★ Senior Advisory Practice

Scale your business with NetSuite ERP & AI

Pragmatic, senior advisory for mid-market leaders. AVT brings CEO-, CFO- and COO-level guidance to help you transform finance, manufacturing and supply chain operations — with NetSuite ERP as the platform for sustainable growth.

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Trusted by 150+ mid-market businesses across AU, NZ & APAC since 2006

Gaurav Srivastava

CEO · Transformation

Senior CEO / CIO advisor. ERP strategy, AI-enabled transformation, scaling operations.

Anthony Long

CPA · CFO Advisory

CPA-credentialled CFO advisory. Financial reporting, controls, cash flow, board readiness.

Sela Chhor

Mfg · Supply Chain

Senior Manufacturing, WMS & Supply Chain advisor. Operations excellence, S&OP.

The mid-market squeeze

Growing fast, but stuck in the spreadsheet trap?

Mid-market businesses in the $10M–$500M revenue band face a unique squeeze: too big for QuickBooks and Xero, too small for SAP or Oracle E-Business Suite. The cracks show as spreadsheet sprawl, manual reconciliation, blind inventory and finance teams running on caffeine.

You don't need a 24-month enterprise transformation. You need senior advisors who've sat in your seat — and a platform that scales with you without rebuilding every 3 years.

!Month-end close that takes weeksManual journals, spreadsheet consolidations, late nights for the finance team.
!No real-time inventory or cash visibilityDifferent numbers in every report, depending on who pulled it.
!Growth bottlenecked by your systemsAdding a subsidiary, warehouse or product line takes months, not weeks.
!AI experiments going nowhereNo clean data, no platform, no pathway from pilot to production.

"We helped one Sydney manufacturer move from 21-day month-end on spreadsheets to a 4-day close on NetSuite — and they got their first AI-assisted demand forecast running 90 days after go-live. That's the kind of pace mid-market leaders need."

Gaurav Srivastava

Founder & CEO, AVT

Advisory Practice

Four pillars. One outcome.

Engagements range from a 4-hour diagnostic to multi-quarter transformation oversight. We bring senior CXO-level expertise on demand — without the salary line or the long contracts.

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Business Transformation

CEO/CIO-level strategy for scaling from $10M to $500M revenue. Operating model design, M&A integration, technology roadmap.

Operating model design
Technology roadmap
M&A integration playbook
PE-backed scale-up support

CFO Advisory

Hands-on CPA-led financial leadership. Close acceleration, controls, board reporting, cash flow optimisation and audit readiness.

Month-end close acceleration
Financial controls & SOX-lite
Board & PE-grade reporting
Cash flow & working capital

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Manufacturing, WMS & Supply Chain

Operations excellence for manufacturers, distributors and 3PLs. S&OP design, warehouse optimisation, demand planning, vendor strategy.

S&OP & demand planning
Warehouse & WMS optimisation
Manufacturing operations
Supply chain redesign

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ERP & AI Platform Strategy

NetSuite as your single platform for finance, operations and AI. Vendor selection, implementation oversight, AI use-case prioritisation.

ERP selection & business case
NetSuite implementation oversight
AI use-case roadmap
Data & integration architecture

Senior Advisors

Meet the people advising your transformation

No junior consultants. Every AVT advisory engagement is led by a senior practitioner with operator-level experience and a track record of mid-market outcomes.

Dr. Gaurav Srivastava

Founder & CEO · Senior Business Transformation Advisor

PhD and BE (Honours) in Computer Engineering. Gaurav founded AVT to bring boardroom-grade business transformation thinking to the mid-market — pairing pragmatic operating-model advice with hands-on NetSuite delivery. He advises founders, PE-backed CEOs and CIOs across AU, NZ and APAC on scaling from $10M through $500M+ revenue with AI as a force multiplier. Personally helped 500+ companies with transformation, process automation and integration projects.

Business Transformation CEO / CIO Advisory ERP Strategy AI Roadmap PE-Backed Scale-Up

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Anthony Long, CPA

Chief Operating Officer · Senior CFO Advisor

CPA. Joined AVT in 2022 after 15+ years as CFO/COO and Head of Compliance at DocsCorp — an early NetSuite adopter (2008) that scaled through to its 2021 acquisition by HG Capital. Anthony brings deep "Office of the CFO" perspective: close acceleration, financial controls, board-grade reporting, cash flow optimisation and audit readiness — alongside expertise in HR & Payroll, Information Systems, Information Security, Sales and Consulting.

CFO Advisory CPA Close Acceleration Financial Controls Board Reporting Cash Flow

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Sela Chhor

Senior Manufacturing, WMS & Supply Chain Advisor

Former Australian Head of IT for one of the world's largest biotech companies. Sela leads AVT's manufacturing, warehousing and supply chain advisory practice. With deep experience in S&OP design, demand planning, warehouse optimisation and ERP-enabled operations, he helps manufacturers, wholesale distributors and 3PLs translate strategic goals into operational reality — from shop-floor data capture and mobile WMS rollout through multi-warehouse coordination, all anchored to NetSuite as the single source of truth.

Manufacturing Ops Warehouse Management Supply Chain S&OP Demand Planning Procurement

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How we engage

From 30-minute call to multi-quarter oversight

Most engagements start with a 30-minute conversation, then scale to whatever depth your transformation needs.

Discovery Call

30 minutes with the senior advisor most relevant to your situation. We listen, ask sharp questions, and tell you whether we're the right fit.

Free · 30 min

Diagnostic

Structured 2–4 week assessment of your current systems, processes and team capability. We deliver a one-page heat-map and prioritised action list.

Fixed scope · 2–4 wks

Roadmap

A pragmatic 12–18 month transformation roadmap with quarterly milestones, budget guardrails, owner accountability and quick-win backlog.

Fixed scope · 3–6 wks

Execution & Ongoing

Hands-on delivery support or fractional CXO retainer. We embed alongside your team, run steering committees and remove blockers in real time.

Monthly retainer · 3+ mo

AI as a force multiplier

Don't experiment with AI. Operationalise it.

Most mid-market AI initiatives stall because there's no clean data, no platform and no clear use case. We bring three things to the table: a NetSuite-anchored data foundation, prioritised use cases that pay back in months not years, and senior advisors who've actually shipped AI to production.

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Data foundation NetSuite as the single source of truth. Clean master data, integrated transaction history, audit-ready reporting.
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Use-case prioritisation Demand forecasting, AR automation, document extraction, sales co-pilot. Ranked by ROI and feasibility.
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Senior delivery oversight Gaurav and team have shipped AI projects into production. We help you avoid the 80% that fail.

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Forecasting

AR Automation

Doc Extraction

Sales Co-pilot

Who we work with

Built for leaders in the messy middle

Our advisory engagements are most effective when there's clear executive sponsorship, an appetite for change and revenue between $10M and $500M.

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Founders & CEOs preparing to scale

You've grown the business on hustle and spreadsheets. Now scale demands process, platform and a different operating model. We help you make that leap without losing momentum.

CFOs & Finance Directors

You're closing the books in 3 weeks, your board wants daily numbers, audit season is approaching, and your team is burnt out. We bring close-acceleration playbooks proven across 150+ businesses.

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COOs, Heads of Ops & Supply Chain

Your ops are running on tribal knowledge, paper-and-Excel and 11 different vendors. We help you design the operating model first, then anchor it in NetSuite + WMS + S&OP.

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PE-backed leadership teams

Your sponsor wants quarterly transparency, 100-day plans and a defined exit roadmap. We've helped PE-backed AU/NZ businesses execute through hold-period transformation and trade sale prep.

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CIOs & Heads of Transformation

You're under pressure to deliver ERP, integration, security and AI at the same time. We give you senior partnership and a delivery network you can rely on — not just a vendor pitch.

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Boards & Audit Committees

You need independent senior advice on technology investments, ERP business cases and operational risk. We give a frank, vendor-agnostic perspective grounded in 18 years of mid-market execution.

Advisory in action

Recent advisory engagements

Manufacturing

$80M Manufacturer · Sydney

From 21-day close to 4-day close — and AI demand planning live in 90 days

CFO advisory + transformation roadmap delivered close acceleration, NetSuite migration and an AI demand planning pilot in 9 months.

−81%

Close time

+62%

Forecast accuracy

Wholesale Distribution

$120M Distributor · Auckland

PE-readiness transformation across 4 warehouses

Operating model redesign, NetSuite OneWorld + WMS rollout, board-grade reporting cadence and S&OP cycle stood up in 11 months.

+45%

Throughput

−28%

Working capital

Professional Services

$25M Services Firm · Melbourne

CFO advisory + NetSuite migration ahead of Series-B raise

CPA-led financial controls overhaul, board-pack design, NetSuite OpenAir rollout and AR automation. Closed Series-B in 6 months.

−40%

DSO

2.4×

Forecast accuracy

Frequently Asked

Advisory questions, answered honestly

How is this different from a NetSuite implementation engagement?

Our advisory practice is platform-agnostic and starts with the business problem, not the system. We may recommend NetSuite (often we do, because it's the right fit for mid-market), but we may also recommend you delay an ERP move and fix the operating model first. Implementation work happens later, only if the diagnostic says it's the right move.

Do you take on fractional CFO or CIO roles?

Yes, on a retainer basis. Anthony Long (CPA) typically takes 1–2 fractional CFO engagements at any time, and Gaurav Srivastava takes 1–2 fractional CIO/transformation lead roles. Engagements range from 2–4 days a month for 6–12 months.

What's the typical investment for an advisory engagement?

Diagnostic engagements start from $25,000 fixed-fee for a 2–4 week scope. Roadmap engagements typically range $40,000–$120,000 depending on complexity. Ongoing fractional CXO retainers are quoted monthly based on time commitment. We always provide a fixed proposal before any work commences.

Do we have to use NetSuite to engage with you?

No. We've helped clients select NetSuite over SAP B1, Acumatica, MYOB Acumatica and Dynamics 365 BC — and occasionally we've recommended a non-NetSuite path. The right answer is the one that fits your operation, growth horizon and team capability.

Can you work with us if we're already running NetSuite?

Absolutely. A significant share of our advisory clients are existing NetSuite users looking to optimise (close acceleration, controls tightening, S&OP design, AI use-case pilots) or to extend (adding WMS, OpenAir, SuiteCommerce or AVT SuiteApps). We don't require you to switch implementation partners.

Where are your advisors based?

Sydney, with senior team members supporting clients across Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Singapore and the wider APAC region. We mix on-site workshops with remote delivery to keep engagements efficient and senior-led.