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Outsourced CFO
A senior financial mind in the room with cashflow, capital planning, performance analysis and the conversations a board needs, without the full-time cost.
Altair Advisory Partners
A trusted, one-stop finance partner for entrepreneurial businesses that includes CFO advisory, tax compliance, regulatory guidance, capital raising and business advisory, under one roof and one senior team.
Who we are
A finance partner that sits in your seat.
Altair is the navigation star in the constellation Aquila, historically used by aviators and sailors to fix position before plotting a course. We named the firm after it because that is exactly what we do for entrepreneurial businesses: fix the position, then plot the course.
We are not a software product, not an outsourced bookkeeper, and not a Big Four partnership structured around audit cross-sell. We are a small senior team that does the work of a full finance function — board reporting, tax filings, regulatory work, capital raising and the strategic conversations that sit on top.
We work for the entrepreneur, not the deal. The deal is downstream of the boardroom, and the boardroom is downstream of clear numbers.
The inflection point
Four signals it is time for a senior finance partner.
Most founders call us at one of four moments. If two or more describe where you sit today, the conversation is overdue.
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Compliance falling behind
BAS dates rolling past, super not paid on time, ASIC notifications stacking up, last year's return still on a “to do” list. Every decision is being made under the quiet stress of what has not been lodged and the cost is no longer just a late fee.
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Velocity of decisions
You are making capital, hiring and pricing decisions weekly with data you do not fully trust and the cost of a bad call has crossed the line from inconvenient to material.
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Multi-entity complexity
Two or more legal entities, intercompany loans you cannot explain on a whiteboard, and a monthly close that takes longer than the month it reports on.
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Investor readiness
A funding round, a debt facility or an exit is twelve to eighteen months out. The data room would not survive sixty minutes with a sceptical investor today.
What we do
A complete finance function, looking after every moving part.
We hold every element of your finance function in one place, from the daily bookkeeping to the boardroom call, so you don't have to. You keep doing what got you here — running the business on instinct, customers, momentum — while the numbers, the lodgements, the forecasts and the regulators are quietly in good hands behind you.
Compliance Confidence
Every BAS, super, payroll tax, ASIC and statutory filing, owned end-to-end and lodged on time, every cycle. Nothing behind, nothing overdue, nothing you need to chase.
Operational Discipline
Monthly close, management accounts, live cash forecasting and the underlying systems work — chart of accounts, intercompany flows and audit-ready records.
Forward Visibility
Dynamic 12-month models, scenario planning and rolling forecasts; so capital, hiring and pricing decisions are made on foresight, not hindsight.
Tax & Regulatory Stewardship
Corporate income tax, GST, transfer pricing, FBT, R&D Tax Incentive and ASIC compliance across every entity, every jurisdiction.
Founder & Board Counsel
Monthly board engagement, governance and the structural decisions; the load bearing conversations that decide whether the next chapter is yours or the buyer's.
Capital & Cashflow Strategy
Working-capital structuring, lending and treasury — making sure the cash position matches the ambition of the next twelve months, not the last twelve.
Your first twelve months
A four-phase roadmap from day one.
Every engagement opens with the same arc. The work is sequenced so the urgent does not crowd out the structural.
Months 1 – 3
Foundation
Diagnostic across all five pillars. Chart of accounts cleaned, monthly close stood up, tax position reviewed, immediate-risk register agreed with the board.
Months 4 – 6
Optimisation
Forecasting model, board cadence, investor reporting and cross-border structure live. Tax filings are current and audit-ready.
Months 7 – 9
Acceleration
Capital strategy on the table. Data room standing, KPIs trusted, the founder spending more time with customers than the finance team.
Months 10 – 12
Strategic Partnership
Altair operating as embedded finance leadership. Raise executed, exit option live, governance fit for the next stage.
Your advisory team
Four senior partners.
Every Altair client works with the same named partners from day one through exit. We do not staff with associates and we do not rotate the team.
Rishi Kher
Rishi is a Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur with 18 years of experience across professional services, property, technology, and fintech. After seven years at EY, he moved into the commercial world as a fractional CFO across property development, manufacturing, and e-commerce. As founder of Holy Sanity, an Ayurvedic wellness brand expanding internationally, Rishi thinks like an owner. Named in Chartered Accountants' Future Leaders 20 CAs Under 35 to Watch (2020) and awarded IABCA Young Professional of the Year (2022).
Michelle Vu
Michelle is a CPA Australia member and seasoned finance executive with a career built across investment management, wealth advisory, and financial operations. Having held senior roles including Head of Finance at Calcs.com, Investment Manager at LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, and Fractional CFO at Ecogreen, Michelle brings a rare blend of institutional rigour and hands-on commercial instincts. Earlier in her career at Mercer, she identified over $100 million in fund variances across major client accounts.
Jack Dang
Jack is a CPA-qualified accountant and registered Tax Practitioner with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), bringing deep expertise across the full spectrum of tax compliance, advisory, and structural planning. He works across individuals, sole traders, partnerships, companies, discretionary and unit trusts, SMSFs, and family groups — covering income tax, BAS and IAS compliance, GST, payroll tax, FBT, CGT planning, and ATO correspondence.
Michael Rengarajah
Michael brings over 15 years of experience across private and commercial banking, having held senior roles at Westpac, HSBC, and Commonwealth Bank before founding Clayton Capital as its Managing Director. As Principal Business Advisor, Michael draws on deep institutional expertise to provide strategic lending, capital, and business advisory guidance — bringing a critical lens across financing structures, capital allocation, and growth strategy.
Our values
Three things we will not trade.
Trust
We are paid to tell you what is true, not what is comfortable. Confidentiality is not a clause — it is the engagement.
Growth
We work for entrepreneurial businesses because that is where finance discipline compounds fastest. Our success is your next round, not our retainer.
Precision
Numbers are filed on time, every quarter, to the cent. Precision is not a virtue we mention — it is the floor of the engagement.
Navigate with certaintyA thirty-minute partner call.
A thirty-minute partner call.
No charge.
We will listen, sketch a path, and tell you whether we are the right partner — even if the answer is no.