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    16 February 2026

    The gap between your accountant and a full-time CFO

    By Ashley Brough, Founder at Cohelm

    Most growing businesses sit in a gap.

    Their accountant handles compliance - tax returns, annual accounts, GST. That's essential, but it's backward-looking. It tells you what happened.

    A full-time CFO would give them strategic financial leadership - forecasting, board reporting, scenario planning, KPI tracking. But at $250K+ a year, it's not practical for a $5M business.

    The gap in between? That's where the decisions get made with the least visibility.

    That's exactly the space Cohelm was built to fill. Strategic financial advisory - the rigour and insight of a CFO, without the enterprise price tag.

    If your business has outgrown its accountant but isn't ready for a full-time CFO, our virtual CFO services are built for exactly this gap.

    Want this kind of clarity in your business?

    Cohelm's virtual CFO services turn numbers into decisions, every month.

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