Senior finance leadership for founders, boards and PE-backed businesses: the CFO who gets the raise, the acquisition or the exit over the line, then stays to run the finance function investors and boards trust.
Most engagements start with one and grow into both.
Before, during and after the deal. Numbers that strengthen the process rather than stall it, the workstream run end to end, then delivery on the plan you sold.
One to three days a week, embedded with the leadership team. The forward-looking finance function a growing business needs, without the full-time cost.
Two exits at 2.5–3× revenue, multiple acquisitions and joint ventures, and capital raised from private equity, existing shareholders and banks.
As CFO, led the transaction through to completion, after a $20M+ capital and debt raise and three acquisitions in twelve months.
CFO · 1Bill Holdings · 2019–2024Equity outcome for shareholders at a revenue multiple in the 2.5–3× range.
Finance lead on the transactionRaised from a private equity investor, one part of $27M+ raised across equity, convertible notes and debt.
CFOSecured an acquisition facility for a dental group, then led two interstate practice acquisitions.
Fractional CFOFrom existing and external shareholders, plus group consolidation, forecasting and governance across three African jurisdictions.
CFO · Talent Match Africa · 2024–2025Built the full finance infrastructure for a client that went on to grow revenue by half. Margin and cashflow work typically pays back within 60–90 days.
Fractional CFOClient names are withheld where a transaction is not public.
Where the business is, what's coming in the next 12–24 months, and whether there's a fit.
A transaction sprint, a retainer, or both, sized to your stage. Clear deliverables and a fixed monthly fee.
Integrated with your team, bank and systems from day one. Value in the first month.
If you can't answer most of these quickly and with evidence, the process will find it for you, usually in the price.
Fewer than eight confident "yes" answers is normal. It's also work you want done before the process starts, not during it.
Talk it throughSandeep is an FCPA-qualified CFO who has spent his career at the intersection of finance and transactions: raising capital, structuring joint ventures, leading due diligence, and building the finance functions that sustain growth afterwards.
At Fairfax Media, 1Bill Holdings and Talent Match Africa he led acquisitions and divestments with deal values up to $140M, established multiple joint ventures, and raised more than $25M in equity and debt. He has built finance teams from one person to twenty and led them across Australia, New Zealand, the US and Africa.
He works best with founder-led, private-equity-backed and international businesses preparing for a capital raise, acquisition, joint venture or exit, where an experienced CFO adds value immediately.
Board packs, Audit & Risk Committee reporting, valuations, dividends, company secretarial. Former director of BrandMyBusiness and YourPorter.
Xero, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, TechnologyOne. ERP implementation and finance transformation.
Australia, New Zealand, United States, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda. Structuring into India and the UAE.
Start with a 30-minute call. No pitch deck needed, just where the business is and what's coming.