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Private businesses are the engine room of the Australian economy. They cover all sectors, employ millions of people, and are key to Australia’s reputation for stable, quality goods and services both domestically and internationally.

Much of this success is due to personal dedication and sacrifices, as well as the financial investment of the leaders themselves.

But often these business owners and leaders can find themselves thinly spread: managing the core functions that makes their companies tick, while also having to run the business and meeting their accounting and reporting obligations.

Grant Thornton works alongside private businesses across Australia – and international players looking to Australia for their investments and operations – on all your tax and accounting needs. From setting up your business and processes and meeting your tax and regulatory obligations, to evolving your structures and strategies, we help you build more optimised financial structures that grow complementary to your business ones.

Our Business services

Business planning & strategy

Our clients can access business planning and strategy advice through our value add business strategy sessions.

Outsourced accounting services

We act as a third-party partner to international businesses looking to invest in Australia on your day-to-day finance and accounting needs.

Management reporting

We help you build comprehensive management reporting so that you have key insights as your business grows and changes.

Forecasting & budgeting

We help you build and maintain a business forecasting and budgeting model for ongoing insights about your business.

Family business consulting

Our family business consulting team works with family businesses on running their businesses for continued future success.

Outsourced CFO services

Our outsourced CFO services provide a full suite of CFO, tax and finance services and advice to help clients manage risk, optimise operations and grow.

Sustainability advisory

With the ESG and sustainability landscape continuing to evolve, we are focused on helping your business to understand how to shape your sustainability strategy. When designing a sustainability strategy, it’s important to take into consideration your sustainability-related risks and opportunities, relevant standards and frameworks such as the SBTi, and your broader business needs.

Private business company secretarial services

We provide company secretarial services and expert advice for private businesses on all company secretarial matters.

Superannuation and SMSF

We provide SMSF advisory services across all aspects of superannuation and associated tax laws to help you protect and grow your wealth.

Financial reporting

We help with all financial reporting needs, including set up, scaling up, spotting issues and improving efficiency.

ATO audit support

Our team of experts provide ATO audit support across the whole process to ensure ATO requirements are met.

Private business taxation and structuring

We help private business leaders efficiently structure their organisation for optimal operation and tax compliance.

China practice

The investment opportunities between Australia and China are well established yet, in recent years, have also diversified.