Innovative, energetic and street smart. That’s not how accounting firms are normally described. But these characteristics are what set the Hayes Knight Group apart. It’s our commercial aptitude combined with strong technical knowledge and experience that allows us to deliver high quality advice that is relevant to today’s competitive environment.
With nine progressive offices in capital city locations across Australia and in Auckland, New Zealand, the Hayes Knight group offers the depth of expertise of larger firms while maintaining a personal approach to our clients.
For business owners, our service range is designed to assist you in every phase of your business lifecycle. Plus, we can take care of you personally with Wealth management services, and solutions for your SMSF and your business; protecting you from risk and helping you maximise every opportunity.
For corporations, multi-nationals, and not-for profits, our Audit & assurance, Tax strategy & structuring and Business strategy services deliver high quality results.
Read more about what services we offer, and talk to a Hayes Knight Melbourne Adviser today if your business is ready to take the next step.
Tax & Accounting Compliance
When you’re looking for an accountant, we understand that you want to engage someone who understands the intricacies of an increasingly complex tax system. But, you also want someone who is going to make that knowledge make sense to you or your business.
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Tax strategy and structuring
The Australian tax system is one of the most complex in the world. Generally, you only get one chance to get it right. A commercial decision or pathway you take today, can have a myriad of tax consequences in the future.
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Business Strategy
Great businesses don’t happen by accident. Clients come to Hayes Knight to take their next step. For many of our entrepreneurial clients we are their sounding board for future plans, fine tuning ideas and providing a reality check to identify any potential flaws.
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Audit & Assurance
Our clients expect us to provide accurate, high quality, audit and assurance services. They stay clients because of the personal interaction with senior team members and our ability to speak their language.
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Wealth Management
Our clients tend to have their fingers in a lot of pies; Personal investments, their business assets, their SMSF, related entities, trusts and distributions, and varying income sources. If you look at these assets and opportunities in isolation, you’re just not seeing the whole picture.
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Superannuation
The asset value of self managed superannuation funds in Australia is close to $400 billion. It’s no wonder the tax office is paying special attention.If you have a Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF), or are contemplating establishing one, there are a lot of questions you need answered.
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Hayes Knight Melbourne Specialist Services
Outside of the core services offered by all Hayes Knight firms, Hayes Knight Melbourne also offer our clients several ’specialist services’ including:
Corporate Advisory
Unlock the value of your Business ~ Develop your business to its full potential. Hayes Knight Corporate Advisory offers advice and solutions on your financial needs and support and development to ensure your business is ‘investor ready’. Hayes Knight assists clients achieve solutions-based outcomes, designed to enhance and grow their business.
Often growth within a business in hindered by a lack of financial strength and a lack of future planning and direction. At Hayes Knight we provide integrated solutions for clients in areas of financial planning and management support to position for future growth opportunities.
Business Consulting
Today, the use of external support for the growth of your profitability of a business is a common practice. The business environment is in a constant state of change and only those businesses on the alert for favorable opportunities will survive and prosper. Successful businesses employ Hayes Knight Business Consulting when things are going well to ensure ongoing growth.
Hayes Knight Business Consulting assists clients to achieve solutions-based outcomes, designed to enhance and grow their business, and identify strategic advantages in the market place.
Chief Financial Officer – Virtual CFO
A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key, senior member of a company’s management team. He or she is responsible for more than just the accounting side of a business, extending into areas such as
strategy, human resource, risk management and systems.
All companies need the expertise and experience of a CFO. The main problems for SME’s is that a full time CFO is very expensive and may not necessarily be fully or effectively utilised.
The concept of our HKM CFO service is to provide a CFO who can deliver all of the critical services that a growth company requires at a lower cost.
The Family Office
Our Family Office service specialises in providing a full range of integrated solutions to protect, grow and distribute family wealth. We guide and assist in regard to relationship coordination and facilitation, inter-generational issues and philanthropic intent, to effectively manage and build on family wealth over successive generations.
In doing so, Hayes Knight provides a unique family office service, drawing upon resources as appropriate to meet all or any of the sometimes complex needs of family groups.
Executive Search & Recruitment
Hayes Knight Melbourne retains a highly-effective Search and Selection Team that will find the best candidates and assist in the process of securing the right staff. Our comprehensive range of services includes research, helping to codify the position, providing independent advice on salaries and remuneration, human resource management policies and succession planning.
Redgum Wealth
Sound financial planning requires a detailed assessment of your financial situation, setting clear and realizable objectives and developing appropriate strategies that might involve investments, tax planning, asset allocation, risk management, retirement planning and estate planning.
