Author
Rohit Maloo
Chief Operating Officer, Business Avengers
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant
Rohit is Chief Operating Officer of Business Avengers, where he runs delivery across the transactional finance work the team handles for Australian businesses.
He writes on the practical side of accounting operations: how technical accounting, compliance and regulatory changes apply inside a working finance function, and what to do about them.
CFO Advisory
How Virtual, Outsourced and Fractional CFO Services Australia Can Make All the Difference
Search "CFO services Australia" and you'll get three overlapping terms thrown at you: virtual CFO, outsourced CFO, fractional CFO, often used interchangeably by providers who haven't bothered to define them clearly. That's not much help when you're trying to work out what you actually need. Here's the practical version. They're not meaningfully different services, just different words for the same idea: senior financial leadership without a full-time executive salary. The real question isn't which term to search for, it's which provider actually delivers strategic value versus just producing a monthly report.
CFO & Leadership
5 Questions Every CFO Should Ask Before Outsourcing
Outsourcing your finance function can be a massive competitive advantage, but choosing the wrong partner can lead to compliance errors, communication breakdowns, and operational chaos. For a Chief Financial Officer, the stakes are incredibly high. To protect your business and ensure a seamless transition, you must understand exactly how to choose a finance outsourcing partner that maintains the highest standards of quality, security, and cultural alignment.
CFO & Leadership
Why Great CFOs Get Stuck In Operations (And How to Break Free)
Every ambitious Chief Financial Officer steps into their role with a clear vision: to drive strategic growth, optimize capital allocation, and partner with the CEO to steer the company’s future. Yet, a quiet crisis is unfolding in boardrooms across Australia. Instead of acting as strategic growth architects, highly qualified financial leaders are finding themselves bogged down by severe CFO operational bottlenecks that consume their valuable time and energy.
Outsourcing
How to Overcome Australia's Accounting Staff Crisis: A Guide for Mid-Market Leaders
The accounting sector in Australia is facing an unprecedented staffing crisis, extremely challenging for mid-market leaders. This guide provides actionable insights into addressing the pressing issue of talent shortages and explores the advantages of outsourced accounting solutions tailored for mid-sized enterprises. As businesses grapple with high turnover rates and difficult recruitment processes, understanding the landscape becomes crucial. The content outlines practical strategies for implementation, potential challenges to anticipate, and the benefits that outsourced solutions can provide, ultimately leading to enhanced operational efficiency and cost savings.
CFO & Leadership
The 2026 EOFY Strategic Guide for Australian Mid-Market Corporate Leaders
The End of Financial Year (EOFY) presents a defining moment for Mid-Market Enterprises, Corporate Groups, Large Private Entities, and Sizable Not-for-Profits (NFPs) within the Australian economic landscape. Organisations with revenues ranging from $10 million to $100 million and beyond face increasingly intricate fiscal environments demanding astute governance and unwavering commitment to operational leverage and fiscal efficiency. With EOFY 2026 upon us in June 2026, Chief Financial Officers, Finance Directors, and executive leaders must adopt a boardroom-level perspective—emphasising strategic resource allocation, meticulous compliance, and scalable financial stewardship—to secure organisational resilience and competitive advantage.
Cash Flow
Common Errors in Cash Flow Statements: A Complete Guide for Australian CFOs
For Australian CFOs and accounting heads, the cash flow statement is not just another compliance document. It is one of the most scrutinised pieces of financial reporting your stakeholders, auditors, and investors will examine. Although it's important, it remains one of the financial statements most riddled with avoidable errors. The Australian Accounting Standards Board's AASB 107 Statement of Cash Flows sets the rules clearly, but the real world of preparation is rarely that neat.