Answer 8 quick questions and we'll score your financial visibility across the dimensions that drive good decisions, then show you exactly where the blind spots are. There are no “bad” answers.
~3 minutes · 8 questions · No login to start
Cash Flow Visibility
Debtor Management
Profitability by Product/Service
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
Payroll & Award Compliance
Tax & BAS Readiness
KPI & Performance Tracking
Budget vs. Actuals & Variance
Plenty of Australian business owners can tell you last month's revenue but not whether next month's payroll will clear, which service line actually makes money, or how long cash sits in unpaid invoices before it lands in the bank. That gap between "I have accounts" and "I can see clearly enough to decide" is the financial-visibility problem, and it quietly drives most cash surprises, pricing mistakes and late-lodgement scrambles. The Financial Visibility Score is a short self-assessment that turns that fuzzy sense of "am I flying blind?" into a structured picture of where your numbers are sharp and where the blind spots are.
You answer eight quick questions, one for each dimension of financial visibility the tool tracks: cash-flow forecasting, debtor management and collections, profitability by product or service line, days sales outstanding (how long invoices take to collect), payroll and Modern Award compliance, tax and BAS readiness, KPI and performance tracking, and budget-versus-actuals variance. Each answer maps to a maturity level, and the tool rolls these into an overall percentage score and letter grade, then plots your profile on a radar chart so you can see the shape of your strengths and gaps at a glance. It surfaces your strongest areas, your biggest blind spots, a plain-English finding and a next-step recommendation per dimension, the specific risks your gaps expose you to, and a short list of priority actions to start on this week. It compares your result against a typical Australian small-to-medium business baseline so you know whether you're ahead or behind. It works from your own self-reported inputs rather than pulling from your accounting software, so it's a fast diagnostic and conversation-starter, not an audit.
Owners and managers of Australian small-to-medium businesses who want a fast, honest read on how clearly they can see their financials before making pricing, staffing or growth decisions.
The short answers are here. For anything else, ask below or get in touch.
Bookkeeping keeps an accurate record of what has already happened; visibility is being able to see what's coming and act on it. You can have tidy, reconciled books and still lack a forward cash-flow forecast, not know which clients or services actually turn a profit, or be unaware of how many days your invoices take to collect. This tool assesses the forward-looking, decision-making layer — cash forecasting, debtor discipline, margin by line, KPIs and variance — that sits on top of clean books. If your books aren't current, that shows up too, particularly in the tax and BAS readiness dimension.
These tools work together to give you a clearer picture of your business.
Use these results to make better decisions. If you'd like a second pair of eyes on them, an advisor can walk through what they mean for the business.
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