This is the work of turning a finance function that’s outgrown its setup into one that can report, forecast and control properly. You bring someone in after fast growth, a funding round, or ahead of a sale, when finance is still running on spreadsheets and goodwill.
When to hire an external consultant
You’ve grown past the point where the current finance setup copes, and the monthly close is a scramble.
A round, a sale or a new owner is coming, and finance needs to be investor-ready before diligence starts.
You need someone who’s built the function before, not a first-timer learning on your books.
Typical activities
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Getting the close, the reporting and the numbers reliable, so leadership can trust what they’re looking at.
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Building the forecasting and planning that lets you see round corners instead of explaining the past.
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Putting in the controls, processes and systems a scaling business actually needs.
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Building the KPI and management reporting a board or investor expects.
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Setting up the finance team and roles so it keeps running after you leave.
Our Members specialised in this service come from Big Four, corporate finance and M&A boutiques, and finance roles inside scaling companies and PE portfolios. We look for people who’ve professionalised a finance function through to investor-ready, and who fix the plumbing rather than just redraw the reports.
“After closing our Series B funding, we could not keep up with the pace of hiring. As a result, three Sweav interim managers stepped in and helped us professionalize quickly, while showing great ownership, low ego, and strong learning speed.”
“We quickly found an experienced and pragmatic professional through Sweav. He supported the portfolio company CFO and quickly took ownership of the internal sell-side processes. As a result, management had the bandwidth to stay focused on important business topics. Moreover, they could continue executing the growth agenda.”
