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Tom Hunter

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Specialist finance recruiter. A decade placing first finance hires and CFOs across Australian tech, fintech and deep tech.

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Fractional and virtual CFOs in Australia

Senior finance judgement without a full-time salary. For a lot of Australian businesses between the first finance hire and the first CFO, a fractional or virtual CFO is the right answer. Here is when it works, when it does not, and what it should cost.

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The questions founders ask

2 guides

What virtual CFO services cost in Australia in 2026, when the model is the right call, and the trap of staying with one too long. The gap-stage bridge that buys you eighteen to twenty-four months of visibility, and how to choose one in a crowded market.

Read the full guide

The signal is when finance stops being a resource you draw on and becomes the thing everyone is waiting on. Why the arrangement breaks down past roughly $20m ARR, and how to plan the exit before you start.

Every guide in fractional, virtual & outsourced CFO

13 guides

The full set, 13 guides. Each one is written from the recruiter's seat, for the Australian market.

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