Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about yourself and how you built your career in finance?
- Which finance project or improvement are you most proud of, and what impact did it have?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Walk us through how you run a month-end close. Where do errors usually hide, and how do you catch them?
- How do you build an annual budget, and how do you keep forecasts useful when the business changes mid-year?
- Describe your approach to cash flow management. What early warning signs do you watch for?
- Which accounting and ERP systems have you worked with, and what process have you automated or improved?
- How do you design internal controls that prevent errors and fraud without slowing the business down?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a time you had to push back on a spending decision from a senior leader. How did you handle it?
- Describe a situation where you explained a complex financial issue to a non-finance audience.
- How do you keep your team accurate and motivated during high-pressure periods like close or audit season?
Problem-solving / case
- You discover a material discrepancy two days before the board meeting. Walk us through what you do.
- Our costs are rising faster than revenue. How would you analyze the situation and what would you present to leadership?
- Leadership wants a 12-month cash runway view by next week, but the data lives in three different systems. How do you deliver it?
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