Virtual CFO Services in Melbourne
Strategic Financial Leadership Without the Full-Time Overhead
Affordable virtual CFO Services for Australian Businesses
At PremierOne, we provide expert CFO services in Melbourne to businesses across Australia — from startups and SMEs to large enterprises.
Our part-time and virtual CFO solutions give you access to high-level financial leadership without the cost of a full-time hire.
Whether you’re managing cash flow, planning expansion, or navigating complex compliance, our team ensures your financial strategy aligns with your business goals.
With over 50 years of combined experience, our professionals support a wide range of industries and corporate structures. From budgeting and forecasting to financial reporting, capital planning, risk management, and board-level insights — we provide tailored CFO services backed by deep operational knowledge and expertise in platforms like Xero, MYOB, SAP, and other ERP systems.
Your Outsourced CFO services team
Managing Director and Fractional CFO - Maru Natarajan CPA, FCPA, CMA
Maru is the managing director of PremierOne and has 25+ years’ professional experience working as a chief financial officer (CFO) and Group Financial Controller across many industries in the Australasian region. He is deeply passionate about providing exceptional results for his clients and uses his extensive commercial experience to help small, medium and corporate businesses achieve their business goals whilst maximising on savings and efficiencies.
What sets Maru apart is his unique ability to not only understand the numbers but also drive strategic business growth.
About our Team
Managing Director
Maru Natarajan
Maru is the managing director of PremierOne and has 25+ years’ professional experience working as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Group Financial Controller across many industries in the Australasian region. He is deeply passionate about providing exceptional results for his clients and uses his extensive commercial experience to help small, medium and corporate businesses achieve their business goals whilst maximising on savings and efficiencies. What sets Maru apart is his unique ability to not only understand the numbers but also drive strategic business growth. In addition to being a registered tax agent, he is a CPA, a Fellow of CPA Australia, and a member of CMA—qualifications that recognize both his expertise and experience as a trusted finance and business advisor.
Maru Natarajan
Managing Director
Categories: Virtual CFO Services, Tax Accounting, Payroll and Xero/MYOB accounting Services.
With 25+ years’ professional experience working as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Group Financial controller across many industries in the Australasian region, Maru has turned his focus to providing world-class financial and accounting services to small and medium Australian business enterprises. Maru, along with his dedicated team of PremierOne accounting professionals, is committed to utilizing his expertise and experience to help Australian businesses flourish. He is a Commerce Graduate, Fellow of CPA, CMA , Certified Xero Advisor and a Registered tax agent.
Charitha Ranasinghe
Client Services Manager
Charitha Ranasinghe
Manager – Client Services
Charitha is a chartered accountant with over 12 years’ professional experience gained while working for public practice firms like Ernst & Young. He holds memberships with the CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is actively studying to become a chartered tax advisor (CTA) and is a certified Xero advisor. Charitha is highly-proficient in financial reporting, annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, working capital management, tax compliance and payroll-related services.
Hirusha Jayasekara
Aged Care Accountant
Hirusha Jayasekara
Aged Care Accountant
A commerce graduate from Deakin University, Hirusha specialises in accounting for the aged-care sector. He efficiently manages payroll, resident billing, attending to Services Australia requirements and overseeing day-to-day accounting, using sophisticated software applications.
Hirusha Jayasekara
Aged Care Accountant
A commerce graduate from Deakin University, Hirusha specialises in accounting for the aged-care sector. He efficiently manages payroll, resident billing, attending to Services Australia requirements and overseeing day-to-day accounting, using sophisticated software applications.
Deepa
Administration Head
With a degree in B.Sc App. Science and a Higher Diploma in Software Engineering, Deepa has the relevant working experience of looking after the office administration tasks.
Deepa
Administration Head
With a degree in B.Sc App. Science and a Higher Diploma in Software Engineering, Deepa has the relevant working experience of looking after the office administration tasks.
Fransisco Silva
On-Call / Virtual CFO
Fransisco Silva
On-Call / Virtual CFO
Francisco is a chief financial officer (CFO) with 20 years’ of professional experience with organizations such as KPMG, Shell, laxoSmithKline, Goodyear Tyres, Toll Global Logistics and Manpower. He is a Fellow of CPA, Fellow of CIMA (UK), in addition to holding a BSc. Accounting and Financial Management, post graduate diploma in Corporate and Commercial Law from Monash University and an Executive MBA from Melbourne Business School. Francisco is well-versed in strategic financial planning, annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, business model reviews, growth strategies, business tenders and mergers and acquisitions.
Why Choose PremierOne for Virtual CFO Services?
We pride ourselves on delivering:
- Clear and strategic financial direction for growing businesses
- Customised financial reporting and dashboards to support better decision-making
- Cash flow forecasting and budget planning for proactive financial management
- End-to-end support across accounting systems, compliance, and tax
- Insights to reduce costs, improve margins, and support scalability
- Transition support for businesses moving to cloud platforms like Xero or MYOB
- Support for multi-entity structures and board-level presentations
Case Study: How we helped our client save $310k+ with our outsourced CFO services
A Melbourne-based aged care provider partnered with PremierOne to gain strategic oversight of their financials. With outdated systems, unreconciled accounts, and $160K in outstanding debt, the organisation needed leadership to regain control and clarity.
- Challenges:
- Disorganised accounts and lack of internal controls
- Inconsistent cash flow tracking and outdated software
- Debt recovery and billing inefficiencies
- Limited financial reporting and strategic planning
- Our CFO-Led Solution:
- Implemented a fully integrated financial solution — combining Accounting, Tax, Payroll, and vCFO services saving $150k+ in annual savings. Rebuilt financial systems and implemented robust internal controls for improved accuracy and compliance
- Negotiated interest repayments, resulting in $160K in savings on outstanding liabilities
- Recovered $160K in outstanding debts through streamlined billing and proactive collections
- Oversaw the successful transition to cloud-based accounting software, enhancing visibility and efficiency
- Delivered monthly board-ready financial reports to support confident executive decision-making
- Provided cash flow forecasting and budgeting to enable better financial planning and control
Outcome: The business gained massive savings for their accounting function $150k+, and our proactive team was able to save an additional 320k in interest and bad debts. We also implemented more reliable cloud based software to improve the financial systems and provide stronger reporting — enabling better decision-making at the executive level.
GerardOur organisation is using Premierone and their services in a highly specialised, health/care management centric industry for a while now. Our management team is impressed with the results. Premierone has taken on the challenge of familiarising themselves with an industry which is extremely difficult to navigate, and have done so with great success. Maru, who leads the team, is very client centric and provides a top notch service; he genuinely cares about his clients, is detail oriented and is outcome driven. We look forward to working together for years to come!
Scalable CFO Support for Growing and Established Businesses
Our CFO services are designed to grow with you — from early-stage businesses seeking structure, to mature companies requiring complex financial oversight. Whether you need part-time virtual CFO support or ongoing financial leadership, we act as your trusted financial partner — ensuring your business is financially healthy and future-ready.
More Google reviews from our business clients
Maru is a pleasure to deal with and efficiently helped us with a number of requests for the business including detailed tax calculations and advice. He is very knowledgeable. Recommended.
So happy to find Maru as my new Accountant after a bad experience with another previously. Maru was able to identify previous errors made and make amendments to benefit me with my return. I recommend PremierOne and Maru especially. Don’t bother looking at other Accountants via Google reviews, you’ve found the right one here!
Our business met with Premiere One to get guidance on bringing forward our previous losses to offset our current gains a few years ago, Maru easily addressed our questions of filing our tax return with great clarity, he is very knowledgeable and solving our questions at ease. Since then, we have kept using Premiere One for our BAS and Tax Return. We have kept receiving excellent advice on how to decrease our tax liability. Maru and his team are always very responsive, communicative; documents well organized and turnaround time is quick; and their fee is very reasonable. Over the years, we have always been very impressed with their professionalism.
I'm pleased to rate our experience with PremierOne as our payroll service provider 5 stars! Our collaboration with Charitha and Maru has been consistently positive, demonstrating their commitment to accommodating our business needs. Charitha and Maru have proven to be invaluable assets to our payroll management. Their responsiveness and efficiency in addressing our payroll queries have greatly contributed to the seamless operation of our payroll processes. Notably, during a recent payroll dilemma, Charitha's dedication and patience were instrumental in resolving the issue promptly and in favor of our business. To conclude, PremierOne has consistently delivered reliable and committed payroll services, and we highly recommend them to any business seeking a trustworthy payroll provider. The team's proactive approach and ability to swiftly resolve issues make them a valuable partner in ensuring the smooth functioning of payroll operations. Kudos and keep up the good work PremierOne!
With no restrictions I would sincerely like to recommend PremierOne service. One of the rare consultant who offered a free discussion session to understand my needs and with confidence building we carried on as I had tons of consulting queries through which they patiently answered most of them and left few which they followed up via email. The personal involvement to ensure clients needs are considered first instead of (many) other tax agents/consultancy firms I approached. They lay great foundation of trust with utmost diligence to ensure client satisfaction is their priority. Hence in a nutshell "Save yourself from becoming a corporate client and seek their professional yet personalised service".
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Virtual CFO - FAQs
If you are adding new products or expanding into new markets a virtual CFO can advise on strategy. They can also assist in cost management, risk analysis and maximising margins. A virtual CFO has most likely solved challenges like yours before. They have experience designing and implementing realistic, long-term change. A virtual CFO can help with raising capital by providing strategy, assisting in due diligence, attending meetings to establish expertise, advising on the right combination of debt and equity financing and negotiating term sheets. Virtual CFOs can help maximise margins by analysing current costs and pricing structures. Our Virtual CFOs can analyse your current financial documents to determine improvements that can be made and to help execute those improvements. Virtual CFOs can help scale systems to handle growth and added complexity, including financial, sales, operational or business systems. They can also make recommendations regarding new or improved systems that may be required. If an organisation is currently between CFOs, or still determining whether a full-time CFO can benefit their company, they may hire a virtual interim CFO to manage financial strategy in the meantime. Yes. Our virtual CFOs have extensive experience in forecasting and can provide a detailed forecast based on your long-term goals. As a company begins to grow, the need for financial planning also arises. A virtual CEO allows you to access high-calibre talent without the price-tag of an in-house hire. Our virtual CFO’s will oversee your current bookkeeping and controller staff to ensure all procedures are optimum. They also present accurate financials and ensure you are using the correct and most up-to-date financial software to best operate your business. Though we are located in Melbourne, we offer virtual CEO services throughout Australia.