Outsourced CFO Ownership, Delivered as a System
Infraxus takes responsibility for the finance function for AU/NZ businesses in the A$2M to A$30M revenue range, so leadership teams operate with control rather than guesswork.
This is CFO-level financial ownership: cash discipline, forecasting, reporting cadence, and executive decision support, delivered without building an internal finance team.
CFO Ownership
What "CFO Ownership" actually means:
Most businesses have financial data. Very few have a finance function that produces decision-grade signal.
We step in as the accountable owner of the finance layer.
Not to advise from the sidelines, but to run the system.
That means:
• Numbers you can trust
• Cash actively managed
• Forecasts updated as conditions change
• Reporting used to decide, not explain
• A financial counterweight in leadership decisions
OPERATING MODEL
This is the baseline finance operating system we build and run for every client. It compounds as the business grows.
Forecasting
Rolling, driver-based forecasts with scenarios tied to how the business actually behaves.
Cashflow
13-week cash discipline with clear levers, triggers, and intervention rules.
Board Reporting
Monthly packs with variance analysis, margin drivers, and forward risk signals.
Decision Support
CFO-level financial input into pricing, hiring, capital allocation, and material trade-offs.
You don’t get ad hoc finance support. You get a running system.
Typical monthly outputs include:
Board-ready reporting pack (T+5)
Updated forecasts and scenario views
13-week cashflow with risk flags and levers
Decision memos for material financial calls
Delivery Model
How Engagements Run:
1. Diagnose
A short, structured diagnostic benchmarking your finance function against CFO standards. We identify where decisions are being made blind, where cash risk hides, and where reporting breaks down.
2. Build
We install the required systems: forecasts, cashflow, and reporting, aligned into a single operating cadence.
3. Run
Ongoing CFO-level oversight. We maintain the models, run the reporting rhythm, monitor cash and performance, and act as the financial counterweight in leadership decisions.
What This Replaces
At this stage, businesses usually try to solve the finance problem in one of three ways:
– Hire a full-time CFO (expensive, slow, hard to find)
– Patchwork providers (accountant, bookkeeper, random model in a spreadsheet)
– Internal DIY (founder running finance by instinct and stress)
We replace the patchwork with a single accountable finance layer.
Once installed and running:
– Cash is actively managed, not reviewed after the fact
– Forecasts adapt as conditions change
– Reporting drives decisions, not explanations
– Financial trade-offs surface early, not under pressure
Finance stops being reactive.
It becomes part of how the business is run.
Start With the Diagnostic
The diagnostic determines whether this operating model is a fit for your business and what needs to be installed first.
Diagnostic
A short, structured audit that benchmarks your current finance function against CFO standards.
It identifies where decisions are being made blind, where cash risk is hiding, and what must change to operate with control at the next stage of growth.