CFO - Interim CFO & CFO Advisor
Turning growth into margin, cash and numbers investors trust
Interim CFO and CFO Advisor. Brought in when growth outpaces finance: margins slip, cash tightens, or investors need numbers they can trust.
Interim CFO & CFO Advisor
When companies engage
When I’m brought in
Leadership transition
A CFO gap, change in leadership, or need for senior finance continuity.
Growth and scale
Financial systems, reporting, and planning must mature with the business.
Performance pressure
Margins, cash flow, forecasting, or execution discipline require attention.
Investor readiness
The company needs credible numbers, reporting cadence, and financial narrative.
Enterprise value grows when three things hold together: the numbers can be trusted, the economics of the business work, and capital turns performance into cash. This is the framework I use in every engagement, and the results it has delivered.
Business Fundamentals
What do these numbers tell me about the economics of the business?
Understanding the commercial, operational and financial drivers (pricing, mix, cost) that determine sustainable earnings.
EBITDA more than doubled at a founder-led consumer brand, as margin rose from 3.6% to 6.3% (est.)
+5 pts EBIT-to-sales across a $250M+ business in 8 countries, through pricing, mix and cost
€15M structural cost savings
Capital Efficiency
Can this business convert performance into cash and sustainable value?
Making sure growth produces cash, and that capital is deployed where it creates value.
Inventory cover cut from 5 to 4 months, with the released cash funding peak-season growth
€200M secured notes placement, with liquidity, covenant and lender reporting in a PE-owned group
AI-based sales-to-cash forecasting, designed and implemented
Governance Credibility
Can I trust the numbers?
Giving boards, investors and buyers confidence that reported performance reflects the real economics of the business.
GAAP revenue policy and investor-grade reporting for a $128M subscription franchise business
Finance functions built from scratch in three countries
Financial Architecture
Financial Architecture
Governance Credibility
Can I trust the numbers?
Establish confidence that financial information faithfully represents the economic reality of the business.
Business Fundamentals
What do these numbers tell me about the economics of the business?
Understand the commercial, operational and financial characteristics that determine sustainable performance.
Capital Efficiency
Can this business convert performance into sustainable value?
Evaluate how effectively capital is deployed to strengthen long-term value creation.
Articles & Insights
Articles & Insights
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AI & Finance
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Finance
Financial Architecture
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Contact
Contact
If you’re evaluating interim CFO leadership, financial transformation, or strategic finance support, I’d be pleased to discuss your objectives.
pedro_bustillo@globalev.solutions
Pedro I. Bustillo Richter
Interim CFO & CFO Advisor