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Accountants Minute 400
As we celebrate the 400th edition of Accountants Minute, we want to focus on one clear message:
It’s time to diversify your services, step into your power as a trusted advisor, and help your clients thrive with Financial Forecasting and Virtual CFO support.
Why Now?
Accounting and bookkeeping are changing faster than ever.
“Compliance work as we know it today will disappear before the end of this decade – or perhaps even earlier.”
— Mark Wickersham FCA, Value Pricing Academy
“If your business model is high-volume, low-margin, and focused on simple tax returns, it will not be viable in 3 to 5 years.”
— Chris Jordan, former Tax Commissioner at Xerocon 2022
Fast forward to today — that timeline is no longer three to five years. It’s 6–30 months!
The future is already knocking.
Introducing the Financial Forecasting Package from ESS BIZTOOLS
Built to help you offer Virtual CFO services to clients with turnovers up to $100M, this powerful toolkit includes everything from basic advisory resources to advanced forecasting systems — so you can get started immediately.
Whether you’re working with startups or mature SMEs, this package empowers you to:
- Provide deep financial insights
- Predict and manage cash flow
- Prepare clients for capital raising, grants, and M&A
- Guide leadership teams with KPI-driven performance reviews
- Implement strategic planning with real, measurable outcomes
What It Takes to Deliver Virtual CFO Services
ESS BIZTOOLS doesn't just give you templates — it helps you build an advisory mindset. Here’s how:
✅ Train and Upskill Your Team
✅ Nominate Product Champions
✅ Conduct Deep-Dive Business Analyses
✅ Drive 3-Year Business Planning
✅ Deliver Predictive Financial Reporting:
- Budgets & Key Drivers
- Cash Flow Forecasts
- Projected Balance Sheets
✅ Introduce the 52-Week Business Enhancement System
✅ Implement Daily/Weekly/Monthly Rhythm of Meetings
✅ Deliver KPI Reports and Strategic Reviews
✅ Provide Capital Advisory & Funding Solutions
Real Tools. Real Value.
Included in the ESS BIZTOOLS Financial Forecasting Package are dozens of purpose-built tools to drive measurable outcomes:
📈 Charge-Out Rate Calculators for Trades & Professionals
📦 Stock Analysis for Retail & Wholesale
📊 Management Accounting & Lean Advisory Tools
💰 Grant Applications – including Export Market Development Grant
👨👩👧 Succession Planning Templates
📋 Corporate Governance & Director Resources
🚀 Capital Raising Support (Crowd-Sourced, Venture Capital, ESIC)
🔐 Personal Property Securities Register Toolkit
And so much more...
Ready to Diversify?
You’ve got two options:
Spend hundreds of hours creating your own tools and resources from scratch, or
Leverage the ready-to-go advisory product packages developed by Peter Towers and the ESS BIZTOOLS team — backed by decades of experience in accounting, corporate governance, and capital raising advisory.
FIND OUT MORE AND SUBSCRIBE HERE
Start Earning Advisory Fees in Just 1 – 2 Weeks
When you implement advisory services using the ESS BIZTOOLS packages, you don’t have to wait months to see results.
You can begin transforming your client relationships and your firm’s bottom line in a matter of days.
👉Join our complimentary webinar – Wednesday 9 April at 11am AEST.
Let’s unlock your SME clients’ full potential — together.
Here’s to 400 editions — and to a thriving, advisory-driven future! 🎯
Visit our website – www.essbiztools.com.au – to discover the detailed overview of the services provided by ESS BIZTOOLS. You are also welcome to contact us on 0418 190 181 or email .
Discover Systems to Assist SMEs Achieve Success
Join us for an exclusive webinar series, free of charge, where we will dive into powerful solutions designed to give your firm a competitive edge. Discover how our innovative tools can help you streamline operations, enhance advisory services and drive success for your SME clients and, in turn, your firm. Register to your preferred webinar below.
Financial Forecasting Package – Wednesday 9 April at 11am AEST
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and explore how ESS BIZTOOLS can transform the way you support your SME clients.
ESS BIZTOOLS Podcast
In this Accountants Minute Podcast episode, Peter Towers challenges accountants, bookkeepers, and advisors to step beyond compliance and become strategic leaders in their clients’ growth journeys.
Peter dives into what it really takes to deliver premium advisory services—from implementing performance-driven systems and predictive accounting to mastering business planning and becoming a true "storyteller" for your clients’ future success.
Whether you're advising SMEs or aspiring to be a virtual CFO, this episode is packed with practical insights to help you build scalable, future-focused services—and position your firm at the forefront of the profession.
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Want to know more?
Visit www.essbiztools.com.au.
If you would like to have a discussion about how this concept of virtual CFO services can be supplied by Australian accounting firms please ring our Managing Director, Peter Towers, on (07) 4724 1118 and we will arrange a complimentary 45-minute Zoom meeting to discuss your firm’s position and to give you our advice.
We believe that this is the blueprint for the delivery of an enhanced range of services by Australian Accounting and Bookkeeping firms to assist SME businesses to add value to their businesses and to assist accountants and bookkeepers not only to attract but to retain outstanding talent who want to be involved in the delivery of “real accounting services”.
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