How Coffee & Excel writes its finance career notes
Practical, evidence-led finance career notes: what to expect, what we won't do, and where to start with your CV.
Coffee & Excel publishes practical notes for people building careers in finance: accountants, FP&A analysts, auditors and anyone moving into or up through a finance team. This short post explains how we write them, so you know what to expect.
What you can expect
- Practical steps you can use on a real application or interview this week.
- Examples written as patterns to adapt, not claims to copy.
- Sources for figures and market data, with the date we checked them.
What we won't do
We won't invent numbers, promise interviews or offers, or suggest you claim experience you don't have. When a detail can't be supported, we say so and suggest how to check it. Our AI transparency page explains where AI helps and where it doesn't. For an example of sourced pay data, see accountant and financial analyst salaries in the US.
The best career move is rarely a reinvention. It's a clearer way to tell the truth about what you can do.
Where to start
If you're updating your CV, start with how to write finance CV achievements without inventing numbers. It shows how to turn responsibilities into evidence you can defend in an interview. If you're comparing job offers in Ireland, accountant salaries in Ireland is a better first read.
Frequently asked questions
Who are Coffee & Excel's finance career notes for?
Accountants, FP&A analysts, auditors and anyone moving into or up through a finance team.
Do you use AI to write the notes?
Our AI transparency page explains where AI helps and where it doesn't. Whatever the tool, we don't publish numbers we can't source.
What happens when you can't verify a figure?
We say so and suggest how you can check it yourself, rather than guessing or leaving an unsupported number in.