Dmitry Perelygin

Fractional CFO and financial advisor for startups, SMEs, and investment groups across Europe, Middle East, and CIS. I work as an embedded finance partner — building financial infrastructure, delivering investor-ready models, and providing ongoing CFO support on a project or retainer basis. Fully remote since 2017.

- Financial modeling for fundraising: built 3-year projection models for startups preparing Seed and Series A rounds. Deliverables include revenue forecasts, unit economics, scenario analysis with sensitivity tables, and cap table modeling. Models designed to pass investor scrutiny and accelerate due diligence.

- Profitability diagnostics for established businesses: identified margin leaks by product line, customer segment, and sales channel. Delivered actionable recommendations on pricing, cost structure, and resource allocation — typically surfacing 10–25% hidden margin improvement.

- Management reporting from scratch: designed and implemented monthly reporting packs with P&L, cash flow, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis. Enabled founders and owners to make data-driven decisions instead of guessing.

- Fundraising support: structured credit dossiers and investor presentations for bank financing and equity raises. Coordinated with auditors, legal counsel, and investors throughout the process.

- AI-powered workflows: use AI tools (Claude, GPT, Gemini) for faster assumption validation against industry benchmarks, automated stress-testing of scenarios, and cross-checking model integrity. This allows me to deliver in 3 days what typically takes 2–3 weeks.

- Active engagement with a Dubai-based investment firm on deal analysis, portfolio company financial review, and investment memo preparation.

Industries: tech, SaaS, manufacturing, mining, energy, FMCG, infrastructure, e-commerce.

Tools: Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, QuickBooks, Xero, AI assistants.

Group CFO across 3 jurisdictions for an international consumer products company (electric bicycles). Full ownership of the finance function: reporting, planning, treasury, and management accounting.

- IFRS consolidated reporting: built a single-source-of-truth reporting framework across UAE, China, and Russia entities. Delivered monthly consolidated financials to the board, banks, and investors with full transparency and audit-readiness.

- Board reporting with actionable KPIs: designed executive dashboards with revenue, margin, cash flow, and operational metrics. Each monthly pack included variance analysis and forward-looking recommendations for timely course correction.

- Treasury and cash flow management: planned liquidity for highly seasonal markets (e-bikes). Optimized working capital through DSO/DIO management, reducing cash conversion cycle and liquidity risk during off-season periods.

- Management accounting by cost center: developed profitability analysis by product line, sales channel, and geography. Enabled leadership to see which SKUs and markets were truly profitable vs. subsidized, leading to portfolio rationalization decisions.

- Budgeting and forecasting: built rolling forecasts and annual budgets with scenario modeling. Integrated actuals vs. budget tracking with automatic variance alerts for the CEO and commercial team.

- Multi-currency and multi-jurisdiction: managed FX exposure, transfer pricing, and intercompany reconciliations across 3 currencies and regulatory frameworks.

Skills demonstrated: CFO, IFRS, financial modeling, budgeting & forecasting, management reporting, cash flow management, working capital optimization, KPI dashboards.

IFRS financial statements and monthly reporting for an energy trading company. Improved financial transparency for banking relationships and credit facility negotiations. Coordinated external audit process — clean opinions, no qualifications. Managed close calendar with KPI dashboard and cross-reconciliation controls across customers, suppliers, and banks.