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I’m not a boring accountant. I’m proud to say that others have said I have too much personality to be an accountant! I know how to talk to you about numbers in a way that makes sense. Here, I share finance tips for small business and my life experience in various management roles.
Practical Tips for Managing Cash
Tips for Managing Cash Managing Cash and Working Capital continues to be top of the list of tips of effectively managing the finances within the business. Whilst we all know “cash is king”, it is not unusual for small businesses to struggle with their cash flow...
Event: “Finance Not Your Thing?” 9 June 2021, 12:30 at Fern, 79 St Georges Tce, Perth
As a business owner or leader do you hear yourself say : "I'm not a numbers person"? But you feel self-conscious because in your role others expect you might be more comfortable around numbers than you are, and you don't like to ask what might be seen as a "silly"...
Welcome to autonomy
The Role of a CFO in a Company Just stepped into your first CFO role, be it a promotion from a 2IC Finance Manager role, or your first move out of professional services into commerce, and got that sense of unease because you are unsure what you are supposed to...
Keep It Simple
Finding it difficult to understand the numbers? Ever considered that perhaps the reason you are finding numbers difficult and confusing is because you are being given numbers that are either irrelevant, too much information, or presented in a format that you cannot...
Top 10 Tips for becoming a good CFO
What's a "Good" CFO supposed to look like? As a relatively new or emerging CFO, no one necessarily tells you what you should be doing differently from your previous role as a Finance Manager or Financial Controller, do they? Here I share my Top 10 Tips for...
It’s all about cash
How much do you have in the piggy bank? If worrying about the cashflow within the business is not keeping you awake at night that's a good thing. We have all heard that businesses fail through lack of cash as opposed to lack of profits. But we...
The crystal ball approach to budgeting
Budgeting and Forecasting As an Owner or Leader in Business are you trying to get a better grasp of your numbers and understand budgets and forecasts? This is the 4th in a series of articles to support you as Owner or Leader of a business get on top of what you...
Demystifying Numbers
Does this jumble of rope visualise the state of your business finances? If the answer is yes, you might want to read on. Would you prefer it to look like this neatly wrapped shank below? Let me help with demystifying numbers.This is the third in a series of articles...
Making friends with finance
Cross eyed and confused by numbers? As the Leader or Owner of a business you need to be on top of your numbers to enable informed and timely decisions when building the foundations for a resilient business. Following on from the 5...
5 Key Business Finance Questions
Finance all a bit of a puzzle As the Leader or Owner of a business you need to be on top of your numbers to enable informed and timely decision making, building the foundations for a resilient business. Everyone knows “cash is...