Recruiting future finance leaders - qualities to look for

Karen Young, director at Hays Senior Finance, outlines what qualities recruiters should be looking for to earmark an individual as future finance leadership material, including honesty and decisiveness as well as work ethics

Finding a finance leader of the future has never been more important. Since 2008, financial directors, controllers, CFOs and their counterparts have proven themselves to be some of the most trusted advisers to boards and executives across most organisations.

Effective financial leadership is crucial, especially during times of uncertainty, in an unpredictable political and economic climate. A wise financial leader will build an effective team around them, as well as a pipeline of potential successors, whilst navigating potential business, economic and political change.

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