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FD Capital Group Podcasts: CFO, Board and Regulatory Hiring on Air

Five podcasts from the five specialist firms in FD Capital Group, covering CFO and Finance Director recruitment, C-suite hiring, non-executive appointments, qualified finance teams and FCA Senior Manager Functions. Every show is listed below with links to the directories where you can follow it.

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Why a CFO insight site carries a podcast page

CFO Capital exists to share practical insight with Chief Financial Officers, Finance Directors and the businesses that hire them. Much of that insight is written, in the CFO Capital blog and the resources library. A good deal of it is also spoken. Across FD Capital Group, the team records short episodes on the hiring questions clients and candidates ask most often: how to choose between a fractional and an interim CFO, what a regulated finance role really demands, how much a Finance Director costs, and what a board should look for in its next non-executive.

Audio suits the way senior people consume information. A CFO between meetings, a founder on a train or a chair preparing for a board away-day can listen to a fifteen-minute episode when they would never sit down with a long guide. This page brings every group podcast together in one place, so you can find the show that matches your role and subscribe in the app you already use.

It also gives each show a single, stable home on the web. Podcast directories pick up shows from their RSS feeds, but they surface and rank them more confidently when an established website links to the listing. Collecting the listings here helps search engines and directories connect each show to the firm behind it.

The five group podcasts

Each firm in FD Capital Group runs its own show, matched to its specialism. Episodes are short, practical and written by people who recruit into these roles every week. The links under each show open its listing in the major podcast apps and directories.

What the episodes cover

The shows are built around real hiring decisions rather than general business commentary. Most episodes take one role or one problem and work through it the way a recruiter would with a client on a first call.

Choosing the right model of CFO

The most common question we hear is not “who should we hire?” but “how much of a CFO do we need?” Episodes on FD Capital’s show compare fractional CFOs, part-time CFOs and interim CFOs, and explain when a permanent appointment is worth the longer search. They cover the moments that typically trigger a hire: a funding round, private equity investment, an acquisition, rapid growth that outruns the existing finance team, or an unexpected departure.

Finance leadership in regulated firms

For FCA-regulated businesses, a senior finance appointment is also a regulatory one. The Chief Finance function is SMF2, and in smaller firms the CFO is often asked to take on compliance oversight too. Our written piece on when the CFO is asked to cover compliance pairs well with the SMF Capital episodes on SMF16 and SMF17. The FCA’s own guide to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime sets out the framework, and the FCA’s approved persons pages explain the application process. You will find more on the CFO Capital FCA hub.

Building the finance team

A CFO is only as effective as the team underneath. Accountancy Capital’s episodes cover the hires that make a finance function work: the Financial Controller who owns the close, the FP&A lead who turns numbers into decisions, the management accountant who makes reporting useful. They complement our article on running a month-end close that belongs to someone else and our guide to building a finance business partnering function.

The board around the CFO

Finance Directors increasingly sit alongside, and later become, non-executive directors. NED Capital’s show looks at what boards need from independent directors and how an executive can build a non-executive portfolio. The NED Knowledge Hub on this site covers the same ground in writing, and the Financial Reporting Council’s corporate governance resources set out the expectations behind the role.

Careers for finance leaders

Plenty of episodes are written for candidates rather than clients: stepping up from Head of Finance to CFO, moving from a full-time role into fractional work, preparing for interview and understanding current day rates. Read From Head of Finance to CFO alongside them. The ICAEW and ACCA both publish career resources for members considering a move.

How to listen and subscribe

Every group podcast is distributed from its own RSS feed, so you can follow it in whichever app you prefer. Subscribing means new episodes arrive automatically.

1. Pick the show that fits your role. CFOs and Finance Directors will get most from FD Capital’s Podcast; boards and NEDs from NED Capital; compliance and regulated-firm leaders from SMF Capital.
2. Open the listing in your app. On an iPhone, the Apple Podcasts link opens the show directly. Spotify and Amazon Music listeners can follow most shows there too, and Android listeners often prefer Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict or Castbox.
3. Tap follow or subscribe. The app will download new episodes as they are published.
4. Rate and review if an episode helped. Ratings on Apple Podcasts and Goodpods help other finance leaders find the shows.

If you prefer to read, most episodes have a written counterpart on the brand website, and the specialist sites page shows where each topic lives across the group.

Podcast directories at a glance

The table shows where each show is listed. Every show is distributed from Buzzsprout, so it reaches the same core directories; a few apps that add shows by request are still being rolled out across the group.

Frequently asked questions

Who presents the podcasts?
Episodes are produced by the team at FD Capital Group, drawing on the searches each firm runs. Adrian Lawrence FCA, the group’s founder, appears regularly and oversees the editorial direction.

Are the podcasts free?
Yes. Every show is free in every app listed on this page.

How often are new episodes released?
Each show publishes new episodes through the year, usually tied to a role or a regulatory change that clients are asking about. Following the show in your app is the simplest way to catch each one.

Can I suggest a topic?
Please do. If there is a hiring question you would like us to cover, contact CFO Capital and we will pass it to the right show.

Can I appear on a show?
We occasionally speak with finance leaders, board members and compliance specialists. If you have a perspective on CFO or senior finance hiring, get in touch through the contact page.

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About the founder

Adrian Lawrence FCA

Adrian is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the ICAEW with a practising certificate, and a former listed-company Finance Director with more than 25 years at C-suite level. Earlier in his career he was placed as Finance Director into a private equity-backed management buy-out, so he has been the candidate in a senior finance appointment as well as the recruiter. He founded FD Capital in 2018 and has since built FD Capital Group, where searches are run by a specialist team with Adrian overseeing each mandate.

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