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I support buyers, investors, and founders with due diligence, valuation, financial modeling, and acquisition analysis. Over the last 8+ years, I’ve worked across M&A, private equity, small business buyouts, roll-up strategies, and capital raises, helping clients assess risk, test value, and make clearer deal decisions. My work is used to support negotiations, diligence, investor materials, and transaction-ready analysis. My main focus areas: 🔹 M&A & Due Diligence – Buy-side and sell-side support, including QoE analysis, CIM redlining, EBITDA/SDE adjustments, deal sourcing review, IOI/LOI prep, and risk flagging. 🔹 Valuations & Modeling – DCF, LBO, and scenario-driven 3-statement models, equity waterfalls, and business valuation reports that hold up under diligence. 🔹 Private Equity & Capital Structures – GP/LP waterfall models, return simulations, fund structuring, and private credit capital stack modeling for GPs, LPs, and roll-up strategies. 🔹 Real Estate & Infrastructure – IRR/NPV-based underwriting, feasibility studies, market comps, cap rate sensitivity, and investor return analysis across multifamily, self-storage, industrial, and renewables. 🔹 Investor Materials – Pitch decks, investment memorandums (IMs), capital raise one-pagers, and performance dashboards that communicate the story behind the numbers. Top Skills: 1. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) 2. Financial Modeling & Forecasting 3. Business Valuation (DCF, LBO, Comps, Precedents) 4. Due Diligence (Buy-side & Sell-side) 5. Quality of Earnings (QoE) 6. Private Equity & Fund Structuring 7. Real Estate Financial Modeling 8. Pro Forma & Scenario Analysis 9. Capital Raising Materials (Pitch Decks, Teasers, IMs) 10. Investment Analysis & Financial Planning 💻 Tools I Use Axial (My Personal Favorite) | Tracxn | Google Sheets | Power BI | Bloomberg Terminal | FactSet | CoStar | PropertyShark | Canva | LoopNet | Seeking Alpha | Excel | DataTree | Canva

Hi, I’m A Financial analyst who is a 🏆 2X Founder 🏆 Stellar Reviews. Every successful business starts with a strong foundation, that foundation includes a strong financial roadmap and the right financial analyst to conduct financial modeling. Whether it’s to apply for funding, a government grant, financials for your business plan or to foresee the financial future and performance of your business idea. There are many reasons why businesses succeed but without a properly constructed financial plan that prepares you for the unforeseen, the chances for success go down significantly. That’s exactly where I come in. I’ve helped Helped many business clients like, Zicaro Ventures start a new FinTech Company called Blue Sage Financial . Deal Leaders Africa with a successful merger that earned them over R20m; Financial Modeling and Financial Analysis for First Avenue Investment Management to identify great stock opportunities. I have vast exposure working with several international clients since I started freelancing on Upwork. Start-up Consulting services include: ✅ Risk and Uncertainty analysis ✅ Building robust Forecasted financial models and valuation ✅ Crafting winning business plans and pitch deck slides ✅ Conducting in-depth market research ✅ Feasibility Study to determine Project Viability/Business Idea ✅ Trend Analysis and Strategy My Financial Modeling and Analyst Consulting services include: ✅ Conducting financial due diligence ✅ Project Finance ✅ Equity investing and research ✅ M&A Financial Modeling – Valuation - Firm Value NPV ✅ Modeling Returns for investment opportunities ✅ Building monthly budgeting and forecasting tools ✅ Creating user-friendly Automated dashboards and metrics. ✅ Financial Statements Analysis (Ratios, Capex, Ebitda, ROI, IRR, etc) Valuation Methods Include: ✅Market Capitalization ✅Times Revenue Method ✅Earnings Multiplier ✅Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method ✅Book Value ✅Liquidation Value ✅Dividend Discount Model (DDM) Sounds like a great fit? Click the green “Invite to Job button in the upper right-hand corner of the page and let’s work together! 🚀 Your Financial Analyst. Sandile N. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s a bit about me – My journey to becoming a Financial Analyst I’ve been working as a Financial Analyst for 4 years now. Achieved TOP Rated Plus in my first year on Upwork due to my hard work and dedication, This means I am considered to be one of the top 5% Financial Analysts and Modelers on Upwork My Experience started at First Avenue Investment Management (Boutique Asset management Company) where I worked as an Equity Financial Research Analyst. Here I learned and researched broader topics about local and International equity stock markets (South Africa and the USA). Exploring various aspects of company valuation, equity investment analysis with focus on competitive advantage, and market share analysis. Exploring different sectors, expanded my knowledge of macro and micro-economic factors, and building comprehensive financial models based on historical patterns, industry/Company drivers. Financial Analyst at Deal Leaders Africa, One of Africa’s Leading Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) firms. I was preparing financial models, with a focus on present value forecasted free cash flows (NPV) to determine the firm value for the merger sale. In addition, this is where I generated skills relating to business plans and pitch deck presentations in the process of pitching to potential buyers. Senior Financial Analyst at Zicaro Ventures. I assisted with the formation of Blue Sage Financial start-up. Everything from their business plan, pitch deck, research, and financial modeling. My Education I hold a Finance and Investment Management Degree - from the University of South Africa, an Investment Management Certificate from one of SA’s leading independent business schools - ASISA Academy, and International Financial Services Certificate from the CISI Institute in London. This is what you can expect when working with me as your Financial Analyst. ✅ Bulletproof attention to detail. ✅ Available in ANY TIME ZONE 🕐 to prevent communication breakdowns. ✅ Daily/weekly/monthly updates and reports about the project, keeping you up to date. ✅ Fluent in written and spoken English. Nothing gets lost in translation. ✅ World Class Financial Analysis and Financial Modeling services are sure to add value to your business. PS Moto: I believe my education, quantitative and qualitative technical skills acquired from my experience, and my determined spirit will enable me to add value to any position I will be placed into.

🔹 Custom Excel Solutions | Financial Modeling & Business Management Overview: I help small businesses and entrepreneurs create custom Excel solutions to streamline operations, improve business insights, and enhance financial visibility. 📊 What I can offer you: ✔ Tailor-made Excel financial models for budgeting & forecasting ✔ Cash flow management & break-even analysis ✔ Key indicator tracking dashboards ✔ Reporting & data analysis tools ✔ Simple yet powerful business intelligence solutions ✔ Transform data into actionable insights 💼 Whether you need an Excel tool to track sales, analyze costs, or manage cash flow, I can design a solution to fit your business needs. 🔹 Financial Forecasting & Business Intelligence Specialist | Data-Driven Decision Making Overview: I am a seasoned financial professional with over two decades of experience in financial modeling, credit risk analysis, business intelligence, and data visualization. I played a key role in driving strategic decision-making through data-driven insights, forecasting, and stakeholder collaboration. 💡 Key Expertise: ✔ Financial forecasting & budgeting (corporate & SME) ✔ Business intelligence & data visualization (Power BI, SQL, Excel) ✔ Credit risk analysis ✔ Strategic decision-making support ✔ Performance-driven management & financial reporting ✔ Data migration & automation (AWS experience) 🚀 I specialize in helping businesses leverage data for smarter decisions. Let’s work together to unlock your company’s full potential!

Experienced financial analyst (Deloitte; Rand Merchant Bank). I have advanced modeling skills (Excel, VBA, Python) and a specialist background in infrastructure and asset Project Finance transactions - particularly in the renewable energy space - across financial advisory firms, private equity, and senior lenders. I build financial models to support your: ✅ Project Finance Transaction ✅ Investment Valuation ✅ Investment Exit Planning & Strategy ✅ Commercial Bid Pricing ✅ Startup's Investor Pitching and Financing ✅ Financial Planning & Analysis ✅ Commodity price and risk simulations My models are clear, structured, and built for decision-making, allowing you to test scenarios, quantify risk, and understand how key variables affect returns. Everything is custom-built in Excel, with automation where useful, so the model remains transparent and easy to operate.

I am a CPA and Charted Management Accountant ( CMA) with expertise in meeting clients' goals, in various business sectors, in terms of margin improvement, cost optimization, strategic pricing, financial reporting and analysis, financial modeling, business and investor plans. My other areas of expertise include cash flow management, ensuring working capital availability payroll management, taxation planning, internal controls implementation, business risk assessment and mitigation. I have ensured growth, good margins, and successful running of businesses in competitive, dynamic and volatile environments by implementing processes, procedures, internal controls and contributing to business strategy that minimise risk and producing financial analysis for use in decision support. I am proficient with QuickBooks, Xero, Pastel Accounting and Evolution, Sage Accounting, Syspro ERP, Odoo ERP , Sage Payroll, MS Excel, PowerPoint ,Google Sheets and PowerBi.

Former Chief Risk Officer helping founders, lenders, and investors make confident financial decisions. What I can do for you: > Investor-ready financial models > Pitch and financial narrative support for fundraising > FP&A dashboards and monthly insight packs > Credit and underwriting assessments with recommendations > Risk framework or lending policy design Why work with me: > 10+ years of experience in finance and lending > Former Head of Credit and Chief Risk Officer > Reviewed and decisioned more than 5,000 business funding applications (over R2bn funded) > BCom Investment Management, CFA Level II passed > Advanced in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Tableau, with working knowledge of Python and SQL How I work with you: Whether you are preparing for investors, seeking funding, or building disciplined financial reporting, I deliver clear analysis, reliable models, and actionable insights that help you make confident financial decisions. My goal is to turn your financial data into clarity, strategy, and real business results.