WHY STRIKING FIGURES
Strategic Financial Leadership Your Organisation Deserves — Without the Full-Time Executive Cost
Most organisations we work with already know they need senior financial leadership. What has stopped them is the cost — a full-time CFO in Australia costs $200,000–$400,000 per year in salary, superannuation, and on-costs — and the commitment of a permanent executive appointment.
Striking Figures removes that barrier entirely. The same strategic financial leadership — sector-specific, board-ready, and results-focused — without the full-time overhead. Senior expertise, scaled to what your organisation actually needs, at a fraction of the cost.
Immediate Credibility. No Learning Curve.
Most organisations that engage an external financial adviser carry one quiet concern — how long before this person actually understands our world? The funding mechanics, the governance structures, the board dynamics, the pressure points specific to our sector.
With Striking Figures that concern does not apply. The operating environments your organisation navigates are deeply familiar — not from a textbook, but from years of senior finance leadership inside those exact environments, at CFO and executive level, under real operational and financial pressure.
That familiarity translates directly into faster insight, sharper advice, and a financial partner who is credible with your board from day one.
An independently credentialled, CPA-accredited practice — answerable only to you.
Your Success Is the Only Measure
At Striking Figures, there is one principal, one relationship, and one focus — your organisation. You will never be passed to a junior team member, managed by an account coordinator, or find that the senior person you engaged has moved on to a larger client.
Our success is measured entirely by yours. Every engagement is built around your specific challenges, your operating environment, and your goals — not a standardised framework applied to every client the same way. That is the standard we hold ourselves to on every engagement, without exception.
That level of personal commitment is what boutique practice at senior level actually means — and it is what every Striking Figures client experiences from the first conversation to the final deliverable.
A Structured Pathway. A Defined Result.
Every Striking Figures engagement begins the same way — with a Finance Diagnostic. A structured assessment of your organisation's financial position, your reporting capability, your governance framework, and the gaps that are costing you most.
The Diagnostic is not a fishing exercise. It is a defined piece of work with a defined output — a clear, prioritised action plan that tells your leadership team exactly where you stand, what needs to change, and in what order. Most organisations find that within the first two weeks the picture is clearer than it has been in years.
From there the engagement is built around your specific situation — not a generic retainer with vague deliverables. Every phase has a purpose, every commitment is kept, and every engagement is anchored to one result: financial clarity, control, and confidence within 90 days.
Results That Are Measurable. Outcomes That Last.
Financial leadership is only as valuable as what it produces. At Striking Figures, every engagement is measured against one standard — did the organisation end up in a better financial position than when we started? More clarity. More control. More confidence in the decisions being made.
That standard has been applied across some of Australia's most demanding financial environments — organisations navigating deficit recovery, governance pressure, rapid growth, and the complexity of operating under sustained resource constraint. The result in every case was the same: a clearer financial position, stronger governance, and leadership that could finally focus on what the organisation exists to do.
That track record does not stay in the past. It comes into every new engagement — as methodology, as judgement, and as the ability to identify what matters most and act on it quickly.
From First Conversation to Final Deliverable — and Beyond.
Most organisations piece together their financial leadership across multiple advisers and relationships — each covering a different aspect, none seeing the complete picture. The result is gaps, inconsistency, and a leadership team that spends time coordinating advisers rather than acting on their advice.
Striking Figures is built differently. From the initial Finance Diagnostic through to ongoing CFO advisory, governance, and financial turnaround — everything is delivered within one relationship, by one senior practitioner who knows your organisation completely.
No handoffs. No gaps. No starting from scratch every time the need changes.
The Difference Is in the Delivery.
Strategic financial leadership is not measured by the quality of the advice given. It is measured by what changes as a result. At Striking Figures we do not hand over a report and consider the engagement complete. We stay through implementation — working alongside your leadership team until the financial position has genuinely shifted and the result is real, visible, and lasting.
That is what results-focused financial leadership actually looks like. Not just reports. Real change.
