Finance & Compliance Advisory
You scaled fast.
Your finance
did not.
When the company outruns its own structure, every decision gets heavier. We build the financial and compliance foundation your next stage requires. Institutional-grade, audit-ready, and designed to hold under pressure.
Institutional experience behind every engagement
Sound familiar?
Growth outran the finance function.
Most companies do not arrive at us because finance is working. They arrive because revenue is climbing, headcount is scaling, and the quiet infrastructure that should hold it all together is overdue. Here is what it usually looks like.
The company is growing faster than the finance structure can carry.
Revenue is compounding, headcount is climbing, but reporting, planning and controls were built for a company half this size, and the gap widens every week. Decisions are made on gut, not numbers.
There is no finance structure. Just spreadsheets and hope.
No chart of accounts that means anything, no reporting cadence, no forecast that ties to reality. When an investor, board or auditor asks a real question, the answer takes three days to produce.
The processes exist, they are just a complete mess.
Month-end takes several weeks. Numbers disagree between systems. Every close is a firefight. Automation was promised, but the data underneath is broken, so AI just makes the noise arrive faster.
Nobody inside the company actually knows how to do finance.
The founder is doing the books at 11pm. An ops person owns cashflow by accident. Hiring a senior finance lead would cost €120k+ and you are not ready. You need the standard without the overhead.
Compliance is the work nobody wants, and nobody can avoid.
Regulators, parent companies, auditors, acquirers, someone is going to look. "We'll get to it" is not a framework. A Compliance Management System is not a binder; it is a living system that holds up the day it is tested.
No finance professionals inside the company.
A junior controller doing the work of a CFO. A founder translating between an accountant, an auditor and a board. Nobody senior enough to build the system, nobody with the time to operate the one you have.
Proven impact
What building the structure properly actually produces.
Revenue growth
Supported strategic decisions that contributed to 400% revenue growth at a post-insolvency software subsidiary, during full finance and compliance transformation.
Processes automated
Reduced manual finance processes by 50% through ERP integration and financial automation. From fragmented tools into a single consolidated reporting structure.
MRR increase
Built the entire finance function from scratch as the first finance hire, contributing to a 350% increase in MRR and 20% reduction in monthly costs.
The approach
A finance and compliance advisory built for the inflection point.
We work with founders and leadership teams at the moments that matter most, before the fundraise, before the ERP goes live, before the expansion crosses a border. We build what holds up when someone looks closely.
"Change without structure is just automated chaos."
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Structure before software
Clean data. Clean processes. Institutional controls. Then, and only then, automation and AI accelerate something that already works.
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Finance and compliance in one firm
CFO-level finance expertise and ECCP-certified compliance under one roof. What most companies need two advisors for, we cover completely.
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Built to hold up under scrutiny
Every deliverable is designed to withstand audit: regulators, institutional investors, parent companies, acquirers. Built right the first time.
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Three corridors. One firm.
Senior operational experience across Germany, the GCC, and the United States. For cross-border companies, this is not a feature, it is the difference.
Services
Two disciplines. One operator.
Finance advisory
Finance Advisory
That gives leaders clarity.
We build the financial foundation first: reporting structures, planning systems, and operational infrastructure that scales. Available as External Finance Counselor, Interim CFO, or Project-Based Engagement.
01Financial Architecture & Reporting
- Multi-entity & group reporting
- IFRS, HGB & US GAAP alignment
- Board & investor reporting
- Financial governance & controls
02Financial Planning & Investor Readiness
- Budgets, forecasts & scenario models
- Cash flow & liquidity planning
- KPI dashboards & performance tracking
- Fundraising & data room preparation
03Finance Operations & Systems
- Month-end close acceleration
- ERP setup, integration & optimization
- Process automation & workflow design
- Treasury & cash management
Compliance advisory
Compliance Advisory
That holds up under scrutiny.
A Compliance Management System is not a binder of policies, it is a living operational framework. Built by an ECCP-certified professional, certified at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
01Compliance Framework & Governance
- Compliance Management System (CMS) design & development
- Code of Conduct & Governance policies
- Anti-Bribery & Corruption & Conflict-of-Interest frameworks
- Whistleblowing & Integrity Systems
02Risk Management & Internal Controls
- Internal Control Frameworks (EU Governance & SOX Principles)
- Compliance Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- AML & KYC Frameworks
- Business partner & third-party due diligence
03Audit Readiness & Compliance Culture
- Data Protection & GDPR Compliance Management
- Capital Market Compliance (MAR/WpHG)
- Compliance training & awareness programs
- Compliance roadmap & implementation support
How we engage
Every engagement begins with a diagnostic.
A short, structured assessment to see exactly where you stand. Choose the entry point closest to where the pressure is greatest, and we deliver a clear roadmap before any work begins.
Finance Readiness Assessment
We assess where you are, identify the gaps, and deliver a structured report with a clear build roadmap, so what we build next is exactly what the situation requires.
02 · ComplianceCompliance Health Check
We identify regulatory exposure, assess documentation and frameworks, and deliver a risk register with a prioritised remediation roadmap, before the auditor does it for you.
The founder
Umair
Jamil
Fractional CFO · ECCP Compliance Officer
"I have rebuilt a finance function inside a company being absorbed by one of Germany's largest groups, while it was still trying to operate as a startup. I have been the first finance hire a founder ever made. I know what breaks first, what to build before anything else, and what a founder actually needs at the moment it counts."
The person behind Finanselor
Institutional experience. Applied at the moment it matters.
Umair Jamil has spent 15 years building finance and compliance systems at the point where institutional rigour meets operational reality. Inside Fortune 500 companies on Wall Street and in global retail; inside a post-insolvency corporate rebuild navigating one of Germany's most demanding audit environments; and as the first finance professional ever hired by early-stage companies.
Certified as a European Compliance Professional at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, and as Senior Finance professional, Umair holds the dual qualification that makes Finanselor's single-firm model possible. Most companies at an inflection point need both a finance architect and a compliance officer. Here, they are the same person.
Where we operate
Europe. The Gulf. The United States.
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48.14°N · 11.58°EMunich
Germany · DACH
Primary base for European engagements. HGB, IFRS, German regulatory depth, and direct access to the DACH market.
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25.29°N · 51.53°EDoha
Qatar · GCC
Gateway to the GCC corridor, a Cross-border financial infrastructure for companies operating between the Gulf and Europe.
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40.71°N · 74.00°WLong Island
New York · United States
US presence for North American clients and cross-border engagements requiring US GAAP, SOX, or SEC-aligned financial infrastructure.
Contact
The right time to build
is before the pressure arrives.
Most companies reach out when something has already forced the issue. That can be fixed. But the companies that build early move faster through it.