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Three steps. One verdict.

  1. 01

    Paste your draft brief

    The job description or advert as it stands. Paste the text or upload a PDF or Word file.

  2. 02

    Answer the assessment questions

    15 core questions on the role, the business case and day-one needs — mostly quick choices — plus your name, email and company. More detail is optional.

  3. 03

    Get your verdict and matched pack

    Your business case check, a hire, reshape or pause verdict, and the matching job description, candidate advert and interview scorecard. Next working day, by 5pm UK time, after payment and a complete brief.

£99 + VAT launch price · £249 + VAT standard price

Launch price available for the first five paid Health Checks. Prices exclude VAT, which is added at 20%.

“Stress-test my hire” starts the Finance Hiring Health Check: the same single service and price. Allow around 15 minutes to complete your brief. No call required.

No call required. No candidate introductions. No recruitment service.

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The 15 core questions

About 15 minutes (our estimate) for your details, the core questions and pasting your draft. Optional detail adds time. Your answers are saved at each step, so you can come back later.

“Not known yet” is accepted for 10 of the 15 core questions — the report then asks you a targeted follow-up instead of guessing. The other 5, such as the job title and the problem to solve, are needed. Optional detail can simply be skipped.

  1. 01Job titleneeded
  2. 02Permanent or fixed-termneeded
  3. 03Who it reports toor not known yet
  4. 04How many people it will manageor not known yet
  5. 05Where the role is basedneeded
  6. 06Work pattern, including month-endor not known yet
  7. 07Salary rangeor not known yet
  8. 08Whether the budget is approvedor not known yet
  9. 09The problem the hire should solveneeded
  10. 10What is going wrong todayor not known yet
  11. 11Who does that work todayor not known yet
  12. 12What the problem costs todayor not known yet
  13. 13Other fixes consideredor not known yet
  14. 14Day-one must-havesneeded
  15. 15What must be different after six monthsor not known yet

Asked only when relevant: Fixed-term length (only for fixed-term contracts).

Optional — under “Add more detail”

Skip any of these. Some only appear when an earlier answer makes them relevant.

Notes on the problem, cost or alternatives · New role or replacement · Why hire now · Desired start · Benefits · Working hours · What must be different after twelve months · What can be learned after joining · Main responsibilities · Desirable skills · Qualifications and accepted alternatives · Systems and ERP · Data access and quality · ERP or BI project ownership · Travel and its purpose · Key stakeholders · Authority and resources · Fixed constraints · Interview stages · Who makes the final decision · Planned timing · Where you are in hiring · Applications so far (if advertising) · Interviews so far (if interviewing) · Problems so far (if advertising)

Your brief is assessed, a structured report is drafted with AI assistance from the facts you supply, and every report passes automated quality checks. Every report is checked before release by a finance recruitment specialist with ten years' experience as owner-director of a boutique finance recruitment consultancy. Please leave out candidate names and CVs.

See a fictional sample report