Over three in five chief finance officers plan to add new temporary and/or interims staff to their teams in 2012, according to research from recruiter Robert Half.

This figures rises to 80% in London, and the report also shows that 25% of the total of UK plc’s finance teams are made up of such staff, rising to 28% in large companies.

Phil Sheridan, managing director, Robert Half UK, says: “By continuing to capitalise on the readily available and highly specialist temporary market, businesses can adjust more easily and quickly to workload variations, and bring in functional experts with the required experiences to manage strategic initiatives.”