Why Businesses Fail
There are many reasons businesses come under pressure, but according to ASIC data, three of the most common causes of business failure in Australia are:
ADVISORY – Bookkeeping & CFO Services
Turn your financial data into better decisions
Clarity over cash flow, business margins, and business performance reporting, so you can run your business with confidence.
The ABL Corp Solution
Over the past 25 years, we’ve developed best-practice bookkeeping and CFO services designed to give business owners greater financial clarity and control.
Each month, our clients receive a detailed performance report supported by accurate financial data and strategic input from our CFOs, helping them understand how the business is performing, identify issues early and make better commercial decisions.
See how our monthly reporting works in practice.
What Financial Clarity Allows You To Do
Know What's Driving Profit
Job, project and profitability reporting that highlights what's driving profit and what's holding it back.
See Cash Flow Before It Happens
Cash flow forecasting and working capital planning to identify future funding requirements.
Price Work With Confidence
Tender reviews, pricing analysis and margin reporting to support profitable growth.
Make Better Commercial Decisions
Regular CFO reviews and performance reporting that turn financial data into actionable insights.
The Foundation of Reliable Financial Data
Reliable, accurate, and timely financial data is the foundation of any successful business.
Flexible Support Built Around Your Business: Every business is different, and we adapt our support to what you specifically need without disrupting what is already working:
- Full Support: Some clients benefit from us managing the entire scope of bookkeeping and providing financial oversight.
- Collaborative Oversight: Others already have internal systems and simply need a second set of eyes to ensure data is reliable and accurate.
- System Integration: We work alongside your existing systems where they are strong and step in where needed to close visibility gaps.
Strategic Guidance and Performance Reporting
Most SMEs don’t need a full-time CFO, but they do need access to experienced financial and commercial leadership.
As part of our model, clients have access to experienced CFOs and Commercial Managers who provide ongoing financial oversight, performance reporting and commercial support. Some clients primarily engage through monthly performance reporting and strategic reviews, while others utilise our CFOs and Commercial Managers weekly as an extension of their leadership team.
Modern finance teams need to do more than produce historical reports. Businesses need visibility over margins, cash flow, job performance and working capital so decisions can be made earlier, not after problems appear.
Our CFO team works closely with the operational side of the business, helping connect financial reporting to what is happening commercially across projects, customers and cash flow.
What Our CFO Support Provides:
- Monthly Performance Insights: Access to a team of experienced CFOs and commercial managers who interpret your data to provide actionable insights.
- Commercial and Operational Insight: Our CFO team works closely with businesses to understand operational performance, commercial pressures, and the drivers impacting profitability, cash flow, and growth, not just historical financial reporting.
- Profitability Analysis: Detailed job-by-job or product-line analysis to ensure every part of your business is performing.
- Tendering and Pricing: Support with pricing tenders for new work by identifying accurate costs of production and industry margins.
- Scenario Planning and Decision Support: Support with forecasting, growth planning, operational decisions, and changing business conditions so directors can assess risks earlier and make decisions with greater confidence.
- Strategic Structure: Helping you shift from reactive decisions to a deliberate, structured approach to your financials.
- Cash Flow and Liquidity Oversight: Better visibility over cash flow timing, working capital pressure, and operational funding requirements so businesses can plan ahead rather than operate reactively.
Who this is for
This is built for businesses actively searching for:
- Solutions for cash flow problems
- Improve business profit margins
- How to know if my business is profitable
- Financial management for small business
- Business CFO support without hiring in-house
And for directors who are thinking:
- “I need better financial visibility in business.”
- “I need outsourced CFO services but not fulltime.”
- “I need to stop guessing my numbers.”
- “Revenue is growing, but cash still feels constantly tight.”
How we work with clients
Most businesses come to us for funding. Others work with us for financial oversight, performance reporting, and strategic support. Our involvement scales based on what the business needs.
