Contingent Workforce Blind Spots Every CFO Should Fix

Most organisations can't produce a complete list of their external workforce. Not in 24 hours. Not with confidence. Our research across finance and tax leaders found the same thing: a significant proportion of external workers are invisible to Finance and HR — hidden in procurement ledgers, project budgets and Statements of Work that look like deliverables but are really just people. The result? Potential IR35 liabilities, 15 to 25% overspend on external labour, and months of executive time lost to HMRC enquiries.