CFO Mentoring Program · 12 months

Become the CFO you were meant to be.

Being brilliant with numbers is where it starts, not where it ends. Over twelve months of mentoring, we'll take you from technically strong to the finance leader every great company needs.

Your 12 months
Technician → Leader
four quarters, one transformation
1:1 with a CFO
1:1 mentoring
Twice a month
Case work
Real numbers
Toolkit
Yours to keep
1:1A CFO in your corner
✓Board-ready by month 9
★The CFO seat
The leap no one prepares you for

Technically brilliant. But is that enough?

There's a gap between doing great finance and leading it, and almost no one is taught how to cross it. That's the gap this program closes.

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I know the numbers cold, but I freeze in the boardroom.

The technical skills got you here. The leadership skills are what's missing.

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I want a seat at the table, not just a spreadsheet.

You're ready to shape decisions, not just report on them. No one's shown you how.

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No one ever taught me how to actually be a CFO.

You learned to account. Being a CFO is a different craft, and it can be taught.

The 12-month journey

Technician to strategist to leader.

Four quarters, each building on the last, until the CFO seat feels like home.

Months 1–3 · Foundations

Master the machine.

The numbers, systems and controls a CFO must own cold, so nothing surprises you and everything ties out.

Months 4–6 · Insight

Become the insight engine.

Forecasting, cash flow and scenario thinking. Turning raw numbers into the decisions that move the business.

Months 7–9 · Influence

Earn your seat.

Board packs, storytelling, fundraising and stakeholder trust. The skills that get finance heard, not just filed.

Months 10–12 · Leadership

Lead the function.

Strategy, team, and becoming the CEO's right hand. Step fully and confidently into the CFO seat.

What's inside

Mentoring, not just a course.

Real guidance from people who've done the job, plus the tools and the accountability to make it stick.

1:1

1:1 mentoring

Regular time with a seasoned CFO on your real challenges, not a generic curriculum.

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Governance & compliance

Corporations Act duties, governance and compliance, so you're always on top of what the business must get right.

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Frameworks & toolkit

The exact templates, models and playbooks we use, yours to keep from day one.

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Live case work

Practise on real businesses and real numbers, so it sticks where theory never would.

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Board-readiness

Learn to present, influence and hold the room. The part no accounting course taught you.

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A growth plan

A clear path to CFO, and a mentor who holds you to it every step of the way.

What we cover

Everything the seat actually asks of you.

The parts of the job no accounting degree covers, worked through on your real challenges.

Financial instruments and funding optionsCorporations Act dutiesGovernanceNumbers: best practice and must-havesAutomation, AI and systemsLeading a high-performing teamMindsetSupporting the founder, CEO and businessComplianceScaling into other countriesBoard readiness
The transformation

Walk in capable. Walk out a CFO.

Twelve months from now you won't just know more, you'll be more: the finance leader who reads the room, shapes the strategy and earns the trust of the whole business.

Board-readyCommercially sharpA leader, not a number-cruncherThe CEO's right hand
Who mentors you

CFOs who've sat in the seat.

Mike MobiliaAshley Law-Smith

Ashley Law-Smith & Mike Mobilia

Founders of TSN Advisory and seasoned CFOs across startups, scale-ups and boardrooms. They've built finance functions, closed raises and guided founders through the biggest calls of their lives. Now they're passing the craft on, personally.

Hands-on, not theory

Learn on the tools we use every day.

You'll work with real scenarios in Galaxy CFO, our live cash-flow and scenario platform, so the skills you build are the ones you'll use in the seat.

Step 1
Real numbers
Step 2
Real decisions
Step 3
Skills that transfer
A mentee we backed
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“I went from financial controller to CFO in a year. This program, and having someone who'd done it in my corner, is the reason.”
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Good questions

Everything you're wondering.

Who is this program for?

Ambitious finance managers, financial controllers, aspiring and early-stage CFOs, and founders acting as their own CFO who want to lead their numbers with confidence.

Do I need to be a CFO already?

No. The whole point is to take you there. Wherever you are on the path, the program meets you and moves you forward.

What's the time commitment?

A few focused hours a month: mentoring sessions and case work, applied to your real role so the learning compounds.

What's the format?

Twelve months of 1:1 mentoring with a seasoned CFO, a complete toolkit and live case work on real numbers.

Is it useful for founders too?

Absolutely. Founders who are effectively their own CFO make sharper calls and finally feel in control of the finance side.

How do I join?

Places are limited, because every mentee gets real 1:1 time. Apply below and we'll have a short call to make sure it's the right fit.

Apply for the program

Twelve months from now, you're the CFO.

Places are limited, because every mentee gets real 1:1 time. Apply now and we'll have a short call to check it's the right fit, and map where you'll be twelve months from today.

  • 1Tell us where you're at
  • 2A short fit call
  • 3Start your 12 months
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