Business services — Advisory
Business Advisory & Virtual CFO
A practical, recurring advisory engagement for Australian SMEs — cash flow, management reporting, tax-planning cadence, director drawings, loan-readiness and business decisions, scoped together by a Chartered Accountant and registered tax agent.
- Growing SMEs
- Director-led businesses
- Family-owned
- Loan-readiness
- Hills District + Sydney
Eternity Group Accountants provides business advisory and BAS services as a registered tax agent (TPB 25523469). Information on this page is general in nature and does not take into account your specific business circumstances. Engagement scope, fees and deliverables are confirmed in a written engagement letter before work begins.
What we cover
A recurring rhythm, not a once-a-year conversation.
The engagement is designed around the decisions a business owner actually has to make — month by month, quarter by quarter — not around a single annual report.
Cash flow rhythm
Working capital · forecast · cash runway
Monthly view of working capital, debtor days, supplier terms and short-term forecast. Catches issues while there is still time to act — before they become a refinance or facility request.
Management reporting
P&L · balance sheet · KPI commentary
Concise monthly or quarterly pack pulled from your accounting file, with a written commentary covering what changed, what to watch, and what action to take. Reports written to be read, not filed.
Tax planning cadence
Quarterly review · pre-30 June actions
Each quarter reviews the tax position implied by the BAS and YTD performance. Pre-30 June planning, super contributions, asset purchases and structure reviews are scheduled before they become urgent.
Director drawings & Div 7A
Salary · dividend · loan account
Director and shareholder drawings tracked month by month so the year-end position is known, not discovered. Loan accounts kept within Division 7A requirements throughout the year.
Loan-readiness
Management accounts · forecast · structure
Businesses that run a monthly rhythm tend to have what lenders need on hand: current management accounts, YTD figures, director drawings reconciled and a credible forecast. Faster from application to assessment.
Decision support
Pricing · hiring · investment · exit
Practical input on the decisions a business owner is actually facing — a hire, a price change, a new equipment purchase, a restructure, a property purchase — modelled against the numbers before the decision is made.
Suited to
Businesses where this earns its fee.
Growing SMEs
Businesses past the start-up stage that need a forward-looking finance rhythm — typically annual revenue in the seven-figure range and growing. The point at which a monthly conversation starts paying for itself.
Director-led professional services
Single-director or small-partnership firms where the owner is also the senior operator. Advisory cadence frees the owner from doing the finance thinking alone.
Family-owned businesses
Multiple family members involved in distributions, drawings and decision-making. A neutral practitioner running the numbers reduces friction around financial decisions.
Loan-active businesses
Businesses that borrow regularly — equipment finance, working-capital facilities, commercial property — benefit from having lender-ready management accounts on hand at all times.
Process
From onboarding to ongoing rhythm — typically 4–6 weeks to onboard.
Onboarding takes a few weeks to align the accounting file, reports and cadence. From there the rhythm is monthly or quarterly.
Scoping & engagement
Scoping call covers the business model, the decisions you are facing, your accounting file condition and the desired cadence. Fixed fee confirmed in writing before work starts.
Onboarding & baseline
Read-only access to Xero or MYOB, prior-year financials, prior-year tax returns, current structure documents. Baseline review identifies the issues to work through first.
First management pack
The first monthly or quarterly pack establishes the report format and commentary style. We tune both based on what is useful to you — the report is a tool, not a deliverable.
Ongoing rhythm
Recurring monthly or quarterly meetings. Each meeting reviews the prior period, looks at decisions coming up, and confirms actions before the next cycle.
Annual review
At year-end the engagement ties to the company return, tax planning and any structural changes. The advisory work and the compliance work are scoped together.
Re-scope
At each anniversary we re-scope. Cadence may change as the business grows. The engagement should always justify its fee with documented decisions and actions.
Frequently asked questions
Business advisory & Virtual CFO — common questions.
A normal accountant prepares your returns and BAS. A Virtual CFO engagement adds a recurring forward-looking conversation — typically monthly or quarterly — about cash flow, decisions you are facing, the numbers you should be watching, and the actions to take before things become urgent. The compliance work continues alongside; the advisory layer sits on top.
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Where this fits in the bigger picture
Advisory engagements sit on top of clean compliance work. The connected pieces are BAS, company return, tax planning and (where the business borrows) lending.
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Rolling cashflow forecasting, working-capital and tax/BAS cash-timing — the analytical layer beneath the virtual-CFO conversation.
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Company tax return
Year-end company return integrated with the monthly advisory cadence. No surprises at lodgement; no clean-up exercise.
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Forward-looking planning for directors, shareholders and the business itself — designed alongside the advisory cadence.
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