About the CFO Centre

The brainchild of our UK parent's CEO, Colin Mills, former Finance Director of large multinationals and Plc companies, the FD Centre was established in 2001. It was the first business to provide Part-time Finance Director services in the UK. We have now established the CFO Centre in Australia to provide the same unique services to Australian businesses.

The original concept for the CFO Centre was to provide the skill sets of experienced Chief Financial Officers of large corporations to the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) sector, allowing smaller organisations to benefit from the expertise of a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer without incurring the expense of hiring someone full-time.

The concept caught on quickly in the UK and the business has grown rapidly on a national scale. Over the last seven years the FD Centre has become the largest and most respected provider of part-time Finance Director services in the UK.

In Australia the CFO Centre aims to build long-term relationships with its clients through the provision of its range of added value services and by establishing a basis of trust and confidence.

Trust provides the platform for providing clients with additional products and services, either directly via the CFO Centre or through connections with trusted and recognised financial and business advisors.

CFO Centre clients include business owners and Managing Directors, who value the services of professionals who have good financial and management knowledge and have the real hands-on experience to deliver.

The CFO Centre ensures that all its Chief Financial Officers meet stringent recruitment requirements to secure quality of service delivery. All CFO Centre Chief Financial Officers are professionally qualified Accountants from major Australian Institutes, all have held CFO positions in both mid sized and large organisations, all are extremely commercial and business savvy.

High quality expertise is gained through working with large organisations across all business sectors.

The CFO Centre is structured regionally and therefore is able to provide an immediate service that has real impact for its clients.

Examples of some CFO Centre programmes that have been developed to address some common SME issues include:

• Keeping control in fast growth companies
• Survival solutions for companies under pressure
• Business owner mentor and support programmes
• Cashflow improvement systems
• Raising business finance
• Preparing for business exit or sale