LEADER 03804nam 22004813 450 001 9910158604703321 005 20240216074425.0 010 $a1-4729-3808-9 010 $a1-4729-3811-9 010 $a9781472938084 035 $a(CKB)3710000001010363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4780586 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6164302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6164302 035 $a(OCoLC)968730632 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001010363 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReach the Top in Finance $eThe Ambitious Accountant's Guide to Career Success 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing Plc,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (155 pages) 311 $a1-4729-3810-0 327 $aCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Building your personal brand -- Why does personal brand matter to finance professionals? -- Building your brand -- A stand-out brand -- The value of pragmatism: Julie Teigland -- Changing your brand -- Marketing your personal brand -- Chapter end -- 2 Skills and capabilities -- Technical knowledge is not enough -- Partner potential -- Need a niche? -- Life-long learning -- Contact with the board -- Should you study for an MBA? -- International experience -- ABC - a lesson in being the best -- The skills of a CFO -- IT and systems -- The technical route to CFO: Geraldine Matchett's story -- The skills of a partner -- Career in audit -- Chapter end -- 3 Career management -- Moving from practice to industry -- Relationship with your boss -- Working with HR functions, recruitment consultants and headhunters -- Career hiccoughs -- When your company goes under ... -- Passed over for promotion -- From Big Four partner to Fortune 500 CFO -- Networking and public speaking -- Chapter end -- 4 Being the business partner -- Relationships with other departments -- Working with the CEO -- Working with entrepreneurs -- Working with private equity firms -- Working with clients -- Working in not-for-profit -- Presenting to the board -- Relationships with investors -- Relationships with the auditor, banks and credit rating agencies -- Media relations -- Managing cost-saving programmes -- The future of finance -- Chapter end -- 5 Leadership and management -- Approaches to leadership in industry -- New to the job? -- Leadership in professional services -- Setting the right tone -- Flying high: The Paul Donofrio story -- Under pressure -- The pros and cons of being a finance leader -- Making corporate history -- Chapter end -- 6 Women in finance -- Old boys' club -- Strategy for success. 327 $aTorn between work and home -- Need to network -- Being female can be an advantage ... so use it -- How does she do it? -- Networking groups for women in finance -- Chapter end -- 7 Beyond finance -- Life as a CEO -- The CEO in industry: Ronan Dunne -- Senior leadership in an accountancy firm -- CEO in professional services: Sacha Romanovitch -- Non-executive roles -- The board chair's story -- Chapter end -- 8 The accountant as an entrepreneur -- Dreaming big -- Education, education, education -- How to become a billionaire -- Chapter end -- 9 Conclusion -- About the author -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright. 606 $aAccounting$xVocational guidance 606 $aCareer development 615 0$aAccounting$xVocational guidance. 615 0$aCareer development. 676 $a657.023 676 $a657.023 700 $aPercy$b Sally$01207594 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158604703321 996 $aReach the Top in Finance$92785735 997 $aUNINA