Last year saw a lot of issues as a result of the pandemic and we became very busy in the early part of the year as companies needed our turnaround specialists, but activity dr...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence one of the FD's with FD Capital Recruitment talks about the benefits of recruiting an FD on a Part-Time Basis or as a Portfolio FD (an FD who works for more than one company at the same time).  Increasingly we are seeing interest in the market for these part time roles as there are many benefits for companies looking for their FD Recruit. Lower cost due...

n today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the benefits of recruiting a CFO on a part-time or portfolio basis.  Here are FD Capital Recruitment we are seeing more and more employers and CEO's are open to the option of taking on a CFO on a fractional basis. There are many benefits to this:- Costs are lower Access to candidates that are focussed on this type of role A wider skill set Br...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence one of the Finance Directors with FD Capital Recruitment talks about FD Capital now have a presence in Oxford.   We have a number of FD's on our books with Oxford degrees and some of these still live in the Oxford area, as we are working regularly with these FD's and CFO's we now feel we can service clients based in Oxford. To learn more about...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about why companies hire a Finance Director and what the benefits are.   Having the right experience at the top of an organisation makes a significant difference.  Time and time again we have seen the positive transformation an FD makes.  The improvements include:- Greatly improved communications with external parties including banks A focus on profita...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the experience of the FD Capital Recruitment Team with podcasting.   We are new to this area but are really finding it a great experience to share knowledge and updates using this media and channel.  We have already had feedback in that enquiries have come through and mentioned hearing about us from one of our episodes.  So it clearly is a value...