Outsourced finance office · Gauteng
Know what your numbers are telling you — and what to do next.
Most R30–60 million businesses run on gut feel and a once-a-year set of financials. Debrief is the outsourced finance office that shows you — every month — what's actually profitable, where your cash is, and what you can afford next. Then helps you decide what to do about it. For a fixed monthly fee.
Not ready to book? Join the founding-client list →The problem
Busy isn't the same as profitable.
If you're growing but can't answer these with confidence, you're flying blind — and it's costing you.
"Are we actually profitable?"
Revenue is up, but you can't say which jobs, products or clients make money — and which quietly lose it.
"Why is cash always tight?"
The business is busy and growing, yet the bank balance never reflects it. Where is the money going?
"Can we afford this?"
New equipment, a key hire, an expansion — big decisions made on gut feel instead of the numbers.
How it works
Start with clarity. Then stay in control.
A paid diagnostic tells you what's really going on. Monthly reporting makes sure you never get blindsided again.
Financial Health Diagnostic
Over 2–3 weeks we rebuild your last two years, sit down with you, and hand back a written brief: three things you don't know about your business, plus a 90-day plan. R9,500.
Your monthly debrief
Each month you get a clean management pack — profit, cash, KPIs — and a 45-minute call where we talk through what it means and what to do about it.
You decide with confidence
Price the right way, fix the margin leaks, free up cash, and make the big calls knowing the numbers behind them. We work alongside your accountant, not instead of them.
Transparent pricing
Fixed prices. Named tiers. No "let's get on a call to discuss rates."
Most SA firms hide advisory behind vague hourly quotes. We publish ours.
Financial Health Diagnostic
3 sessions over 2–3 weeks · a written brief with 3–5 findings and a 90-day plan · credited to month 1 if you go monthly within 30 days.
- Monthly pack: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
- 5 KPIs & variance vs prior year
- 45-min monthly strategy call
- WhatsApp & email support
- Everything in Clarity, plus:
- Annual budget & budget vs actuals
- 7 KPIs & 13-week cash-flow forecast
- Priority response between calls
- Everything in Control, plus:
- Scenario planning (expansion, capex)
- Board- & funder-ready reporting
- Quarterly deep-dive strategy session
For advisory clients only — provisional & annual tax, returns and SARS liaison. Never bundled, never the product.
All prices exclude VAT · 3-month minimum term, then month-to-month · fixed monthly fee, never hourly.
What you get every month
A clean pack — and someone to tell you what it means.
The report is the easy part. The value is the conversation about what to do next.
Management accounts
Profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow — month and year-to-date, against last year and your budget.
KPI dashboard
The 5–7 numbers that actually run your business — margins, cash, debtor days — tracked every month.
Plain-English commentary
One page on what moved, why it moved, and the specific actions to take this month.
The monthly call
45 minutes to talk through the numbers and the decisions in front of you — with ad-hoc questions in between.
Honest fit
We're a boutique — defined by what we take on, and what we don't.
Built for you if…
- You own and run a business doing roughly R20m–R80m
- You have no in-house finance function — you make the calls
- Your accountant does year-end and tax, and nothing in between
- You're tired of guessing whether you can afford your next move
Not the right fit if…
- You only want a cheap tax return — we'll refer you to a great compliance accountant
- You're pre-revenue or under about R20m — let's talk when you're bigger
- You already have a capable full-time FD
- You want ad-hoc consulting billed by the hour — we don't do hourly
Why Debrief
The management information of a big firm — without the FD salary.
A rare combination of skills, aimed squarely at owner-managed businesses that need both clear numbers and tax efficiency.
CIMA + registered tax
Management-accounting depth and SARS-registered tax expertise in one place — uncommon for this segment.
A rhythm, not a report
The product is a monthly conversation about your numbers. Consistent, forward-looking, and yours.
Alongside your accountant
We don't replace your compliance accountant. They handle the year-end; we handle the monthly steering.
Founding clients
Not ready to book? Be a founding client.
I'm taking a limited first cohort of owner-managed businesses. Join the list for founding-client pricing locked in, first pick of slots, and a personal reply from me — no obligation.
You're on the list.
I'll be in touch personally.
Questions
The things owners ask first.
How is this different from my accountant?
Do you do my tax returns?
What accounting systems do you work with?
What's the commitment?
Why pay R9,500 for a diagnostic?
Book a diagnostic
Find out what your numbers are telling you.
Send a few details and I'll come back within one business day. If it's a fit, we start with the Financial Health Diagnostic — and you'll know three things about your business you don't today.
- A reply within one business day
- A 20-minute call to see if it fits
- Straight talk — never a hard sell
Thanks — that's in.
I'll come back to you within one business day.