WHAT
Scale Finance creates individual and scalable finance and controlling solutions for startups.
As the Sounding Board, we support startup teams in optimizing and automating their structures, processes and systems.
We support investors in preparing investment decisions and complement the financial perspective in a due diligence.
WHY
Young companies after their first successful financing rounds are facing organizational challenges on a daily basis. Constant strategic adaptions and course corrections. In these phases it is crucial for the team to focus on product development, sales, marketing and IT.
The finance department is secondary at this time. However, the following problems often arise in this time:
- Lack of transparency about the actual financial status
- Inconsistencies between different systems
- Little automation of commercial processes
- Inadequate investor & management reporting
HOW
This is where we come in as Scale Finance and provide
- Hands-on advice for fast and tailor-made processes
- Building a sustainable & scalable financial setup
- Phase-appropriate development Automation of financial processes
- Access to a broad network of tax consultants, software providers, corporations, VCs & startups
We implement or optimize controlling mechanisms for you, considering the right data infrastructure to enable a seamless integration with existing work flows. We define and implement key financial and operational key figures, monitor them continuously in order to be able to balance risks and identify optimization potential. Within our joint finance calls, that serves as the basis for a uniform level of information in order to transparently discuss and tackle the necessary focus topics.
KPI DRIVEN MANAGEMENT
We develop, define, implement or expand relevant KPIs of key areas with you according to your individual requirements. By building a customized structure, controlling becomes more focused and target-oriented, so that reporting is limited to the essentials and still makes a significant contribution to measurability of success in the defined areas of your business.
CONSISTENT INTERNAL REPORTING
We develop and create standardized reporting in a unified style and reliable frequency to give you an overview of earnings, assets and financial position of your company. In addition to actual vs. plan comparisons, this includes detailed analyzes in monthly and year-to-date considerations as well as explanations of the relevant deviations and possible special effects. Based on this monthly review with a focus on the essentials, we ensure transparency and a uniform understanding of entrepreneurial success.
CONTROL OVER LIQUIDITY
Keeping a close eye on liquidity means identifying potential bottlenecks at an early stage and reacting with foresight to ensure your company doesn’t run out of cash. We manage liquidity and act before it runs out. We help to identify unnecessary costs and implement the agreed measures to reduce costs, maintaining financial flexibility. Based on the short-term financial status, we determine the run rate and show possible scope of action and feasible options.
The budgeting process is mostly a time-consuming process and requires significant resources. We support you in the development of a realistic, but ambitious budget that promotes the strategic development of your company and link it to comprehensible initiatives or projects that contribute and can be understood or tracked. We create a detailed model, which can be constantly updated with the current figures and trends or adjusted.
We coordinate a proper annual financial statement with your tax consultant or with one of our partner law firms. We manage the communication, clarify open issues and relieve you of detailed questions. In addition to preparing the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement in compliance with increasingly extensive legal requirements, we also support you in the creation of management reports and shareholder resolutions.
We provide you with quick insights based on your numbers, so that we can react to deviations at an early stage together. In addition, we offer you our expertise with regard to process implementation or process optimization. We support you also in the selection of suitable software solutions and in the harmonization of systems and subsystems in order to digitize and automate as much as possible.
Sajey Moongamackal, CFA
Managing Director
Sajey has over 17 years’ experience in finance. He almost worked in every area of finance – FP&A, Banking, Corporate Finance, Treasury, M&A. He started with large corporates and over the years moved to smaller companies ending at a Start-Up.
Work Experience
- Afiniti, Berlin & Seattle
- Lycamobile USA, New Jersey
- T-Mobile US, Bellevue
- Deutsche Telekom, Bonn
- Royal Bank of Scotland, Frankfurt & London
Education
- Dipl. Kfm., Universität Trier, Finanzen
- Diploma, University of Kent at Canterbury, Accounting
Professional Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Certified Payments Professional (CPP)
- IFRS Specialist
- Certificate in International Accounting (CINA)