ThriveGrowth

Providing Fractional CFO services to various startups in Fintech, SaaS, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, and Sustainability.

Highlights:
•	Built 20+ financial models, resulting in $10m+ investments and an acquisition.
•	Collaborated with startups to extend runway by an average of four and a half months.
•	Advised on metrics dashboards, enhancing Founder understanding of unit economics.
•	Guided startups in successful completion of Seed rounds.
•	Led incorporation of India "tech hub" entity and UK office setup for an Australian fintech, including FCA license application.
•	Raised venture debt funding, extended Fintech startup's runway.
•	Advised on share option schemes using Seedlegals and Vestd.
•	Implemented financial tech stacks for scalable growth.
•	Assisted startups in expanding their operations to the US market, providing strategic guidance and overseeing the successful establishment of US subsidiaries.

Fractional CFO

SHAY CPA P.C.

Fractional CFO helping investment backed companies with a range of services from financial modelling, fundraising to systems and processes.

NatWest Accelerator

The NatWest Accelerator supports and empowers UK entrepreneurs to scale their businesses to the next level.

Mentor

Wilbe | Home for entrepreneurial scientists

Wilbe educates, builds and invests in scientists solving some of the world's hardest problems. Based in London, Wilbe works with scientists from leading research hubs from Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford in the UK to Max Planck in German.

Finance Lead

Highview Power

Highview Power is a technology company which has developed the CryoBattery, a proprietary solution to extending wind and solar energy throughout the day. The company is now positioned to roll out the technology on a commercial basis. Involved from the very early stages to c. £200m valuation.

•	Raised £55m (equity and debt) over 5 rounds, with thorough investor engagement and due diligence.
•	Pioneered go-to-market strategy for proprietary CryoBattery technology.
•	Secured £22m grant funding for commercial and innovation efforts.
•	Developed finance, legal, IT, HR functions to sustain growth.
•	Implemented scalable systems including Xero, Receipt Bank, CapDesk, and more.
•	Spearheaded Corporate Governance policies.
•	Led tax strategy, including transfer pricing, patent box, and R&D tax credits.
•	Setup US subsidiary included navigating regulatory requirements, coordinating legal processes, and liaising with local stakeholders for seamless entry into the US market.

Finance Director

ENGIE

Assistant Reporting Accountant

Publicis Groupe

Senior Management Accountant

I help you grow and scale your business as an outsourced CFO. Through the company I founded, ThriveGrowth, I get to do what I love: support startups and SMEs with my finance expertise. With nearly two decades of finance experience — six as the Finance Director of a technology startup — I know what it means to step into a fast-paced business and pinpoint areas for growth.

During my six years at the aforementioned startup, I:

•	Helped it grow from 10 to 50 people
•	Raised £55m over 6 rounds
•	Created a finance function and the necessary team
•	Enabled the company to expand abroad
•	Watched as the company almost went under and helped turn it around 
•	Grew its valuation to £200m 

Now, I bring everything I’ve learned to founders and entrepreneurs through ThriveGrowth. With real hands-on experience, I can help at each stage of your journey (startup, growing, scaling). If you need a CFO, advisor, consultant, or mentor to help you grow your company, get in touch.

👉🏽Schedule a call: https://calendly.com/thrive-growth
👉🏽Email me: enquiries@thrivegrowth.co.uk
👉🏽Call: 0203 920 8210

Rakesh Shah

Andaria

Chief Financial Officer

Head of Finance UK

Rosecut

Finance Director reporting to the CEO, part of the founding management team of a digital wealth management platform. Responsible for delivering the finance strategy, including the development of key KPIs, detailed business models, and investor reporting for VCs and angel investors.

Smartr365

Finance Director at a leading cloud-based fintech company operating in the mortgage intermediary space.

Responsible for the financial health of the business, including managing accounting and financial control functions, establishing a financial strategy for the profitable long-term growth of the business, and driving the strategic goals and initiatives of the business, including involvement in future funding and forecasting.

Harbour Litigation Funding Ltd

Finance Manager reporting directly to the CFO responsible for all key 
external investor reporting, and internal management reporting for four 
closed ended funds currently deployed. 
Ownership of the finance function for a startup insurance venture from inception through to full operations.

Finance Manager

NewDay

Part of the Treasury team looking after the funding structure of two credit card portfolios.

Specialist - Securitisation Reporting

Bayport Financial Services

Reporting directly to the Finance Executive in performing analysis on the total loan book to assess the current positions and future performance.
 
Prepare all the external stakeholder investor reports, and liaise with investors and funders by attending to any further analysis or queries 
fielded. 
Accounting for a special purpose entity securitisation vehicle with listed 
funding notes, including covenant calculations and sensitivities. 
Preparing the month end journals and accompanying financial reconciliations relating to the portfolio sub-ledger and impairment models. 
Responsible for the valuation of available for sale financial assets using 
cash flow discount models. 
Preparation of credit default curves and reports submitted to ratings agencies and the National Credit Regulator. 
Consolidation of the group accounts under IFRS 
Identifying opportunities and implementing procedures to enhance the 
month-end reporting process. 
Preparing the monthly management accounts, quarterly reports, year-end audit pack and annual financial statements prepared according to IFRS.

Reporting Manager

Deloitte

Audit Manager responsible for key tasks in planning and performing external audit engagements. This involved:

Developing testing methodologies and execution under tight deadlines in order to develop recommendations and reports to present to senior management. 
Formulating professional development and educational plans for junior 
staff members including planning and allocating resources and individuals in accordance with skills and schedules 
Knowledge and experience in managing a group audit team including the consolidation of a multinational group. 
Responsible for the oversight and management of audit teams which 
varied in size from 3-25 team members of varying levels of experience. 
Key clients in the mining and construction sector gaining exposure to commodity trading and processes, mining development, and contract mining. Other experience included exposure to the outsourcing, travel, and sports and leisure sectors. 
Responsibilities further included maintaining and forging strong client relationships with key members of management, as well as the project 
management and billing of audit fees through SAP.

Audit Manager

A 7-month international secondment to the Deloitte Calgary office in the Assurance and Advisory service line. 
Specific duties and roles included the performing detailed audit procedures to gain assurance over financial statements. 
Supervision and coaching of junior members of the audit team as well as coordinating and managing audit engagements. 
Experience in the audit of listed entities in both real estate and oil & gas sector.

Senior - Audit & Advisory

Formal training contract to qualify as a CA(SA). This consisted of performing tasks under tight deadlines to meet audit report requirements, as well as guiding junior audit team members. 
Diverse client portfolio enabling experience and knowledge of clients in a 
number of service lines including manufacturing and mining both listed and unlisted. This included the head office consolidation and group reporting of a dual listed entity. 

Secondment to the internal audit department of Standard Bank South 
Africa for 4 months. 

Secondment to Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory division which allowed exposure into financial modelling as well as business report 
preparation for proposed transactions.

Trainee Accountant - Audit

Standard Bank Group

I was seconded from Deloitte to the internal audit department at Standard Bank for a fixed term. I was assigned to the Corporate and Investment Banking sector was responsible for planning an audit of the Trade Services business. I gain knowledge and experience of products such as guarantees and letters of credit from a trade perspective as well an how these products are traded and controlled within the bank.

Internal Audit Secondment

Fully qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa), with first time passes and strong academic record.

Successful in the building and running of complex financial models and management information, formulating key KPIs and SaaS metrics for business performance measurement, and effective cash management through scale up and investment periods. In depth experience in fundraising and closing funding rounds utilising debt and equity instruments at a seed and series A level.

Throughout my career, I have excelled in building and leading high-calibre finance teams, leading cross-functional collaboration, and presenting polished financial insights to stakeholders at all levels. My accomplishments include driving 300% YoY growth, achieving substantial cost savings, and successfully implementing cash management strategies.

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