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Neel Augusthy
Neel is a finance leader and change agent with 10+ years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.
Show MoreAnimesh Saxena
Animesh has 15+ years of experience in finance and investments, including roles in startups, VC/PE, real estate, and CFO/FP&A. He excels in PowerPoint for pitch decks and Excel for financial modeling (startup, M&A, LBOs, macros, VBA, data tables, and valuations). He's an expert in creating investment memorandums, transaction decks, due diligence reports, and management dashboards. Animesh brings fractional CFO experience in establishing and directing finance functions for growing businesses.
Show MoreJohn Lee
John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial, culturally intelligent leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital in CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.
Show MoreJuba Tsuladze
Juba is the founder of Benefica, a management consulting firm specializing in financial advisory, M&A, and strategic analysis. Before, Juba was a seasoned CFO with multi-industry experience, working on projects ranging from an equity sale of a $150 million telecom company to a $50 million hotel business turnaround. He joined the Toptal network to resolve diverse FP&A, M&A, buyouts, and strategic analysis challenges.
Show MoreGermee Ronirose
Germee is a seasoned fractional CFO, business process improvement, and M&A expert. She advised M&A and corporate clients for over 18 years, focusing on financial strategy, operations, due diligence, and valuation. Her past clients included the 2nd-largest geothermal company in the world. She has created value for clients in various industries through a data-driven financial strategy. She is a CPA and a Certified AI Engineer.
Show MoreIvan Arizaga
An experienced consultant and CFO, Ivan took to consulting practice after a long-tenured career in commercial banking and the competitive food and beverage industry. During the past nine years, Ivan has provided key advice on several restructuring cases for companies under financial stress, valued companies and piloted M&A transactions, and provided solid financial planning and value-creation-focused financial advice for his clients—from startups and SMEs to large corporations.
Show MoreHassan Daher
Hassan is a finance professional with 10+ years of experience in freelancing and providing strategic and financial services to businesses with Deloitte. In 2019, he founded and built an FCA-authorized fintech lending platform in the UK that is a clear market leader in its category. Hassan enjoys freelancing because he loves working on challenging projects with talented people and because it allows him to leverage his experiences to help businesses maximize their growth.
Show MoreMichael Andrew Hengst
Michael is a finance leader with 17 years of experience in operational finance, VC investing, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He set up a shared services FP&A team of 30+ people at GE, managing $200+ million. As a VC fund manager, he assessed 600+ startups and doubled the portfolio value in two years. Michael is passionate about improving a business's performance and has helped 80+ clients with company valuations, M&A transactions, raising capital, and developing strategic growth plans.
Show MoreDavid Berlin
David has served as a CFO at multiple private equity portfolio companies in the SaaS, manufacturing, and service sectors where he optimized revenue growth, profitability, and led acquisition initiatives. He has been a consultant since 2014 and leverages his skills in financial modeling, analysis, forecasting, M&A, and process enhancements to deliver value to his Toptal clients. He has an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School and is a CPA.
Show MoreRaghav Nyati
Raghav is a strategy consultant specializing in SaaS/platform growth strategy, fundraising strategy, GTM strategy, TAM assessment and customer research, pitch decks, and product management. Over the last 10 years, he has worked with marquee enterprises across several industries, including Deloitte, JP Morgan, VMware, Salesforce, Anthem, and FICO, as well as over two dozen SaaS startups. Raghav has an MBA, a master's degree, and a BE from top-ranked Indian universities.
Show MoreEdisher Uriatmkopeli
Edisher is the Head of Strategic Finance at Savii, a Singaporean fintech company. He covers FP&A and supports the optimization of decision-making and the shaping of the company's business strategy. He's executed debt, equity, and M&A projects totaling $500 million and valued businesses worth $2.5 billion while working at Nordic PE firm (Nord-Corp), leading Georgian IB (TBC Capital), and KPMG. Experienced with firms of all sizes, Edisher utilizes his financial insight to enhance business value.
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Typically, you can hire small business operations consultants with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or full end-to-end project delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.
Once you select your small business operations manager, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.
To hire the right small business operations consultant, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect small business operations consultants for your project.
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our small business operations managers to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.
In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.
When you hire small business operations consultants with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched small business operations consultants ready to help you achieve your goals.
You can hire small business operations managers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the project end-to-end based on your specific requirements as part of our Consulting and Services offerings. Whether you hire a small business operations consultant for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our small business operations consultants can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.
We make sure that each engagement between you and your small business operations consultant begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another small business operations consultant who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.
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