Srishtti Viswanath

Executive summary

Srishtti Viswanath is a Director in the CFO Advisory team with BDO in Sydney. She is deeply invested in creating value for her clients through her technical abilities and developing strong relationships founded on transparency and commitment.

Srishtti’s experience covers a range of industries in the mid to large-sized private market segment. She focuses on leading finance transformation through finance function reviews to uplift people, processes and systems; supporting businesses in evaluating, implementing, and optimising existing and new finance systems; and driving value and strategic growth through commercial analytics. Her main focus for her clients is to be an enabler of growth, helping them to reach their operational and strategic goals.

Srishtti has more than 10 years’ experience working in professional and financial services. Prior to her CFO advisory journey, she provided outsourcing accounting, compliance, and advisory services to international businesses setting up in Australia to support their growth in this market.

Expertise

• Finance function review and road mapping
• Finance systems evaluation and selection
• Xero and associated add-ons implementation
• Training on finance systems
• Review and uplift of internal finance controls, including write of policies and procedures
• Contribution analysis consultation and modelling, including insights.

Experience

• Supporting mid to large-sized private businesses’ finance teams that are inundated with operational tasks and do not have the capacity to invest in business partnering
• Supporting mid to large-sized private businesses’ finance teams looking to scale up to support their business aspirations through mergers and acquisitions
• Supporting CFOs who require assistance getting up to speed.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance)
• Master of Business Administration
• Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting.