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Business Accountants for Growing businesses

Acctivate helps established Australian businesses understand where profit and cash are moving, prepare for larger financial commitments and test important decisions before money is committed. We provide accounting for growing businesses that need clearer reporting, forward tax planning and support that keeps pace with a more complex operation.
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  • Revenue Is Growing, but Is the Business Getting Stronger?

Growth should improve profitability, cash flow and business value not simply increase turnover, payroll commitments and the amount of pressure carried by the owner.

Recognised Accounting Experience

Acctivate combines qualified accountants, registered tax-agent services and direct experience working with established businesses across Australia.
2025 Accounting Consultant of the Year

Elle Green was named Accounting Consultant of the Year at the 2025 Women in Finance Awards.

Chartered Accountants

Acctivate is led by Chartered Accountants Elle Green and Simon Burke, each with more than a decade of accounting and business-advisory experience.

Registered Tax Agents

Acctivate provides registered tax-agent services and operates under the professional obligations contained in the Tax Agent Services Act.

Recommended by Business Owners

Acctivate is rated 5/5 from more than 150 client reviews.

  • Growth Can Look Healthy Before It Feels Healthy
Turnover may be increasing while financial control is going backwards.

A growing business can report its strongest revenue result and still experience greater financial pressure. New employees must be paid before all additional work is billed and collected. Equipment, stock, marketing and premises may absorb cash before they produce a return. Larger sales can create larger GST, PAYG and income-tax commitments, while one combined profit figure can hide an underperforming service or location. The owner may be working harder, carrying more risk and withdrawing less than before.

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What Should a Growth-Focused Accountant Help You Understand?

Growing businesses do not need more reports for the sake of reporting. They need financial information that answers the questions behind their next decisions.
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Is Revenue Growth Improving Profitability?

Revenue can increase without producing a comparable improvement in profit.

Additional sales may require more labour, subcontractors, stock, software, vehicles or management time. If these costs are not allocated properly, the owner may see a larger top-line result without recognising that the margin on the additional work is weaker.

Acctivate reviews the movement in revenue, direct costs, overheads and labour to determine whether growth is contributing more to the business or merely creating more activity.

Profit records economic performance. Cash flow records when money enters and leaves the business.

A growing business may have more money tied up in unpaid invoices, work in progress, inventory, payroll and equipment. Loan principal repayments and owner drawings also reduce cash without always appearing as expenses in the profit and loss statement.

The purpose of cash-flow forecasting is to show when pressure may occur, what is causing it and whether the business can meet wages, tax, suppliers and debt commitments as they fall due. business.gov.au identifies late customer payments, low margins and difficulty paying loans or taxes as warning signs that require closer cash-flow management.

The decision should not be based only on the employee’s salary. The business may also need to allow for superannuation, payroll tax where applicable, leave, workers’ compensation, equipment, software, recruitment, training and the time required before the employee becomes fully productive. Acctivate can model the expected cost against current demand, capacity and forecast cash flow. This helps establish whether the business can support the role and what revenue or utilisation level is needed for the hire to make commercial sense.
One combined set of accounts may hide significant differences within the business. A newer location may be growing quickly but relying on the original operation to cover wages and occupancy costs. One service may generate substantial revenue but require so much labour that its contribution is lower than expected. Useful management reporting separates the areas the owner needs to compare. The objective is not to produce a larger report. It is to show where profit is being made, where cash is being absorbed and which activities deserve further investment.
Finance may allow the business to purchase equipment, open premises or acquire another operation without using all available cash. It also creates repayments that must continue if revenue slows. Before taking on debt, the business should understand its existing commitments, expected cash generation and the result under a less favourable scenario. Acctivate can assess the proposal against forecast cash flow and help prepare the financial information required by a lender. Lending and financial-product recommendations may require assistance from an appropriately licensed finance professional.

The structure selected when the business started may no longer reflect its size, risk, ownership or future plans.

Growth may introduce employees, valuable assets, new shareholders or additional operating entities. A structure review can consider taxation, administration, control, succession and the separation of business and personal risk.

Australian Government guidance notes that a business may outgrow its original structure, while moving to a company introduces additional legal, reporting and administrative obligations.

Legal documents and asset-protection advice may also require input from a qualified solicitor.

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Why Growing Businesses Choose Acctivate

Acctivate does not treat growth as a broad ambition disconnected from the financial position. We examine how the operation earns revenue, where costs are increasing and which decisions are approaching.

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    Advice Before the Decision Discuss hiring, finance, equipment, premises, ownership and structural changes while the available options can still be considered.

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    Reports With an Explanation Understand what moved, what caused it and whether the result requires action rather than receiving accounts without useful context.

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    Direct Access to Accountants Work with accountants who understand the history, structure and current priorities of the business.

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    Tax and Cash Considered Together Plan for tax obligations without overlooking the working capital needed to pay staff, suppliers, debt and owners.

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    Support Matched to the Current Stage Use a review and reporting schedule that reflects the complexity of the business rather than applying the same service to every client.
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Industries Acctivate Works With

  • Professional Services
  • Construction and Trades
  • Allied Health and NDIS
  • Medical and Dental Practices
  • Property and Real Estate
  • E-commerce and Online Businesses
  • Franchise Businesses
  • Multi-Location Businesses
  • Family-Owned Businesses
  • Manufacturing and Wholesale
  • Hospitality and Retail
  • Technology and Software Businesses
  • Established SMEs
  • Agribusiness and Primary Production

Has Your Accounting Support Kept Pace With the Business?

The accountant who suited the business several years ago may not provide the reporting, planning or access you now require.

Tell us what has changed staff, revenue, locations, entities, finance or ownership and where the numbers are no longer giving you a clear answer.

When Annual Accounting Is No Longer Enough

The issue is not how often you meet. It is whether the information arrives in time to affect a decision.

Annual tax and compliance work may be appropriate for a straightforward business. It becomes less useful when the owner is making frequent decisions involving staff, cash, finance, locations or additional entities.

Your business may require more involved accounting support when:

  • Financial reports arrive too late to influence decisions.
  • Tax and BAS payments continue to feel unexpected.
  • Revenue is increasing while available cash is falling.
  • You cannot compare results between services, teams or locations.
  • New employees are being hired without a cash-flow forecast.
  • The business has added debt, entities, shareholders or premises.
  • Important transactions are only discussed after completion.
  • Accounting systems no longer provide reliable or useful information.
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What Better Financial Control Looks Like

Growth becomes easier to manage when the owner can see what is happening now, what is likely to happen next and who is responsible for each financial task.
Useful Reporting
Reports separate the parts of the business the owner needs to compare and explain the movements requiring attention.
Planned Tax Commitments
Expected BAS, PAYG and income-tax obligations are considered before payment dates rather than treated as unexpected bills.
Visible Cash Pressure
Forecasts show when wages, debt, suppliers, tax or investment may place pressure on the available cash position.
Better-Timed Decisions
Hiring, finance, equipment, premises and structural changes are reviewed before the business becomes committed.
Clear Responsibilities
The business knows what Acctivate manages, what information must be supplied and what work remains outstanding.

Meet the Accountants Behind Your Business

Acctivate’s team combines business advisory, tax, reporting, payroll and compliance experience. Client work is supported by named accountants with clearly defined responsibilities rather than being passed through an anonymous processing team.

Elle Green
Director and Chartered Accountant

Elle is a Chartered Accountant with over a decade of experience supporting small businesses. Known for her approachable style and ability to explain complex concepts clearly, Elle specialises in small business taxation and cash flow management.

Outside of work, Elle is a devoted mum and wife who believes business should support life — not compete with it. Originally from Bellingen, NSW, she brings a strong sense of community into everything she does. When she’s not working with clients, you’ll find her at the beach, doing reformer Pilates, cheering on the Sydney Roosters, or spending time with her beloved staffy.
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Trusted advisor known for her approachable style and practical insights.
Simon embodies Acctivate’s values and prides himself on being “fired up”.

Simon Burke
Director and Chartered Accountant

Simon is a Chartered Accountant with nearly a decade of experience across accounting and business advisory. His focus is on helping businesses build strong foundations through better cash flow, smarter structures, and practical efficiency.

Driven by curiosity and a lifelong interest in how businesses operate, Simon embodies Acctivate’s values of being proactive, determined, authentic, and curious. Outside the office, he enjoys golf, reading, and supporting the Collingwood Magpies.
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Ale Hurtado
Business Specialist

Ale brings nearly a decade of industry experience and a warm, relationship-focused approach to her role at Acctivate. Originally from Colombia, now calling Brisbane home, she specialises in tax, compliance, and business advisory support.
With qualifications in Finance, Commerce, and International Business, Ale blends technical expertise with a pragmatic mindset. Outside the office, she enjoys time with family, running along the river, travelling, and expressing creativity through fashion and design.
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Strategic thinker with a focus on structure, protection, and growth.

Odiza Mae Gutang
Senior Accountant

Tyrone provides strategic and advisory guidance to Acctivate, drawing on extensive experience in the insurance and business advisory sectors. He founded Strata Insurance Solutions in 2011 and has supported hundreds of clients across residential and commercial insurance.
Her work with Australian firms over the past six years has expanded her expertise in global accounting practices. Outside of work, Odiza enjoys travelling — particularly solo adventures — and is a passionate volleyball fan.
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Strategic thinker with a focus on structure, protection, and growth.

Our Process for Growing Businesses

Understand the Current Position

We review the existing accounts, business structure, tax obligations, reporting, accounting systems and upcoming decisions to establish what is already working and where visibility is limited.

Identify the Financial Pressure Points

We examine cash flow, margins, payroll, debt, owner payments and tax reserves to determine where growth is creating pressure or hiding an underperforming part of the operation.

Establish the Right Reporting and Plan

We agree on the information the owner needs, how often it should be reviewed and which future commitments need to be included in forecasts and planning.

Review as the Business Changes

Reporting and advice are updated as the business hires, invests, adds locations, changes ownership or moves into another stage of growth.
  • Allied Health and NDIS business case study

How an Allied Health Practice Tripled Its Team Without Jeopardising Cash Flow

One of our Brisbane allied health clients came to us when their practice was growing quickly but their cash flow wasn’t keeping up. They had three practitioners, mixed NDIS and private billing, and no clear visibility over which parts of the business were actually profitable.

We restructured their accounting system to separate NDIS and private revenue, built a cash flow forecast that accounted for NDIS payment timing, reviewed their practice structure, and identified tax savings they hadn’t been claiming.

The result was a practice that tripled its team over the following two years without the cash flow stress that had been holding them back.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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When Has a Business Outgrown Annual Accounting?
A business may have outgrown annual accounting when major decisions are being made throughout the year but useful financial information only arrives after year-end. Common triggers include hiring, taking on debt, adding entities, opening another location or needing to compare teams and services.
Growth often requires the business to pay wages, suppliers, equipment and other costs before all additional revenue is collected. More sales may also create higher GST and tax liabilities. Forecasting helps show when these timing differences are likely to place pressure on cash.
There is no single schedule for every business. Monthly reporting may be appropriate where payroll, cash flow or operating conditions change quickly. A more stable business may only require quarterly reviews. The frequency should reflect the decisions being made and how quickly the information becomes outdated.
Yes. An accountant can model salary, superannuation, leave, equipment, software, expected productivity and the revenue required to support the role. The employment and workplace-law aspects should also be reviewed with an appropriate HR or legal adviser.
The business should consider expected demand, occupancy costs, staffing, setup costs, working capital and the time required for the location to cover its own costs. Reporting should also separate the new location so the owner can see whether it is performing independently.
Not necessarily. Some businesses need stronger management reporting, forecasting and more regular access to their accountant rather than a complete CFO service. The right support depends on the size of the operation, funding requirements and complexity of the decisions being made.
A review may be appropriate when the business introduces employees, shareholders, valuable assets, additional entities, external finance or succession plans. Structure changes can have tax, legal and administrative consequences and should be assessed before implementation.
Yes. Acctivate can review the current position, identify outstanding work, obtain authorised records and clarify responsibility for upcoming deadlines. Changing accountants does not remove existing lodgements, debts or record-keeping obligations.
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