Fundraising support
Models, investor numbers and data rooms.
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Some moments need a chief financial officer: raising investment, negotiating a bank facility, restructuring, preparing for sale or fixing a finance function that has fallen behind. Our CFO services give Pakistani businesses experienced, qualified finance leadership for exactly those moments, on a defined scope, without a permanent senior hire.
Many Pakistani businesses grow to a size where decisions on funding, pricing, cash and risk need senior financial judgment, but not yet to a size that justifies a full-time CFO. Project and interim CFO services fill that gap when it matters most.
A CFO engagement is built around a defined objective and timeline. For a fundraising, that means building a credible financial model, preparing the numbers investors will test, organising the data room and supporting due diligence and negotiation. For a bank facility, it means preparing projections and a cash flow case, understanding the lender's requirements and covenants, and presenting the business clearly. For a turnaround, it means taking control of cash, identifying losses by product or customer, renegotiating with creditors and setting a recovery plan with clear milestones.
Interim CFO support covers a business between finance heads, during rapid growth or after a major change, keeping reporting, tax compliance and controls running while a permanent appointment is made. In every case, the CFO works with owners and the board, reporting on progress against agreed goals, and draws on our accounting, tax and corporate teams so implementation does not stall. At the end, we hand over a short record of what was done and what remains, so the business can carry on without us.
Because tax often decides how a deal or restructuring should be done in Pakistan, our CFO work is supported by our tax specialists. Income tax, sales tax and withholding consequences of a new structure, financing or transaction are reviewed alongside the commercial case, and SECP filings for share issues or changes are handled by our corporate team. That combination reduces the risk of a good commercial plan creating a tax or compliance problem.
Every engagement starts with a short diagnostic. In the first two weeks we review the latest accounts, management reports, cash position, debt and tax status, and speak with the people who run finance day to day. That gives a clear starting point and a list of priorities, which we agree with you as a written plan with milestones. Progress is reported weekly, so owners always know what has been done, what is next and whether the timeline is on track.
CFO services differ from our outsourced CFO services, which provide ongoing monthly CFO support. Projects often draw on financial modeling, business valuation and corporate tax advisory.
A fixed project fee or a defined interim arrangement.
Models, investor numbers and data rooms.
Facility applications and covenant planning.
Cash control, forecasts and working capital.
Loss areas, cost actions and creditor plans.
Sale, merger and acquisition finance.
Clear reporting to owners and boards.
People, processes and controls assessed.
Tax consequences built into every plan.
These issues are common at key moments for growing businesses.
Models that do not survive due diligence.
We build credible models.Covenants that the business cannot meet.
We test terms first.Profitable on paper, out of cash in practice.
We take control of cash.Deals structured without tax consequences considered.
We include tax.Reporting and controls that do not scale.
We redesign them.Businesses sold on poorly prepared numbers.
We prepare for sale.Defined goals, regular reporting, clear finish.
We understand the objective and timeline.
Scope, deliverables and fee agreed.
Numbers, people and processes reviewed.
Plan executed with your team.
Results reported and handover completed.
Seed and growth rounds.
Bank and lender applications.
Turnaround and cash recovery.
Preparing for buyers.
Interim local finance leadership.
Professionalising finance.
Finance leadership backed by accounting, tax and corporate teams.
ACCA and ICAP Chartered Accountant qualifications.
FBR-registered income tax practitioner on the team.
SECP filings handled in-house.
LLB-qualified advocate on transactions.
Clear goals and regular reporting.
Agreed before work starts.
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