Finance Director · Advisor
Aleš Velín
As above, so below.
Numbers the board and the business both trust.
Financial management, advisory and business partnering. Fourteen years from audit to the boardroom.
Who it is for
Why companies call me
Typically companies that have grown faster than their finance function. Or owners who need a CFO, but not full time.
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You want an independent second look
You have a finance team, but need someone from outside to review the numbers, processes and controls and tell you where the risks are.
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The company grows, the numbers lag behind
The accounting works, but you cannot steer by it. You see results a month late and every report shows something different.
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An investor or a bank is coming
You need a financial plan that holds up in due diligence, and the reporting an investor will want to see every month.
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Your finance director is leaving
Finding a new one takes months, but the close, the budget and the bank will not wait. You need someone who can help now.
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A major change in systems or structure
A new ERP, a merger, a new group structure. Projects the in-house team cannot handle on top of the day-to-day.
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Industries I know from the inside
- E-commerce
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Hospitality
- Logistics and transport
Approach
What is promised above must hold below.
Strategy, budgets and commitments to investors rest on the numbers, processes and controls beneath them. Problems in finance almost always start in the gap between those two worlds.
I know both sides. I started in audit, ran controlling and finance teams and sat at the table with the board. My job is to close that gap.
Strategy and financial plan
Board and investors
Budget and forecast
A close that ties out
01Reporting and data you can trust
02Processes and internal controls
03Services
Where I can help
As a finance director, an advisor or a partner for a specific project.
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Finance leadership
Strategic leadership of the finance function for a company or group, the finance team, and work with the board and investors.
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Plan, budget and forecast
Budgets and KPIs the company actually steers by — from individual departments to the whole group.
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Controlling and business partnering
A partner for management and operations. Variance analysis, recommendations and projects that cut costs.
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Managing the close
A close that is on time and without surprises. Process design and coordination of the accounting team, auditors and tax advisors.
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Reporting and data
Reporting for management and owners built on data that ties out. Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, SQL.
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Internal controls and ERP
Controls that protect rather than slow down. Audit readiness and leading ERP transitions.
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Financial diagnostic
You do not know exactly where the problem is. In two weeks I review the numbers, processes and reporting and you get written findings with priorities.
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AI in finance practice
Putting AI to work in the finance team: analysis and reporting with Claude and ChatGPT, Claude in Excel, NotebookLM over internal documentation. Set-up and team training.
Testimonials
Aleš gets to the heart of things fast, explains the numbers in plain language and sees his recommendations through with you. Today we have clarity in our finances and decide by the numbers, not by gut feeling. Completely satisfied.
Experience
From audit to finance director
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8/2012 – 2/2017
Audit
Deloitte
External audit in manufacturing, energy, real estate and retail. From assistant to senior leading small teams.
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3/2017 – 10/2022
Head of Finance
Augustine, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Led the finance team, budgets, the month-end close, group and owner reporting, and the move from Navision to PeopleSoft.
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11/2022 – 9/2025
Senior Financial Controller
Alza.cz a.s.
Budget, forecast and KPIs for logistics and transport in five countries, monthly close and transport network optimisation.
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10/2025 – 5/2026
Finance Director (CFO)
Pilulka Lékárny a.s.
Strategic leadership of financial management for the company and affiliates; financial strategy with the board and investors.
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Present
Managing Director
Alpave s.r.o.
Financial management, advisory and business partnering for companies and their leadership.
Working together
How we can work together
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Financial diagnostic
A fast review of the numbers, processes and reporting. Written findings with priorities on what to tackle first.
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Business partner
Regular support for management a few days a month: reporting, budgeting and decisions based on the numbers.
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Interim CFO
Temporary leadership of finance when the finance director leaves or the company goes through a major change.
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Project leader
Leading a specific project from brief to hand-over: ERP, due diligence, a merger or a new group structure.
How it works
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An introductory call
We talk through your situation and I tell you honestly whether and how I can help.
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A proposal
You receive the scope, timeline and price. Nothing is charged up to this point.
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Start
I usually start within one week of agreement.
As above,
so below.
The hermetic maxim
Strategy and numbers must say the same thing.
Contact
Let's talk.
Dealing with finance leadership, budgeting or reporting? Or need an independent second look at the numbers? Send me a few lines and I will get back to you.
- Email info@alpave.cz
- Phone +420 732 152 446
- LinkedIn Aleš Velín
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