Every business needs strong financial management to make better decisions, manage growth, navigate risks, and—most importantly—maintain healthy cash flow. In a changing business environment, a capable CFO or Finance Manager brings far more than traditional accounting: they bring insight, commercial judgement, and proven experience across the full breadth of business activities.
For many organisations, a full-time CFO is unnecessary or difficult to justify. That’s why accessing a proven CFO on a part-time or flexible basis can add significant value without the overhead of a permanent executive.
At Fountain, we give you access to high-quality people with deep experience and capability. We offer tailored solutions designed around your business needs, and our clients will willingly attest to the difference we have made.
Our Approach
Understanding your priorities is essential, so we begin by spending time with you to align on expectations and outcomes.
We typically second an experienced CFO or senior finance professional into your business so they operate seamlessly as part of your team—fully integrated, trusted by stakeholders, and perceived as a member of your organisation. We can work on-site or remotely, and for clients based outside Brisbane, we regularly travel to ensure a strong working relationship. To reinforce this integration, we use your business email domain so all interactions present as in-house, not outsourced.
Our Areas of Expertise
Rather than tell you what we can do, here is what we already do for our clients:
- Develop business and financial strategies, and create practical plans to execute them
- Build long-term budgets and forecasts that support strategic direction
- Develop and manage short-term cash flow models
- Lead or oversee your finance and accounting team—or provide the full finance function if preferred
- Manage month-end processes, performance reporting, and improvement initiatives
- Arrange access to new capital and manage lender relationships and compliance reporting
- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts (with legal support where required), including labour-hire agreements, supply contracts, and mining services contracts
- Provide commercial insight across operations, pricing, and decision-making
- Write and update business policies, processes, and governance frameworks
- Manage insurance requirements and annual policy renewals
- Liaise with lawyers on commercial matters, disputes, or transactions
- Develop risk management frameworks to identify and plan for key risks
- Support or guide HR teams with workforce planning, policies, and people-related decisions