Strategic finance conversations for modern business audiences.
Laura Schiller is available for podcasts, YouTube interviews, webinars, panels and business conversations on financial leadership, decision-making, cash flow, growth and strategic CFO advisory.
A commercially focused finance voice for growing businesses.
Laura Schiller is the Founder of The CFO Agency, a boutique advisory firm providing Fractional CFO and Virtual CFO services to growing Australian SMEs.
Her work focuses on helping business owners move beyond reports and understand what their numbers mean for cash flow, growth, profitability, pricing, strategy and decision-making.
Speaker Profile
Laura is suited to business, finance, entrepreneurship, leadership and professional services audiences seeking practical financial insight without jargon.
Laura has worked in strategic finance, business performance and advisory roles alongside executives, CEOs or leadership teams across major Australian organisations.
Quoted by CPA Australia on strategic finance partnering.
Laura was included in CPA Australia annual reporting discussing finance business partnering, strategic recommendations and the role of commercial insight in supporting organisational performance.
“In my role I provide valuable financial insights and strategic recommendations that inform decision making.”
Senior Manager Finance Business Partnering, CPA Australia
Bring strategic finance insight to your audience.
Laura is available for podcasts, webinars, YouTube interviews, panels and modern business conversations focused on financial leadership and strategic CFO advisory.
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Submit EnquiryConversation topics designed for business owners, founders and finance-led growth.
Laura speaks on the financial and leadership patterns she has observed across 20 years in finance and more than 15 years working alongside executives, CFOs and leadership teams.
What Successful CEOs Understand About Finance
What working alongside executives and CEOs has taught Laura about financial clarity, growth, risk and commercial decision-making.
Knowing When to Take Financial Risks
How business owners can separate strategic risk from reactive decision-making and use financial insight to make more confident growth decisions.
Getting Unstuck and Refocused
How unclear numbers, shifting priorities and decision fatigue keep businesses reactive — and how stronger financial clarity helps leaders move forward.
When Businesses Outgrow Their Accountant
The signs that compliance accounting is no longer enough and a business needs CFO-level support for forecasting, cash flow, pricing and strategy.
What to Look For When Hiring a CFO
Why technical skill is only part of the equation — and why commercial judgement, communication, trust and strategic thinking matter.
Why Personality Matters in the CFO Space
Why effective CFO advisory depends on communication, challenge, trust and the ability to turn financial information into action.
Available for professional business media and thought leadership conversations.
Podcasts
Business, entrepreneurship, finance, leadership, professional services and growth-focused podcast interviews.
YouTube Interviews
Long-form or short-form video conversations covering CFO advisory, business decision-making and SME finance.
Panels & Webinars
Professional conversations for founders, SMEs, accountants, consultants, finance teams and business communities.
Commercial finance topics with real business relevance.
Laura speaks on the financial and leadership patterns she has observed across 20 years in finance and more than 15 years working alongside executives, CFOs and leadership teams.
What working alongside successful CEOs has taught me about finance, growth and decision-making
Insights from working close to executives and leadership teams, including how strong leaders use financial information to focus priorities, manage risk and make clearer commercial decisions.
Knowing when to take financial risks in business
A practical discussion on the difference between strategic risk and reactive decision-making, and how business owners can use financial visibility to make more confident growth decisions.
How business owners get unstuck and refocus on what they actually want to achieve
Many businesses stay reactive because the numbers are unclear, priorities keep shifting or the owner is overloaded. Better financial clarity helps leaders regain focus and move forward with intent.
When businesses have outgrown their accountant and need CFO-level support
The signs that compliance accounting is no longer enough, including cash flow pressure, unclear profitability, weak forecasting, pricing uncertainty and the need for strategic financial guidance.
What to look for when hiring a CFO or Fractional CFO
Why technical accounting knowledge is only one part of the equation, and why communication, commercial judgement, strategic thinking and trust are critical in the CFO relationship.
Why personality matters in the CFO space
CFO advisory is not just technical. The right CFO needs to communicate clearly, understand the business owner, challenge respectfully and translate financial information into action.
What I’ve seen businesses struggle with most — and how successful businesses move through it
A commercially grounded discussion on common patterns that keep businesses stuck, from lack of visibility and unclear priorities to decision fatigue, cash flow pressure and delayed strategic action.
Bring strategic finance insight to your audience or platform.
Laura is available for selected podcasts, YouTube interviews, webinars, panels and business leadership conversations focused on commercial decision-making, financial clarity and strategic growth.