As the country refashions its way of working in the face of the covid-19 crisis, our favourite head of finance wryly recounts the first week under the new rather challenging, albeit sometimes amusing, home working regime

A chasm between finance and sales widens when process and efficiency disputes threaten to create an untenable blocker for Finance Mole  

Finance Mole takes a few moments away from the balance sheet to play spot the LinkedIn profile, but is left dazed and confused by the experience

Finance Mole takes a break from analysing year ends and succumbs to the Christmas malaise pervading the finance department

With less than a week until the election, Finance Mole is keeping his head down, avoiding irritating political insights by focusing on the Christmas raffle

Fed up with time wasting thought leaders who have no defined role, Finance Mole longs for a hands-on CFO who will focus on the detail

After a spate of senior resignations, Finance Mole heads to Italy to eye up an acquisition but runs into trouble when he loses his mobile and hits Brexit woes

After a two-week summer break, it is almost a pleasure for Finance Mole to get back to work and resume his days of wrangling with the numbers

A random conversation overheard in the newly instated relaxation room makes Finance Mole feel his age, but it does not deter him from the day job 

When Finance Mole is dragged out to Las Vegas for a team building event for his private equity investors, his musical ability fails to wow the crowd, but he does have a 20th floor pool view to compensate

Finance Mole heads to Italy to support the Head of Sales with debt collection and is surprised when he wins over some sceptical European colleagues when he promises to hassle head office for a new coffee machine

All change at the top of the organisation as Finance Mole faces a daunting meeting with the inbound CEO, but for once appears to survive another day, although the CFO may not be so lucky

When new private equity owners start setting recruitment parameters, Finance Mole faces a dilemma as the hiring criteria are wiping out potentially suitable candidates, leaving a damoclean choice

Finance Mole will not be outmanoeuvred by a pushy head of sales when transatlantic problems at head office delay the finalisation of the annual budget for yet another month, not to mention a credit control issue with Russia

Finance Mole is forced to head to Frankfurt to flush out the cash when a recalcitrant customer fails to pay up with a tough-handed approach, but gets trapped in an un-magical Christmas market