Budgetly appoints Lisa Callaghan as Chief Financial Officer
PRESS RELEASE Sydney, Australia, 20 May 2026 Budgetly, the AI-driven spend management platform helping Australian SMEs eliminate overspending before …
Finance Leadership Articles
Budgetly introduces the Control Loop: a new model for real-time financial control
PRESS RELEASE Sydney, Australia, 19 May 2026 Budgetly, the Australian spend management system used by more than 20,000 users across 1,200 businesses, …
How to Build a CFO Dashboard for Construction
Your site foremen spent $14,000 on materials last week. You found out yesterday, when the bank statement arrived. That gap between spending and …
Three in four Australian SME finance leaders want AI automation, but only one in four are using AI tools today
PRESS RELEASE Sydney, Australia, 20 April 2026 New CFO Survey data from Australian SMEs shows a major “AI implementation gap” inside …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 6: Flow, Not Friction
Finance teams are under pressure to move faster, but the approval processes most organisations rely on were designed for a slower world. Projects …
Technology and AI Investment Priorities in Finance 2026
Australian finance leaders are signalling a clear shift. Technology and AI are no longer future considerations; they are active investment priorities …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 5: Strengthening Financial Governance
Financial leakage, overspending, and fraud are preventable. Yet many Australian businesses still rely on manual controls that are easy to bypass and …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 4: Tech-Led Transformation
Legacy systems feel safer, but they are holding finance back. Spreadsheets, manual approvals, and disconnected tools create more risk than they …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 3: Building a Trust-First Culture
Excessive oversight slows teams down and erodes confidence. When every purchase requires a manager’s approval and every expense report triggers …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 2: The Efficiency Playbook
Too many tools, too many manual steps. Finance teams at growing businesses often find themselves juggling disconnected systems for expenses, bills, …
CFO Leadership eBook Series 1: The CFO's Journey to Control
Month-end should not feel like firefighting. Yet for many finance leaders, it does. Chasing receipts, reconciling spreadsheets, and piecing together a …
5 Finance Trends That Will Impact Organisations in the Future
If there’s one takeaway we’ve learnt from the last couple of years, it’s the value of staying agile. Unfortunately, we’ve seen many businesses close …
