I was sat on this bench just over four years ago in the worst ever mental state I’ve ever recalled being in 😢
Bagging a new job, I was brought in to lend a more commercial eye over the business. There were no month end processes, no balance sheet reconciliations, no finance team, no budget.
I revolutionised and built everything that was lacking over the space of six months 💪🏻
But I had the most toxic of job environments. Reported to the MD (the wife), contradicting requests from the CEO (the husband). They were great at sales but crap at financial management. Arguing across the table in board meetings. Departments not wanting to share their own KPIs with each other.
I was in tears on this bench after the December board meeting, something I found really difficult to deal with.
And then they fired me on the 14th January.
How I’ve managed to come out of this by creating and scaling a multiple award-winning accountancy business, with a team of 6 employees and 200 clients is utterly beyond me. Especially with no prior accountancy practice experience 🤯
What I do know is that I absolutely adore what I do, have an incredible team and have some of the most amazing clients I could ever wish to find and work with 🙏🏻
What I now know, is that there is always a way 💙
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10moCongrats Chris keep winning