Overview
Strategic financial leadership for businesses requiring CFOlevel capabilities without fulltime executive costs, and specialist technical support for organisations with existing finance teams.
Over 210,000 Australian businesses in the $2M$500M revenue range need sophisticated financial leadership but cannot justify the $320,000+ cost of a fulltime CFO.
GNS Strategic Advisory focuses on the midmarket sweet spot ($10M$500M revenue), delivering principalled, highcalibre CFO advisory to the 52,000+ businesses navigating growth, complexity, and scale.
VIRTUAL CFO SERVICES
Ongoing strategic financial leadership delivering the guidance, oversight, and accountability growing businesses need. Includes board and audit committee support to ensure strong financial governance.
Ideal For
- Businesses with $10M$500M revenue requiring CFOlevel guidance without a fulltime hire
- Organisations experiencing significant growth, complexity, or transition
- Boards and audit committees requiring independent financial perspective
Service Includes
- Monthly financial close oversight and strategic reporting
- Board and audit committee attendance with financial performance reporting and review
- Cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and working capital management
Financial strategy development and scenario planning - Governance framework establishment and ongoing compliance oversight
Risk management oversight and committee support - Strategic tax planning integrated with financial decision
STATUTORY FINANCIAL REPORTING & AUDIT
Review and advisory services for statutory financial statements with comprehensive coordination of the external audit process.
Ideal For
- Listed entities and public companies with GPFR requirements
- Large proprietary companies meeting reporting thresholds
- Private businesses preparing SPFS for audit, banking, or stakeholder requirements
Service Includes
- Review and advisory on statutory financial statements (GPFR or SPFS)
- Comprehensive notes disclosure review against applicable standards
- Audit working paper preparation and organisation
- External auditor coordination and query management
Halfyear and fullyear reporting for continuous disclosure entities - Full financial statement preparation for organisations without internal capabilit
TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING ADVISORY
Expert guidance on complex accounting treatments, new standards implementation, and technical positions requiring board or audit committee approval.
Ideal For
- Organisations facing complex accounting decisions or significant transactions
- Businesses Implementing new accounting standards or transitioning reporting frameworks
- Boards and audit committees requiring technical guidance on reporting matters
Service Includes
- Technical position papers on complex accounting treatments
- Revenue recognition (AASB 15), leases (AASB 16), financial instruments (AASB 9)
- Fair value measurement (AASB 13) and impairment assessments (AASB 136)
- Board and audit committee presentations on technical matters
- New standards implementation guidance and impact assessments
FINANCE FUNCTION DIAGNOSTIC & OPTIMISATION
Assessment of finance operations to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities. Provides a clear, prioritised roadmap with practical solutions.
Ideal For
- Highgrowth businesses experiencing finance capability gaps
Organisations with inefficient processes creating delays or accuracy issues- Businesses that have not had an independent operational or compliance risk assessment
- Businesses preparing for system implementations or organisational restructuring
Service Includes
- Current state assessment through process observation and stakeholder interviews
- Efficiency gap and control weakness identification
- Operational and compliance risk assessment with mitigation recommendations
- Capability constraint analysis and benchmarking
- Prioritised improvement roadmap with clear implementation milestones
Implementation support for highpriority improvements and risk remediatio
BOARD & AUDIT COMMITTEE ADVISORY
Independent financial expertise for boards and audit committees on governance, risk, and reporting. Offered as a standalone engagement without the need for a full Virtual CFO.
Ideal For
- Notforprofit organisations without internal CFO capability
- Boards requiring independent financial perspective
- Audit committees seeking technical guidance on reporting matters
- Organisations preparing for governance upgrades
Service Includes
- Attendance at board and audit committee meetings
- Review and challenge of management financial reporting
- External auditor relationship oversight
Financial governance framework development - Risk management committee support
Engagement Model
- Monthly retainers for ongoing Virtual CFO services
- Fixed project fees for Statutory Reporting, Technical Advisory, and Diagnostic engagements
- Retainer arrangements for Board and Audit Committee Advisory
- Hourly support available for additional work beyond retainer scope
- Principallevel attention on every engagement no delegation to juniors
- Flexible engagement structures tailored to client needs and growth stage
Professional Credentials
- Dualqualified Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ and ICAEW) and Chartered Tax Adviser
- 13 years’ finance experience including Managerlevel roles at PwC Australia
- MBA candidate Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne
- Multijurisdictional practice across Australia, UK, New Zealand, and Canada
Track Record
- Led multijurisdictional financial consolidations across AU, NZ, UK, and Canada for multinational clients
- Managed team of 30 delivering CFO advisory across 217 locations globally
- Delivered auditready financial statements with zero corrected/uncorrected misstatement
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