01 / CASH
Cash position
Cash generation, working capital pressure, commitments and runway visibility.
A paid CFO diagnostic for founder-led businesses
Know what is happening. Decide what to do next.
The CFO Clarity Review gives you an independent view of cash, profitability, reporting gaps and decision risk, then turns the findings into a practical 90-day action plan.
Is this you?
Built for founders who feel the problem before they can see it clearly.
You may already have an accountant, bookkeeper or finance manager. The gap is not more transactions. It is a senior commercial view of what the numbers mean and what to do next.
01Revenue is growing, but cash still feels tight.
02Profit looks reasonable, but the bank balance tells another story.
03You are considering a hire, price change or expansion without a reliable scenario.
04You cannot see which customers, services or products are truly profitable.
05Reports arrive too late or do not explain performance.
06You want CFO-level judgement without hiring a full-time CFO.
What is reviewed
Five lenses. One commercial view.
The review focuses on the areas most likely to be obscuring performance or making founder decisions harder than they need to be.
02 / PROFIT
Performance
Revenue, margin, cost movements and the quality of reported profit.
03 / INSIGHT
Profitability
Available customer, product or service insight and the gaps preventing it.
04 / REPORTS
Reporting
Timeliness, reliability, decision usefulness and management rhythm.
05 / RISK
Decision risk
Immediate decisions, assumptions, controls and finance capability gaps.
What you receive
Clarity you can act on, not a report that sits in a drawer.
Executive findings summary
- A concise one-page view of the most important findings.
- The key financial risks, gaps and opportunities.
- A plain-English explanation of what is driving profit and cash pressure.
- Urgent issues and practical quick wins clearly separated.
Prioritised 90-day action plan
- Actions ranked by urgency and commercial impact.
- Clear ownership and sequencing recommendations.
- A 60-minute findings session with the founder or leadership team.
- A view on whether a focused uplift project or ongoing CFO support is warranted.
How it works
A focused process with a defined finish line.
Fit call
A short, no-obligation call to understand the decision or financial pressure and confirm that the review is the right starting point.
Information request
You provide the agreed recent financial reports, cash information and commercial context needed for the review.
CFO analysis
Talawah reviews performance, cashflow, profitability, reporting and the specific decision risks discussed with you.
Findings and action
You receive the executive findings, 90-day priorities and a 60-minute session to work through the implications.
Clear boundaries
A diagnostic review, not an open-ended consulting engagement.
A defined scope keeps the review commercially useful, timely and focused on the issues that matter most.
Included in the standard review
- One Australian operating entity.
- Founder interview and agreed information request.
- Review of recent management and financial information provided.
- Executive findings, 90-day plan and findings session.
- Clear recommendation on the appropriate next step.
Quoted separately if required
- Bookkeeping, reconciliations or historical data clean-up.
- Tax, audit, legal, insolvency or regulated financial advice.
- Detailed model construction, valuation or transaction support.
- Implementation of reporting, controls, systems or finance processes.
- Multi-entity, highly complex or incomplete-record reviews.
Investment and timing
A senior CFO review without an open-ended commitment.
The standard review is designed around a controlled 10 to 11-hour principal delivery scope. Timing is confirmed once the source information has been assessed.
Standard single-entity review$4,950 + GST
Complex or multi-entity reviewFrom $7,500 + GST
Indicative deliveryAbout 10 business days*
Payment50% to commence
* From receipt of complete, usable information and subject to the scope confirmed in your proposal.