I help boards and CEOs navigate high-stakes decisions with confidence, turning financial complexity into strategic clarity.

As a Chief Financial Officer with nearly two decades of expertise, I've worked across healthcare, aged care, NDIS, FMCG, mining, and global corporates. I've directly managed budgets exceeding $500M and led financial transformations that unlocked over $50M in savings.

My track record spans mergers, acquisitions, regulatory reform, and turnaround situations. I've secured $12M in government funding and built resilient, compliant organisations positioned for sustainable growth amid emerging regulatory and technological transformation.

Beyond the balance sheet, I translate financial expertise into action. I've authored five Amazon-published books, including Beyond the Numbers, NDIS Financial Management, Survive and Thrive - Cash Flow Strategies that Actually Work, The AI Playbook for the Practical CFO and Aged Care Reform 2025, that turn financial governance and strategy into practical executive playbooks. Through my blog (CFOInsights.blog) and speaking engagements, I share frameworks that bridge governance and growth, sparking industry conversations on resilience and innovation.

At the board level, I serve as Non-Executive Director and advisor, delivering financial governance, risk oversight, and strategic execution that empowers organisations to achieve their most ambitious goals.

What drives my approach:

1. Strategic partnership: I go beyond financial stewardship to unlock opportunity and co-create growth.
2. Clarity in complexity: I deliver actionable insights, even when uncertainty is high.
3. Governance with purpose: I fuse deep sector expertise with strategic leadership for lasting impact.

My focus now: partnering with boards and leadership teams that need transformative financial guidance where governance, growth, and purpose converge to create real value.

Let's connect if your organisation is ready for financial leadership that drives meaningful outcomes.

Steven Taylor

RetailNext

AR Account Manager

Growth Lending

Daily banking allocations
Managing client funding and payment expectations
Collecting on overdue invoices
Credit insurance requests and management
Ensuring high standard of client experience and risk management
Analyzing financial information
Reconciliation of client debtor accounts and online portals
New system developments
Testing new system releases and navigating updates on the system
Fixing and raising issues with developers
Creating process documents
Assisting with report building
Training the team on new developments
Training new members of the team on all processes.

Portfolio Support Executive

Understanding portfolio's business models, markets, funding needs and risk profiles 
Credit control and monitoring of unpaid and overdue invoices 
Partnering with the risk team to gain a broad understanding of all transactional risks and conveying these clearly to clients 
Gather and analyze financial information, then presenting recommendations regarding clients' facilities 
Managing and maintaining key compliance documents and processes  
Participating in tech development projects

Funding Coordinator

Transaction Capital Business Solutions

Purchasing recommendations on invoices (Invoice Discounting Facility)
Full credit control function on multiple debtors’ books
Managing, training and guiding clients Debtors clerks in making sure all statements and invoices are 
accurate at month end.
Guiding both the Debtors clerk and the client with their cash flow on a monthly basis which in turn 
improves their growth.
Minimizing risk in a high-performance culture
Reconciliations of accounts with both debtors and clients
Preparing journals, discounts, rebates 
Processing of the bank daily
Collections on multiple debtors’ books
Various ad hoc credit control duties
Liaising and building trustworthy and knowledgeable relationships with clients as well as their 
debtors.
Credit vetting on behalf of the client.
Preparing special excel statements for certain debtors most blue-chip companies
Handover of bad debt on behalf of the client.
Processing data in accordance to the ITC, Bank Code and CIPCI
Upkeep on insured premiums are up to date as the company holds cession of the policy.
Preparing of the monthly declarations to the insurer such as CGIC/ Santum etc. 
Processing annexure numbers and insured limits are in line with purchasing of invoices (80% of 
the insured limit granted).
Financial forecast and month end projections for clients
Weekly and monthly reporting to both clients and manager
Portfolio consists of 11 clients with a book value of R40 million varying from Logistics, FMCG, Cross 
border etc.

Credit Controller

Importing client invoice schedules onto system a scheduled basis
Verifying invoices / delivery notes
Assisting clients with online system
Creating a smoother workflow within team 
Keeping track of Purchase Orders 
Assisting with Take-Ons of new clients
Standing-in in the absence of Manager and 2IC - assisting the team with queries

Verification Administrator

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively
within the team and internal & external clients.
Excellent telephone etiquette.
Time management shown in daily activities.
Working independently and follow instructions without close supervision.
Demonstrate ability to meet demands of internal and external stakeholders
Computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
Accuracy and attention to detail
Planning and Organizing
Self-management
Team player
Positive attitude

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