In this first episode of the new The Finance Seat interview series, Headstar’s Managing Director, James Roach interviews Ciara Allan, CFO at ARC Inspirations, a high performing, commercially successful bar group in the North of England operating 3 brands with 17 venues in total.

Ciara explains how a hospitality CFO stays on top of cash control, costs and managing the leadership team’s confidence when demand can fluctuate week to week.

She covers how to establish forecasting discipline when trading can be volatile, how to turn cost control into an advantage, how she keeps people calm and informed under pressure, building good habits even when the business is cash-rich, and much more…

If you lead finance in a fast-changing environment, this is a practical, no-nonsense conversation.

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