Are you headhunting for finance professional for your business but having a tough time finding one? Or rather are you a finance professional who is preparing for that job interview for a dream job that you so desire? Or rather are you an academician who is having a hard time figuring out the right mix of students for your new semester’s batch? If you have replied in the affirmative to any or all of the above queries, read on about the pioneering thought leadership initiative by SuperCFO called SuperCFO Challenge (www.supercfochallenge.com), an online Finance and Accounting Test (currently in beta testing), which stretches the limits of your Finance IQ! Over the past few months, there has been frenetic activity at SuperCFO. A dedicated team of CFOs, Finance Professionals and Business Analysts... Read More →

Emails are ubiquitous in this day and age. The traditional method of writing letters and mailing them by post is almost obsolete. This makes it imperative that we all are aware of the basic courtesies to be followed when communicating via emails. This is more so in the professional arena where basic overlooking of common business email etiquettes can mar professional relationships. It is quite amazing to note the gaffes in email writing from employees across the hierarchical divide. In my 16 years of professional life, I have been witness to some really hilarious and at the same time serious and totally unavoidable errors in email communication; sometimes from people really senior in the hierarchy including CMDs and CEOs. Some of these have led to bitter altercations between the protagonists... Read More →

The benefits of drafting a solid, crisp and effective resume are only too obvious. Firstly, it opens the doors to your dream job by landing you with interview discussions with your potential employer. Enumerated below are some important tools and tips that one must not overlook whilst drafting an impressive summary of one’s professional achievements. Know the Raison D’etre – The purpose of drafting a resume is to land up as many interviews as possible and not land up jobs. Oftentimes, people write long pieces of prose which gets boring to peruse and usually lands up in the trash can. Know Your Job Search Objective – It is wise to ascertain your job search objective and then structure your resume around that objective and not the other way around. Brevity is the Name of the Game... Read More →

It is always said that the first impression is the last impression. Success of an individual evidently lies in his interpersonal skills and his business knowledge. Your overall communication skills and your persona play an important role in leaving an indelible effect on the opposite person. In essence, you are responsible for creating your own image for the world to gauge and react. Presenting yourself more astutely and professionally in an official environment like a job interview is half the battle won! Many studies and analysis have led to the same conclusion that a person is judged within the first couple of minutes of his interaction with his fellow beings. Subsequent opinions are based on the first impression that is cast on us. Whenever we communicate with others the impact of our... Read More →

Every year around this time, corporations pay special attention to the top talent in their company. As the appraisal season takes momentum, this special care for the hitherto taken for granted talent intensifies. Around this time we at SuperCFO, get more than our usual share of phone calls from top CFOs and CEOs requesting to help them look for opportunites that marry their career aspirations. While we are more than happy to serve them, this does not bode well for the HR divisions of businesses who do not give talent management its due importance. Usually around the year HR divisions in companies are so preoccupied with things of lesser importance like training programs, conducting seminars, and other low priority HR items in their diary. Come March-April, when many CFOs and CEOs are getting... Read More →

HR outsourcing is quite a new concept but slowly & gradually it is growing across the organizational spectrum. The idea behind the concept was to reduce the operating cost but now the importance is much more observed in the sense of adding value to the business and the employees. The major functions which are included are screening of resumes and verification of the candidates on the part of their qualification, job experience, practical know how of the functions which they mention in their CV. SuperCFO TMS’s CFO sourcing offering, is distinctive in that it offers a functional expert’s dimension to the regular process of recruitment followed by a conventional HR firm. SuperCFO TMS is not a HR recruitment firm in the truest sense of the word but a specialized facilitator for... Read More →

Management usually views the staffing process as something which pushes up overheads. In today’s cost sensitive environment, it makes sense to outsource staffing functions to specialists like SuperCFO. This assists the HR department of a company a great deal and enables them to focus their efforts on the more pressing matters and functions of a traditional HR management and precludes them wasting their precious resources on day to day jobs. SuperCFO’s forte lies in sourcing and placing competent high finance talent in various client mandates across industries. We provide interim, virtual and fulltime CFOs and Controllers to startups, SMEs and MNCs. Depending on the nature of the project at hand, SuperCFO can tap into its rich reservoir of finance and accounting professionals and customize... Read More →