EP 19: 3 Ways To Unstick Your Finance Career (When There's Nowhere Left To Go)

<p>Nobody is blocking your promotion. Your manager just can&#39;t afford to lose you.</p><p><br></p><p>If you disappeared for four weeks and everything broke, you&#39;re the most valuable person in the room — and the least promotable. Kev and Ash unpack the competence trap: why being reliable, fast and cheap to deploy quietly locks you into the role you already have, especially in the flat org structures most finance teams now run.</p><p><br></p><p>They get honest about the yes-man years, the cultural pressure to never push back, the imposter syndrome that makes you over-commit, and the humbling moment leadership asks what you actually do — after a year of Sunday reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Then the practical part: three concrete moves to get unstuck, plus the point nobody makes — sometimes stable isn&#39;t stuck. Sometimes a 9-to-5 that gets you to daycare pickup is the right call for the season you&#39;re in.</p><p><br></p><p>What we cover</p><p><br></p><p>Why reliability is a floor, not an upside</p><p>Flat structures and the missing rungs between FM and CFO</p><p>Saying yes to everything, and what it actually costs you</p><p>Busy vs valuable — and the retrospective framework to tell them apart</p><p>The &quot;just stop sending it and see who screams&quot; test (4 hours a week back)</p><p>Career stagnation vs career stability as a parent</p>