Finance in a High-Growth Consulting Environment with Ross MacGregor, CFO at Axiologik

Episode notes

In this episode of The Finance Seat, Headstar Managing Director James Roach is joined by Ross MacGregor, Finance Director at Axiologik, to talk about what it really takes to scale a consulting business sustainably. Ross shares his experience of joining a growing digital consultancy with no formal finance function, navigating an early period of decline, and rebuilding towards stable, long-term growth. The conversation explores the realities behind utilisation, margin and headcount, and why growth needs guardrails if it is going to last. They also dig into finance partnering, the role of automation and systems, balancing permanent staff and contractors, and how finance leaders should think about transformation, data and ROI in an increasingly digital world.