Artem Zavertalyuk
Partner FCCA
Co-founder of ADE. 25+ years of experience, Big 4 (PwC, EY). Accounting and tax, transaction support and outsourced CFO.
BUSINESS ADVISORY & CFO SERVICES
When accounting exists but management is still not enough
A management view of the business, building a system of control over money and preparing for growth in the value of the business, including expansion through M&A — at the owner level, not just the accounting level.
Recognise yourself in one of the cases
When does the situation become critical?
This is not an accounting problem. It is the absence of a CFO level in the business. This is exactly where ADE steps in.
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Accounting is kept, taxes are filed — but the owner still does not understand where the business really makes money
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Decisions are made by intuition, not by numbers — because there is simply no management reporting
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Cash flow is unpredictable: money is there, then suddenly gone — and it is unclear why
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Finance is still in Excel, preparing any report takes days instead of minutes
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The business is preparing to raise an investor, sell or do a deal — and confidence in the numbers is needed
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The company has grown, but internal processes have not kept up — everything rests on the owner's manual control
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Direction 2 of 2 · Management and growth
Strategy and advisory
What Business Advisory & CFO Services covers
ADE turns finance into a management tool: reports, processes, systems and transaction materials are built around decisions the owner needs to make.
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CFO Outsourced CFO & Financial Strategy
When to engage: Use this when the owner makes financial decisions without management reporting — or when there is no CFO level in the company but the tasks already require one.
Outsourced CFO & Financial Strategy
Scope of work
- Management accounting and reporting: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
- Budgeting and forecasting
- KPI dashboards tailored to the owner's questions
- Financial modelling
- Scenario analysis and stress testing
- Support for bank and investor negotiations
- Pitch package and investor materials
- Fractional or retainer format — without the cost of a full-time director
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Process Management & Process Consulting
When to engage: Use this when the business has grown but internal processes have not — everything rests on manual control, risks and responsibilities are not allocated, and delegation is impossible without losing control.
Management & Process Consulting
Scope of work
- Business process diagnostics in AS IS / TO BE format
- Building an internal control system
- Risk matrices
- KPI systems and motivation models tied to strategy
- IPO preparation: from due diligence to exchange requirements
- Tools: ARIS, Microsoft Visio, COSO and ACFE methodologies
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Automation Financial Systems & Automation
When to engage: Use this when finance is still run in Excel, data is collected manually, and preparing any report takes days instead of minutes.
Financial Systems & Automation
Scope of work
- Diagnosis of finance-function automation opportunities
- Implementation and configuration of finance systems: 1C, Optimacros, IBM Cognos, Oracle HFM, SAP
- Automation of data collection and management reporting
- Automation of tax reporting
- Group consolidation
- Automation of budgeting
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Deal Transaction Advisory & Due Diligence
When to engage: Use this when the business is preparing for a sale, investor raise, asset purchase, merger or entry into a new market — and confidence in the numbers and the deal structure is needed.
Transaction Advisory & Due Diligence
Scope of work
For the seller:
- Preparation of finance and documentation for the transaction
- Closing the weak spots a buyer will see
- Packaging the business for maximum value in negotiations
For the buyer:
- Financial and operational due diligence
- Business valuation and risk analysis
- Analysis of financial position and results
- Internal control systems
- Microeconomic analysis, drivers and break-even point
- Review of procurement and sales, corporate and operational structure
ADE approach
How we build the advisory system
The work starts with the owner question, then converts it into reporting, processes, systems and decisions.
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Define the decision
We clarify what the owner needs to control: cash, margin, growth, delegation, funding or transaction readiness.
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Diagnose the current setup
We review reporting, processes, controls, systems, people and data quality.
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Build the operating model
We create dashboards, models, process maps, control points and implementation steps.
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Run and refine
We support management meetings, explain variances, track actions and improve the system as the business changes.
International companies work with ADE
Team
Partner level on every project
25+ years of practice in management consulting and CFO services. PwC and EY background. No project is handed to junior consultants — you work directly with the people who make decisions and are accountable for the result.
Dmitry Sklyarov
Partner FCCA · ACFE
25+ years in international audit and CFO consulting: IFRS, group consolidation, due diligence, transfer pricing and tax.
Evgeny Rudakov
Partner CFO services and automation
Builds management accounting, financial models and CFO dashboards. Optimacros, Anaplan and IBM implementations for corporate groups.
FAQ
CFO and advisory questions
Do we need clean accounting before CFO work starts?
Reliable accounting helps, but the work can start with a diagnostic. If source numbers are weak, we stabilise the foundation first or run both tracks in parallel.
Is outsourced CFO support ongoing or project-based?
Both are possible. We can build a financial model, run a process diagnostic or support the business monthly with reports and CFO meetings.
We work in Excel — is that critical?
Not critical right now, but it becomes a limitation as the business grows. Excel does not scale: data gets lost, reports are prepared manually, and group consolidation turns into weeks of work. We diagnose the situation and match a system to the task — from 1C for a small business to IBM, SAP and Oracle products for a group of companies.
How early should we prepare before an investor or buyer review?
Start before the first serious conversation. Financial cleanup, data room preparation and model review are much easier before external questions arrive.
Will the owner get practical explanations, not only reports?
Yes. The service is built around decisions. Reports include commentary, risks, priorities and agreed next actions.
Contact ADE
Ready to see the real picture of your business?
Tell us about your situation — we will show what management reporting and CFO support look like for your business specifically, and where it makes sense to start. No generic answers — only a concrete breakdown of your case.
We usually reply within one business day.