Oli Brown
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since November 7, 2022
Oli is a former tier-one London investment banker and exited tech startup founder. After a 10-year career working at Jefferies, Nomura and Berenberg, he set up as a financial modeling consultant to help early-stage businesses get funded and build smart financial planning processes. Oli has built models for businesses across SaaS, services, and eCommerce, supporting a combined $40 million fundraising. He also holds Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) levels I and II.
Career Highlights
Case Studies
Financial Model, Valuation, and Scenario Analysis for a Legal Tech and Services Business
Financial Model and FP&A Tool for an eCommerce Business
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
Other Expertise
- eCommerce
- Financial Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- SaaS
- Startups
- Valuation
Work Experience
Founder
N4 Consulting
- Built financial models for startups across SaaS, Services, eCommerce, and broader tech to support a combined $40 million of fundraising. Also helped SMBs set up smart financial planning and analysis processes.
- Created the number one source of plug-and-play financial model templates on the web, which has over 50 downloads a week.
- Consulted with a food tech startup on creating automated systems and standard operating procedures to improve operational reliability and scalability ahead of post-fundraise growth acceleration.
Founder and CEO
ReThread
- Founded an assisted recommerce marketplace for preloved fashion, with an end-to-end resale service for sellers to unlock supply. Bootstrapped the startup out of a £5 thousand grant into business, annualizing around £1/4 million with 15% MoM growth.
- Won the Prince's Trust Enterprise Programme funding for the most promising startup venture.
- Built unique in-house tech, processes, and data science expertise to create the resale operating platform and efficiently handle complex single SKU logistics.
- Sold ReThread to a leading UK recommerce group, StuffUSell, in 2022.
Equity Research Analyst
Berenberg Investment Bank
- Covered 24 European power, utility, and renewable stocks with a combined market cap of €500 billion as a senior associate equity analyst. Outperformed the sector benchmark by 90% in three years.
- Worked on the successful €4.6 billion IPO of a German renewable energy firm, Innogy, as part of a team in a co-lead syndicate role. The IPO was the largest in Europe in more than five years and Germany's most prominent in almost 16 years.
- Built and maintained complex financial models, performed deep industry analysis, produced and marketed thematic and stock-specific reports, and built relationships with companies, industry stakeholders, and clients.
Equity Analyst
NOMURA
- Worked with all parts of the European equities business as a graduate analyst, including research, sales and trading, and capital markets.
- Managed Nomura's EMEA Alpha Capture offering, a crucial part of the business's revenue mix.
- Underwent graduate training in intensive investment banking while being mentored by senior analysts.
- Completed successfully prior internships in EM credit research and FX trading.
Equity Research Intern
Jefferies
- Collaborated with a senior analyst in performing investment analysis for the digital media distribution company eOne.
- Conducted industry research and analysis, built financial models, and performed equity valuation with discounted cash flows (DCF) and multiples-based approaches.
- Built an investment case, wrote the coverage initiation report, and presented it to a senior analyst.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
University of Bristol - Bristol, UK
Certifications
CFA Level II
CFA Institute
CFA Level I
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Financial Modeling, Equity Valuation, Valuation, DCF Valuation, Equity Research, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Fundraising, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Forecasting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Cash Flow Modeling, Budgeting, Three-statement Modeling, Debt Analysis, Accounting, CFO, Startup Funding, Investment Thesis, Working Capital Management
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
Industry Expertise
Fashion, Technology, Consumer Products, Health & Wellness, Energy, Venture Capital
Other
Airtable, Zapier, Economics, Financial Forecasting, Scenario Analysis, Startups, Startup Consulting, Lean Startups, SaaS, eCommerce, Energy Utilities, Renewables, Econometrics, Equity Markets, Subscriptions, Business Models, Pricing Models, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Pitch Decks, Marketplace Platforms, Pitch Deck Consultant, Mobile Apps, Business to Consumer (B2C), Inventory Management, Cash Flow Management, Business Planning, Business Plan Consulting, Social Media, Software as a Service (SaaS), Shopify, Pricing Consulting, Cohort Analysis, B2B, Key Performance Metrics, Sensitivity Analysis, Financing, Logistics & Supply Chain, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Growth Hacking, Growth, Growth Strategy, Operational Efficiency Improvement, Startup Growth Strategy Development, Marketing, Sales, Management, Leadership, Financial Analysis, Equities, Business Management, Financial Reporting Dashboards, Sales Forecasting, Online Media
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