Setting Lawyer Budgets

Matt Schlyder

Founding Director at FWO Chartered Accountants

Matt Schlyder is the Founding Director of FWO Chartered Accountants and the creator of the financially well organised philosophy. Known in the profession as “the lawyers’ accountant”, Matt has spent more than 35 years advising professional service firms, with a deep specialisation in supporting SME law firms across Australia. He works closely with Principals and Practice Managers to strengthen profitability, improve cash flow, and build the financial discipline needed to make confident commercial decisions.

Matt is also an innovator in financial technology. He developed Minumbers, a fee earner budgeting and performance reporting solution that integrates Xero financial and payroll data with practice management system fee earner data to produce accurate, objective budget vs actual reporting. His approach is practical and outcomes-focused, designed for time-poor leaders who need the right numbers in the right format to improve business decisions, manage capacity, reduce profit leakage, and drive sustainable growth.

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