Andrew Free
Newcastle CFO
Ashley Arnott
VIC CFO
Karen Ovens
QLD CFO
Matt Bliss
New Zealand CFO
Pierre de Villiers
QLD CFO
Rob Lancuba
NSW CFO
Scott Goffage
QLD CFO
If you want to grow your business but are struggling with profit and cash flow, I can help. I’ve worked with clients to help them get the fundamentals correct, ensuring their business is sustainable and prepared for taking their business to the next level. What are some of the fundamentals?
– Understanding the true cost of your product or service is vital to ensure a good profit margin.
– Controlling variable costs and overhead costs to keep profits on track.
– Managing cash flow to utilise the peaks and survive the troughs in the cash flow cycle.
– Ensuring that financial reporting is not only accurate, but provides the information relevant to the successful operation of the business.
– Proper planning including meaningful budgeting and long-term strategic planning.
These are examples of a couple of businesses I’ve helped in the past to achieve great outcomes:
Health Care Call Centre After 5 years of operation, the business had only managed to achieve a breakeven result.
The key issues I identified and addressed:
– Pricing – created an accurate pricing model, which protected the business when it grew substantially.
– Contracts – helped negotiate and win a large contract with fair pricing and reasonable clauses.
– Operational KPIs – introduced daily reporting to ensure ‘variable costs’ were managed.
– Overhead
Costs – Implemented precise budgeting and authorisation controls. As a result revenue increased from $35m to $70m in two years and profit increased to 9% of revenue.
EFTPOS Equipment Supplier, The business was growing rapidly across the Asia Pacific Region and struggling to manage the growth.
The key issues I identified and addressed:
– Cost Structure – analysed the costs and implemented controls, which protected the business as it expanded into new countries.
– Pricing – introduced a model that was accurate and easily transferrable to new markets.
– Debtors – implemented strict credit control and collection procedures.
– Stock – ensured procurement was controlled in line with known requirements.
– As a result savings of $350k p.a. were identified and the business managed to maintain an annual growth rate of 25% pa. without requiring additional borrowings.
If you have an aspiration to grow your business and would like to discuss your goals and plans, I would love to hear from you.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Andrew Free
My mission is to provide flexible, innovative, client specific solutions that deliver customers outstanding profit, cash flow and balance sheet performance.
I have a strong background in business consulting and advisory services to a range of SMEs and startups since 2003.
Previously, I was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of The Environmental Group Ltd (ASX listed environmental services group) and have also been employed as interim Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at Cytopia Ltd (ASX listed biotechnology company).
Discover the Power of an Hour with Ashley Arnott
Virtual Chief Financial Officer
Based in Sydney- Helping business owners Australia Wide
Think of me as a ‘Financial Co-Pilot’ helping with your financial challenges so you can
grow your business and make money!
Skills & how we can help with Financial Growth
First Up: A ‘Deep-Dive’ into your numbers and Immediate Financial
Challenges
- Business Planning
- Short/Long Term Goals
- Cash-flow & Profit Improvement Planning
- Prioritise Action Plan & Reporting
- Success Factors
- Quick Wins
- Financial Stability Planning
- Costing Pricing Analysis
- Setting up Easy to Use Controls, Processes & Systems
- Help Optimising Bank Loans
- Growth Funding and Strategies
- Expansion and/or Exit Planning
Background & Value Created for Businesses
Hi Tech Auto Body Shop
Increased sales by $20m per year since 2012
- He sent through a proposal in 2012 that allowed two motor vehicle autobody shops to bring in over $20 million in revenue each since then which guaranteed work supply that exists until today.
- Managed all operations in the group involving:
- Implementation of new production management systems improving management process from workshop to front office.
- Personnel issues e.g. employment contracts, WorkCover requirements, Workers Comp and other legal issues
- Preparation of financial statements for SMSFs, family trusts and investment companies
- Property lease legal issues, rent and compliance issues.
- Completed and submitted presentations to insurance companies and motor vehicle manufacturers re-issues of equipment compliance, energy and environmental initiatives and green energy compliance.
Australian Catholic University / Bachelor of Business Accounting
1999
CPA Australia / Certified Practising Accountant Since 2006
Discover the Power of an Hour with Con Koudsy
My focus is to work with my operating partners to identify improvements that drive businesses forward. I enjoy finding areas of opportunity that will maximise business results and achieve desired business outcomes and objectives.
I have experience in all facets of business including manufacturing, operations, continuous improvement and marketing and sales. I have more than 20 years’ experience in a global commercial setting (including automotive) which allows me to bring forward extensive experience and real-world practical solutions to your business.
I have worked in Australia, Asia and China which could be useful for those wanting to tap into the Chinese market. After working in China for several years, I gained an intimate understanding of how to navigate that market.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Greg Spiteri
If you want to grow your business but are struggling with profit and cash flow, have a desire to expand, knowing you need to fix these issues to enable growth, I can help.
Restructuring, developing a sustainable business growth strategy, due diligence and getting your business finances in order are my passions. I’ve worked with clients to get the basics right, for taking their business to the next level. Ensuring sales targets are clear and pricing of the product/service is right.
Understanding the true cost of a product/service, to ensure a good margin is vital. Managing costs and overheads keeps profits on track. Managing cash flow during the growth phase and beyond is vital if you want sustainable growth. Seeking growth funding requires understanding of how a business operates and its cash requirements, as well as creating confidence for a finance provider.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Karen Ovens
If you want to improve business operations, finance, profitability, and cash flow management, Lyn Mackenzie can help.
My background is in analysing business needs and providing practical, structured advice and delivering sustainable solutions for SMEs. My expertise is to understand and transform your business, making it profitable, helping you to grow the business and if you want, prepare the business for sale. I am an experienced, knowledgeable and astute adviser, skilled in all aspects of operations, finance and accounting.
I regularly uncover and help clients to avoid thousands of dollars in wasted money. All of which has a positive impact on profit, cash flow and business value.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Lyn Mackenzie
I have extensive experience in financial and business management from various roles in the corporate sector, owning my own business, and helping small and medium size business in New Zealand, since 1987.
At the start of my career in one of the big 6 accounting firms, I gained good ground-level knowledge of practical accounting issues, and my roles since then in larger corporates and smaller privately-owned businesses, have given me a unique ability to see how a business can be improved, and finding the right solutions for the problems at hand.
I roll my sleeves up to find operational efficiencies, cost and job management improvements to create better profit, cashflow and business value for my clients.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Matt Bliss
The best way to describe myself is to tell you a story about a client…
I helped them to grow sales from $18m to $65m, driven by solid cashflow, receivables and inventory management and business process improvements. I was heavily involved with them to integrate new products and markets, retaining the initial value of the business culture.
We achieved growth with scalable processes for customer experience, sales pipeline management and business intelligence. We were able to automate previously manual processes, as such we were able to maintain admin staffing levels even as sales tripled!
The new admin process was so cleanly built that when the business was acquired, no items of concern were raised in ‘due diligence’ and this meant a very lucrative exit for shareholders.
This is the type of project I relish and I love to see clients achieve growth and greatly improved business value.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Michael Granek
I’m an experienced management and commercial professional with a strong manufacturing and accounting background, adept at dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
I have a strong strategic focus with a drive to ensure bottom line improvement is achieved. I pride myself on being a team player with a background in developing, influencing, and implementing business changes in both direction and focus of an operation or department.
I maintain a broad understanding of the essential drivers of a business to help determine the critical changes that may be necessary to enhance the future growth and direction of an organisation.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Michael Mee
My mission is to assist local business owners to achieve success by adding value through delivering practical, understandable and cost-effective solutions.
I’ve had 16 years working within the mining sector, as well as much experience in retail and wholesale. Helping business owners to build strong businesses and improve profit, cash flow and lifestyle is my passion. My work experience extends from start-ups to senior management within a public corporation, as well as private directorships.
Organisational restructuring and high-performance team building, as well as improved corporate culture through employee engagement and feedback help to create motivation that enables profitability. If yours is a local business with growth plans, I would love to help you formulate and implement methods to ensure your business stays ahead of the pack.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Paul Rickard
My passion is helping business owners and executives plan for the future through the delivery of value added reports, forecasts and specific insights which tell a clear story about their business and drive real actual and immediate results.
I thrive on providing timely, accurate and easy to understand information upon which businesses can base solid decisions and improve profitability.
My specialties include analysing and explaining your business’ performance in simple terms and finding the key areas for cash flow and profit improvement. I’m also adept at streamlining business strategies end to end for the best outcome.
I consider myself a lateral thinker, capable of looking at your business from angles you may not have considered before and helping you to understand quick wins and where more strategic improvements can be made. I have strong experience across many areas of the business, partnering to achieve massive savings in warehouse and distribution costs, manufacturing costs, Finance and accounting costs, banking, Foreign Exchange and Human resources.
With over 25 years of solid commercial experience working history in small, medium and large businesses, I have extensive experience working with business owners to implement best practice workflow improvements, manage cash flow and ensure the best controls are in place for growth.
I stand by and guarantee my integrity and outputs.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Peter Mastroianni
With an extensive background in management accounting at a senior level in a variety of industries, I use my experience to improve your profit and cash flow and help you steer your business into a brighter future.
I am eager to help you build your business and manage your finances so that you can free your time to grow your business and personal goals.
I am passionate about implementing your business targets and putting in place the measures and reports to make sure we are on track all the way.
With over 20 years of experience from small business (as a director myself), through to multinational corporates, I enjoy the results of positive changes we make and improvements in the numbers and the business efficiency and value.
I enjoy analysing the financial results of actions taken in order to improve the processes and deliver long lasting change and increased efficiencies, finding the numbers that drive your business and reporting on what will be happening rather than what has happened in the past. Working collaboratively to achieve the goals and enjoy the ride as well.
I am a solution finder and problem solver, who uses my varied experience to approach any issue from different angles to find the best solution, then puts this in practice through training and mentoring your staff to ensure the end results are a success.
I have a high sense of duty and a strong work ethic. I am trustworthy and honest and will always put your needs first.
I am eager to help small businesses with setting up the systems right, so we do it right from the beginning.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Pierre de Villiers
If you want to realise your business potential and exceed your expectations, I can help you make it happen!
Here is an example of a client that illustrates how I helped:
A consulting firm expanded from a $28 million company in Australia to a $300 million business spanning Asia Pacific.
This was driven by solid cashflow management, business process improvements and people management across many cultures. I was heavily involved with them to acquire new businesses, establish new offices and implementing country teams with local Profit &Loss responsibility.
I drove the implementation of scalable processes for labour charging and effectiveness, sales pipeline management and business intelligence throughout the region. This kept admin costs and staffing levels flat, as sales and profits grew exponentially!
I have over 20 years’ experience partnering with Owners, CEOs and MDs to lead organisations through transformation and high growth. From a small wholesale distributor through to regional CFO for Nestle looking after 15 countries and 20 manufacturing facilities. I have driven International expansion, turned around distressed companies and led a listing to the ASX. I have deep expertise in designing and implementing comprehensive business strategies for growth and turn-around, and personally led teams of over 100.
I love to see clients exceed their growth ambitions, greatly improve their business value and their lifestyle! I enjoy inspiring people to think differently, nurturing them, challenging them, understanding their fears, and giving them the confidence to step forward and be superstars!
Discover the Power of an Hour with Rob Lancuba
My focus is to help business owners understand how their business is performing and how they can improve its profitability and cash flow.
I have had extensive experience in the corporate world in senior finance roles prior to joining CFO On-Call. Since joining CFO on Call more than 10 years ago, I have worked with many SME businesses in a variety of businesses (including plumbing, freight transport, veterinary services, manufacturing, mechanical workshop, start-up mining, retail).
I enjoy gaining an understanding of a business and its needs, and providing services tailored to addressing its issues.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Scott Goffage
I have extensive experience in financial and business management from various roles in the corporate sector, owning my own business, and helping small and medium size business in New Zealand, since 1987.
At the start of my career in one of the big 6 accounting firms, I gained good ground-level knowledge of practical accounting issues, and my roles since then in larger corporates and smaller privately-owned businesses, have given me a unique ability to see how a business can be improved, and finding the right solutions for the problems at hand.
I roll my sleeves up to find operational efficiencies, cost and job management improvements to create better profit, cashflow and business value for my clients.
Discover the Power of an Hour with Stephen Hunt