Niranjala S.

A forecast built on an unreconciled ledger is fiction. I fix the ledger first, then build the reporting your board, your bank and your auditor can rely on. I specialise in one thing: rebuilding the finance function of multi-entity, multi-currency businesses that have grown faster than their books. Founder-led and mid-market, typically USD 10M to 500M in revenue, Xero, QuickBooks Online or NetSuite, where the bank balance looks healthy but nobody can say what the business actually earns. I am a dual-qualified Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ, ICAEW) and Chartered Tax Adviser with 13 years in financial control, statutory reporting and CFO advisory, including Manager, CFO Advisory at PwC Australia and outsourced CFO work for ASX-listed companies. The statutory, audit and tax credentials sit behind the management reporting, so the numbers hold up when a lender, acquirer or auditor looks at them. How an engagement runs Finance function diagnostic (fixed price). A written assessment of what is wrong in the books, reporting and controls, what matters and what to fix first. You know the cost before committing to anything larger. Rebuild. Balance sheet reconciliation, revenue recognition (ASC 606, IFRS 15), intercompany and multi-currency, chart of accounts restructure and the historical catch-up where years are missing. Close and reporting. A month-end close your team owns, close SOPs, management accounts, KPI dashboards and board packs your directors will actually read, cash flow forecasting and budgets. Fractional CFO retainer once the foundation is in place: audit oversight, tax oversight across Australian, UK and US frameworks, lender and board reporting. I train your existing staff to run the setup rather than making you dependent on me. Selected engagements (anonymised) US luxury travel business, 11 revenue streams, Xero: diagnostic showed reported profit of USD 613K was a loss of USD 938K. Rebuilt revenue recognition under ASC 606, reconciled a balance sheet never reconciled before, built the close and trained the bookkeeper; extended into the monthly close and a supplier-by-supplier cost review. Client: “will def rehire”. UK accounting practice, Xero: diagnostic found a six-figure gap between reported and actual position across 43 items; delivered a prioritised remediation plan and reporting redesign. Client: “exceptional strategic and financial advisory work”. Clinic group, 217 locations across Australia, UK, NZ and Canada: led month-end and year-end reporting, indirect tax and payroll compliance in four jurisdictions, and redesigned franchise onboarding. ASX-listed and unlisted public entities: ran finance functions through half-year reviews and annual audits with no corrected or uncorrected misstatements. Why clients choose me Top Rated Plus, 100% Job Success Credentials behind the numbers: CA, CTA, PwC and listed-company audit experience Fixed-price diagnostic first, so there are no surprises Melbourne-based, working with US and UK clients across time zones If your numbers do not make sense and you are not sure why, that is usually where I start. Message me with a short description of where things stand and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right fit.