We are a conferences business operating in different continents and its looking for a interim CFO to help us to streamline global accounting, unify reporting, cash flow, standardize processes, oversee tax related matters with our accountants and to build the structure for scalability.

Client is seeking a virtual, fractional resource to support a targeted acquisition search in the Managed Service Provider (MSP) sector. This role will focus on identifying, researching, and qualifying MSPs that fit our acquisition criteria across major metropolitan areas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains. Scope of Work: - Identify MSPs with $2M-$5M in annual revenue in major Midwest and Central U.S. metros (e.g., Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Minneapolis, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Chicago, Nashville, etc.) - Conduct research on ownership, services, customer verticals, and strategic fit - Build and maintain a structured pipeline of potential acquisition targets - Provide concise profiles and recommendations for qualified targets - Deliver weekly progress updates with organized reports or spreadsheets What We’re Looking For: - Experience in M&A research, deal sourcing, or market mapping - Ability to work independently and deliver clear, actionable insights - Strong research, analytical, and organizational capabilities - US-based and MSP experience are ideal, but not required Engagement Details: - 10-15 hours per week depending on workload and pipeline needs - Flexible, milestone-based or hourly engagement - Fully remote

Work directly with a Managing Director on active buy-side and sell-side transactions in the industrials and B2B office supplies sector for an East coast based investment bank. Specific responsibilities: - Buy-side (immediate): Build merger model and support diligence for signed LOI transaction - Sell-side: Update existing financial model with November data and manage diligence responses for transaction progressing from IOI to LOI stage (4-5 interested parties, PE buyers) - Pipeline development: Initial financial and market analysis for new sell-side mandates - Level: Associate-level work, no client-facing responsibilities Duration: Few weeks minimum, potential for several months based on fit - Location: Remote, geography agnostic - Start: Early next week preferred Application Requirements Please respond clearly to each of these 5 criteria: 1. Investment Banking Experience - Years in M&A/IBD (seeking 3-5 years + 2 years of independent consulting - this is our target). You should be capable of functioning as a skilled and self-directed associate particularly on modeling - Firms, titles, transaction types supported 2. Sector Knowledge (completely optional, this sector is likely to be easier / more straightforward than most so any sector is fine) - Industrials experience (manufacturing, distribution, office products, business services, etc.) and/or office supplies. Relevant deal experience in these sectors 3. Merger Modeling Skills (key required skillset, please share what you've done that makes it easy to highlight what you've done) - Experience building/updating merger models (sources & uses, pro formas, accretion/dilution) - Ability to work from existing models and build from scratch - Comfort working independently and QC'ing your own work 4. Diligence Experience (mostly modeling focused, so this is nice to have) - Managing sell-side diligence responses - Conducting buy-side financial/operational diligence - Approach to identifying issues and synthesizing findings 5. Availability & Fit - Start date (ideally early next week) - Commitment capacity (weeks to months) - Remote work style and ability to work autonomously on defined tasks

Company: Confidential Korean industrial business (~$15M revenue) Overview: Seeking a senior M&A operator to lead exit readiness and strategic partnership discussions with large international buyers. The company is 2-3 years from a potential exit and already receiving inbound interest from large international businesses interested in the Korean market. This is a part-time role for a seasoned professional who can design and run an end-to-end sell-side preparation program while engaging directly with strategic counterparties. Being Korean or knowing how to speak Korean is not at all required. It is minorly helpful if you do speak Korean. Scope and responsibilities: Build the exit readiness plan: valuation narrative, process design, timeline, buyer mapping, and option paths (partnership, minority/majority sale). Prepare investor materials and diligence backbone: teaser/CIM, KPI definitions, quality-of-earnings coordination, data room, management presentation. Lead/participate in strategic buyer conversations: qualify interest, shape deal theses, structure partnership/JV/commercial agreements, and progress toward LOIs. Advise on banker selection and oversee external advisors (legal, accounting, tax, QoE) as needed; manage Q&A and diligence workstreams. Normalize financials and metrics; support forecast/model, synergy framing, and bid/term comparisons. Drive internal readiness: governance, reporting cadence, risk/contract reviews, and post-close considerations. Candidate profile: 1. 10+ years relevant experience; has led at least two middle-market sell-side processes to close. 2. Strong track record with strategic buyers and cross-border transactions; industrials/manufacturing experience preferred. 3. Comfortable owning partner/buyer dialogues and negotiating commercial terms. 4. Excellent materials and process management skills (CIMs, data rooms, QoE, diligence). 5. Language: English required; Korean nice to have but not at all required Engagement: Part-time/contract; flexible hours aligned to deal activity. Remote-friendly; ability to accommodate international counterparties’ time zones. How to apply (please address the following in your response, the more thorough the better up to 100 words with examples will help): 1. Time zone, availability, earliest start 2. Two sell-side deals you led (industry, buyer type, your role, outcome) 3. Cross-border/strategic buyer experience (relevant examples) 4. Materials/diligence capabilities (CIM, QoE, data room)

Client: Private Equity backed software group Location: Remote or France-based Start: ASAP Engagement: Freelance with option for full-time Context A Private Equity backed buy-and-build platform in the SaaS sector is expanding its origination activities in France. The role focuses on identifying targets in a fragmented market, building a proprietary sourcing pipeline, and leading founder outreach to qualify interest. Technical M&A skills are helpful but not core; execution post-LOI is handled internally. Priority is on sourcing, market scanning, and managing the commercial origination funnel. Scope / Identify and prioritize relevant SaaS sub-verticals in France / Build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline / Map fragmented niches to uncover acquisition opportunities / Lead outreach to founders and management teams / Conduct initial qualification calls and assess strategic fit / Prepare short assessments and hand over qualified opportunities / Report funnel metrics and align with the investment team Must-have Skills / 4–8+ years experience in origination, deal sourcing, or business development / Experience in buy-and-build environments or fragmented markets / Proven ability to build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline / Strong foundation in founder outreach and outbound processes / Solid understanding of SaaS business models and recurring revenue metrics / Analytical ability to evaluate attractiveness and fit / Fluency in French and English Preferred Skills / Experience working with PE-backed companies / Exposure to SaaS or vertical software markets / Network in the Spanish software ecosystem / Basic M&A knowledge (valuation, LOI prep, early-stage DD) / Interest in a potential transition to full-time

Client: Private Equity backed software group Location: Remote or Spain-based Start: ASAP Engagement: Freelance with option for full-time Context A Private Equity backed buy-and-build platform in the SaaS sector is expanding its origination activities in Spain. The role focuses on identifying targets in a fragmented market, building a proprietary sourcing pipeline, and leading founder outreach to qualify interest. Technical M&A skills are helpful but not core; execution post-LOI is handled internally. Priority is on sourcing, market scanning, and managing the commercial origination funnel. Scope / Identify and prioritize relevant SaaS sub-verticals in Spain / Build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline / Map fragmented niches to uncover acquisition opportunities / Lead outreach to founders and management teams / Conduct initial qualification calls and assess strategic fit / Prepare short assessments and hand over qualified opportunities / Report funnel metrics and align with the investment team Must-have Skills / 4–8+ years experience in origination, deal sourcing, or business development / Experience in buy-and-build environments or fragmented markets / Proven ability to build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline / Strong foundation in founder outreach and outbound processes / Solid understanding of SaaS business models and recurring revenue metrics / Analytical ability to evaluate attractiveness and fit / Fluency in Spanish and English Preferred Skills / Experience working with PE-backed companies / Exposure to SaaS or vertical software markets / Network in the Spanish software ecosystem / Basic M&A knowledge (valuation, LOI prep, early-stage DD) / Interest in a potential transition to full-time

We need help preparing investor materials (deck, model, etc) fundraising for debt or equity for a successful and profitable $x00m e-commerce business 1. Time zone and availability (PT preferred; open to all US) and earliest start date 2. US investor deck experience (how many, audience type, up to 60 words for an example) 3. Fundraising background (debt and/or equity, instruments, your role, up to 60 words for an example) 4. E-commerce and modeling (brief e-comm experience, confirm you can own deck + 3-statement model, up to 60 words for an example)

Client: Global industrial group (Business Unit, Germany) Project Type: Strategy & M&A Growth Workshop (On-Site) Duration: 5–6 days total (from January - March 2026) Day Rate: estimated EUR 3,000–3,500 (before Fintalent fee) Location: Germany (on-site presence required) Project Overview A global industrial company is seeking an experienced Strategy Consultant to design and facilitate an M&A Growth Ideation Workshop for one of its Business Units. The goal is to identify market expansion opportunities, define the outreach approach for potential acquisition targets, and build a practical roadmap for using M&A as a structured growth lever. The consultant will collaborate with senior stakeholders from Sales, Business Development, BU leadership, and the internal M&A team. Scope includes: / Designing a tailored M&A Growth & Ideation Workshop (framework, tools, preparation) / Facilitating the on-site workshop (5-6 days distributed over 3 months) / Leading the team through opportunity mapping, market logic, and inorganic growth pathways / Defining the sourcing logic and outreach approach for potential targets / Translating outcomes into a BU-aligned action plan Industry experience is not required; strong strategy and inorganic growth experience is essential. Candidate Requirements (Key Criteria): Must-have: / Strategy consulting background (corporate or top-tier) / Clear experience in inorganic growth / M&A growth strategy / Prior facilitation of executive-level workshops (growth / M&A / ideation / market entry) / Experience working in matrix organizations / Ability to structure discussions and convert them into a clear roadmap / Availability for on-site work in Germany Nice-to-have: / Experience with corporate M&A teams / Exposure to industrials helpful but not required

Our Client is a US corporation in the education space looking for an M&A Project Manager (Senior Associate/ VP level) SoW: Engage as M&A project manager with an education-focused company, work directly with VP of Corporate Development: /Support strategic fit analysis and evaluation of potential acquisition targets /Manage M&A projects during the entire transaction phase (pre-due diligence evaluation, due diligence, review contractual documentation, support signing & closing, PMI preparation, post-closing management) by coordinating internal functional work streams as well as external advisors /Ensure and steer efficient communication amongst all participating stakeholders on various levels of the organization /Previous experience with education/ edtech-related deals a plus /Eastern time zone preferred

An experienced European producer of large-scale immersive entertainment (including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, ABBA phenomenon Mamma Mia! The Party). Previous productions delivered more than 30 million euro in annual revenues across multiple markets and demonstrated strong commercial performance. The new project is an immersive dining and live-show experience built around advanced LED-dome technology, combining cinematic storytelling with modern stage production. The first venue is currently being prepared in Hamburg. The company is opening a 10 million euro debt raise, with investor commitments starting at 250,000 euro. The structure operates through a dedicated German SPV with the underlying IP held separately. If required, the team is also open to setting up an additional investment vehicle in Singapore to streamline investor participation. The client is looking for a boutique corporate finance advisor or capital introduction partner with access to relevant investor networks, including family offices, private capital groups and high-net-worth individuals with an interest in entertainment, experiential concepts or alternative yield opportunities