Virtual CFO

When a business starts to scale, there are more moving parts – making operations far more complex.

The initial taste of success is often followed by a bitter aftertaste of ‘flying by the seat of their pants’ and hoping you don’t lose control. When your organisation is growing, you need to expect growing pains. Managing this phase properly is where a Virtual CFO comes in.

Guidance, leadership and direction from a CFO who has experienced it all before, in a bigger company, within their industry makes the world of difference as you navigate the un-charted territory ahead of you.

Technology has enabled businesses to tap into seasoned industry CFOs on an as-needs basis, regardless of proximity, proving to be the best value way to access the best available talent. Smart companies are bolstering their financial management capability for a fraction of the cost of a full-time internal (FTI) CFO.

How we work

We were already results focused, outcome based and value adders, working remotely and utilising technology way before COVID 19 turned virtually every CFO into a Virtual CFO.

Today, we continue to customise our involvement to match your needs in continuous consultation with you. We can support you remotely or if necessary, we will be on-site, or at a client pitch to support you.

Who we work with

Maritime Road Transport Architecture

David’s extensive commercial expertise and in depth maritime industry knowledge make him an extremely valuable business partner...

Custodian Backoffice have been working with Antares Marine since 2017. I know I can call on David and his team to come in and understand our operation, provide fully costed budget scenarios and frank, independent business advice. David’s extensive commercial expertise and in depth maritime industry knowledge make him an extremely valuable business partner of Antares Marine now and into the future.

– Tony Cousins, Managing Director, Antares Marine

David quickly ‘gets it’ and works well with the management team to deliver professional outcomes.

We first started using Custodian Backoffice back in August 17. Since then we’ve called on David to assist on several matters including some tenders as well as organisation management consulting including management training using his 3-Levers method. David quickly ‘gets it’ and works well with the management team to deliver professional outcomes.

– Brad Hosemans, Chief Operating Officer, Polaris Marine Pty Ltd

We found David to be honest, understanding and available, with principles and questions he put in place...

Supercontext first started with Custodian Backoffice in May 2017. David reviewed our business and helped us with budgeting, reporting, job costing and forecasting which pushed up into our sales funnel, where David challenged us to think strategically about our future direction.

David’s expertise in the Architecture profession allowed him to quickly understand pragmatic advice. We found David to be honest, understanding and available, with principles and questions he put in place and asked of us as we started out remain approach our business strategy. David’s skills will help any business get their ship. We can recommend Custodian Backoffice to you without hesitation.

– Andrew Daly, Director, Supercontext

David’s engagement has meant our finances / accounts are in great shape, and this has flow on effect to our operations...

It is with great pleasure we write this letter of recommendation for David Dillion and Custodian Backoffice.

Custodian Backoffice has been with us from the start. David’s invaluable knowledge and experience helped us navigate through the unchartered waters of a management buy-out, to assisting with the migration of all account matters from our former foreign parent company, and then finally establishing us to move forward independently post buy-out. David remains are our VCFO and BAS agent, who challenges us and proactively provides insights into the management of our financial position. David’s engagement has meant our finances / accounts are in great shape, and this has flow on effect to our operations allowing us to remain focused on running and growing our business.

– Daniel van Vliet, Director, Wave Shipping Pty Ltd

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Who we Work With