Fiona Harnett

• Chief Financial Officer and commercial leader, experienced in establishing, stabilising and scaling organisations across both the private and public sectors.
• Strong track record driving financial performance and growth, including profitability improvement, pricing, financial strategy, and commercially robust business cases.
• Hands-on, execution-focused operator, equally comfortable in the boardroom and on the ground, working directly with CEOs, Boards and owners to resolve issues and deliver results.
• Broad leadership across finance and operations, with accountability spanning operational environments, procurement, systems, and corporate services in a diverse range of organisations.
• Versatile across industries and business models, bringing commercial insight, pace, and structured thinking to fast-moving and ambiguous environments.
• Experienced transformation and people leader, leading teams through growth, turnaround and change, building high-performing, accountable cultures.
• Strong governance, risk and control capability, maintaining Board and stakeholder confidence while enabling commercial agility and informed decision-making.

Chief Financial Officer - Part-time/Fractional/Interim: Feb 2020 - present A CFO and commercial finance leader who helps organisations scale, regain stakeholder confidence, and build fit for purpose finance and control environments. I work as a Part time / Fractional / Interim CFO, commercial and management contractor, business mentor and trainer.

Responsibilities

• Part time / Fractional / Interim CFO contracting, including finance strategy, planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, model building, control environments, governance, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Management and commercial contracting covering strategy development, business planning, process optimisation, transformation initiatives, and implementation support where organisations need additional capacity or specialist capability.
• Business mentoring for senior leaders and founders, supporting decision making through structured financial and commercial insight.
• Delivery of practical training programmes to upskill accountants as business partners and build commercial literacy so cost centre managers meet their financial accountabilities.

• Member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Bachelor of Commerce Degree
• Member of the Institute of Directors