Virtual CFO SERVICES
No CFO? No worries.
Our virtual CFO service will provide the support you need
A virtual CFO can make all the difference
- Expert financial guidance
- Startups and growing SMEs
- Essential to scale up
- Support that suits you
- No lock ins or surprises
As your business grows, you’ll need more support. Often it’s a feeling of knowing you need help, but not being able to say exactly what with. We hear this from our virtual CFO clients a lot.
They’ll tell you that having a virtual CFO service on call provides the expert financial support you need to scale up and feel properly in control.
You’ll go from feeling like you can’t achieve your growth to knowing what to focus on — from worrying about money to knowing your funding options. Chances are, you can afford CFO support with one of the options below.
Our CFO packages at a glance
No lock ins or surprises, we promise.
Grow
- Monthly P&L, accounts payable and receivable
- Monthly review of performance
- Monthly reporting pack incl. forward cashflows
- Monthly CFO meeting to review forward cashflows
- Updating of forecasts
- Fortnightly CFO check in
- 4 hrs/month CFO contact/work
$1,750 per month
Grow+
- Monthly P&L, accounts payable and receivable
- Monthly review of performance
- Monthly reporting pack incl. forward cashflows
- Monthly CFO meeting to review forward cashflows
- Updating of forecasts
- Weekly CFO check in
- 8 hrs/month CFO contact/support
$2,900 per month
Partner
- Financial reporting and forecasting from Grow+ package
- Rolling 12-month cashflow forecast, updated every six months
- Monthly analysis of actuals and performance against budget for Board reports
- Key metric and KPI reporting (working with your systems)
- Min. half day/week with you
From $4,100 per month
Prices exclude GST
Find the right service for you
This entry level virtual CFO service focuses on the main way to be in control of your finances (and your business) – the numbers.
We use Spotlight reporting to help you see the meaning behind your financials and be able to plan with the all-important forward cashflow. It includes:
- 3-way 12 month budget upon engagement (including cashflow)
- Monthly management report
(actual performance against budget + balance sheet + cash + trend visuals) - Written analysis of performance
- (Optional) key metrics
If you don’t have budgets or financial models in place to kick this off, don’t worry. We’ll discuss the cost of these (including a $500 discount if you’re using this virtual CFO service) before getting started.
You might want other things too, like a more tailored set of monthly dashboard reports with specific metrics and KPIs. We can do this as an extra service – see our Dashboard and Financial Modelling Portfolio for some examples.
As you continue to grow, you might want to scale up to our CFO Grow+ service, and you can also pre-purchase block time with us for anything coming up, like capital raising, when you’ll need more support.
Includes
- Monthly management accounts incl. profit & loss, cash, accounts payable & receivable
- Monthly Spotlight reporting
- Monthly 1 hour face-to-face or video meeting with a professional CFO and review of forward cashflows
- Fortnightly catchup call with a professional CFO
- You can expect about 4 hours per month of work/contact time from your CFO
Price
$1,750 per month
This mid-level virtual CFO service is for when you need us to lean in more. It’s very similar to our entry level CFO service, but with more of our time each month.
The reporting side of this service uses Spotlight and includes:
- 3-way 12 month budget upon engagement (including cashflow)
- Monthly management report
(actual performance against budget + balance sheet + cash + trend visuals) - Written analysis of performance and recommendations
- (Optional) key metrics
If you don’t have budgets or financial models in place to kick this off, don’t worry. We’ll discuss the cost of these (including a $500 discount if you’re using this virtual CFO service) before getting started.
You might want other things too, like a more tailored set of monthly dashboard reports with specific metrics and KPIs. We can do this as an extra service – see our Dashboard and Financial Modelling Portfolio for some examples.
As you continue to grow, you might want to scale up to our CFO Partner service. You can also pre-purchase block time with us for anything coming up, like capital raising, when you’ll need more support.
Includes
- Monthly management accounts incl. profit & loss, cash, accounts payable & receivable
- Monthly Spotlight reporting
- Monthly 1 hour face-to-face or video meeting with a professional CFO and review of forward cashflows
- Weekly catchup call with a professional CFO
- You can expect about 8 hours per month of work/contact time from you CFO
Price
$2,900 per month
From $4,100 per month*
At this level, we’re working alongside you and your team in a way that makes sense for where you’re at.
This often means being involved in pricing, people/contract management, processes, system implementation, restructuring, capital raising, expanding and managing a successful exit. It also includes full Spotlight financial reports each month as well as key metric/KPI reporting.
We have found there is both a minimum time commitment (half a day per week) and a minimum engagement commitment (three months) so we can understand your business enough to really add value.
We’ll work with you to figure out the virtual CFO partner service and pricing that best suits you. And no matter what, there’s no lock in other than one month’s notice.
*$4,100 is for a ½ day per week and a 12 month commitment
Includes
- Financial reporting and forecasting from CFO Grow+
- Rolling 12 month forecast, updated every 6 months
- Monthly analysis of actuals and performance against budget for board reports
- Key metric and KPI reporting (working with your systems and tools to use)
- Fortnightly accountability calls
Price
From $4,100 per month
Additional service
We understand that sometimes you’ll just need some help or advice on the fly to help out generally or as part of a specific activity, such as investor relations.
For expected ongoing support in the short term (like during capital raising) or for a longer period, we offer ½, 1 or 2 day per week virtual CFO packages (starting at $4,100/month for a 12 month commitment). Or you can pre purchase block time at a discounted rate for any anticipated adhoc advice in the future.
Our consulting rates reflect the scope and timeframe of work you need done, as well as our seniority and experience in carrying it out. We’ll always be open about any charges, and wherever possible we’ll work with you to provide a fixed fee proposal before we dive in.
Rates for adhoc CFO consulting range from $300/hour to $400/hour depending on expertise and priorities.
Capital raising is hard work. And you’ll want to get it right.
Additional service
While we all love stories about startups successfully raising capital it’s not an easy thing to do. You need experience, commercial acumen and a trusted financial adviser to pull it all together, as we do for our clients.
Our experience in venture capital and startups (and accounting!) means we know what investors are looking for and how to prepare for the stressful but exhilarating job of capital raising. It’s hard work but that’s what we’re all here for, right?
We will work with you before, during and after raising capital to:
- Put regular reporting systems in place (via our virtual CFO services)
- Prepare financials for pitch decks (from our financial modelling services)
- Prepare and/or review information memorandums
- Undertake valuations, typically for early stage angel investors (with our valuation service)
- Prepare cap tables for expected investment
- Pre-prepare for the inevitable due diligence and support you through it
We also work with businesses looking to make acquisitions and venture capital firms undertaking due diligence for potential investments.
The word on the street…
… is that we’re great! You can take our word for it but it’s probably better coming from our clients.
“Outsourcing our accounting has allowed us to get on with everything else, like building our factory! The R&D Tax Incentive has also been very important. ”
Debbie and Lucas Van der Walt
Managers
CocoNutZ
“The team has helped me focus on what’s important - product and customers. It’s a huge weight off my shoulders.”
Mandeep Sodhi
Founder & CEO
Effi
“Standard Ledger’s knowledge has been awesome - how to raise money and how to make startups make financial sense. ”
Jock Lawrence
Co-founder
Mobble
“It just made sense to hand my bookkeeping over to people I trust. It frees up my brain space.”
Shannon Gilleland
Co-founder
Pronto Bottle
“Standard Ledger has been instrumental in helping us formulate our structures and financial models. ”
Shane Thatcher
Co-founder
Choovie
“Standard Ledger is the best fit to manage our bookkeeping and payroll. We’re also finding the CFO support really important.”
Alex Garlan
Co-founder
SignOnSite
“Working with Remco and Mike has transformed my knowledge and enabled us to grow safely. ”
Charlie Hamer
Co-founder
Public Sector Network
“With Standard Ledger as our virtual CFO, we achieved an exit beyond what we’d ever hoped. ”
Kerin Haddon
Managing Director
Moorabbin Bin Hire
“Having Standard Ledger’s CFO support has been extremely valuable in accessing funding. ”
Richard Kavanagh
Co-founder
Piiq Digital
“We’re a startup, and these guys 'get it' and just get stuff done. They are making the complicated simple. ”
Michelle Nazarri
CEO
Fonzarelli