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Toptal is a marketplace for top CFA charterholders, specialists, and talent. Each Toptal Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is thoroughly vetted and trusted by top companies for their most critical finance-related projects.

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Nick Fookes

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since August 26, 2021

Nick is a CFA with a 28-year track record spanning 40+ countries in M&A, finance, strategy, and policy. He's supported executive decisions in 60 high-stake projects, including M&A transactions ($46 billion), radio-spectrum auctions and trades ($3.5 billion), public policy advocacy, government contract bids (worth $1 billion), go-to-market strategies, and raises for small caps and tech startups. Independent since 2001, Nick has enjoyed working in diverse markets, sectors, and cultures.

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Jeffrey Schottler

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United States
Toptal Member Since December 13, 2016

Jeff has advised dozens of companies through M&A and capital formation transactions as a licensed investment banker. This includes sell-side and buy-side M&A, raising venture capital, PE, mezzanine debt, etc. He also has experience in corporate development, equity research (reporting), and financial analysis. Jeff is a strong financial modeling expert, an excellent deal marketing document writer, and is well connected in the PE and VC space.

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Kevin Kilroy

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United States
Toptal Member Since November 1, 2017

Over his 20+ year career, Kevin has helped world-class companies, including AT&T, E&Y, Linde, and Covanta drive growth through acquisitions and new ventures. He has extensive operational finance experience ($2.5 billion in revenues at Linde America) managing financial planning, budgeting, analysis, and reporting. He joined Toptal to work on challenging projects involving M&A, financial modeling, and business plans alongside his other endeavors.

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Jan Sporina, CFA

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Canada
Toptal Member Since March 22, 2022

Jan is an experienced analyst, consultant, and corporate affairs professional with 12 years of experience in the government and business sectors of North America and Europe. Jan brings to projects a proven track record of delivering tangible results through rigorous analysis, effective communication, and results-oriented project management. He is proficient in financial and economic analysis with extensive experience in market research, pricing strategy, and regulatory and fiscal affairs.

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James Carroll Allen

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United States
Toptal Member Since August 23, 2021

Jim is an experienced finance professional specializing in corporate finance, investment analysis, global markets, financial regulation, and written and oral communications. As a CFA charter holder, Jim has earned the respect of his colleagues for his technical understanding and adherence to that organization's ethical code to put the best interests of clients first. His approach to working with others assumes intelligence, candor, and goodwill.

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Wium Malan

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
South Africa
Toptal Member Since September 23, 2021

Wium is a global investment analyst with 15+ years of experience at multinational asset management firms like AllianceBernstein and Old Mutual. As a founder of an independent equity research firm, Wium excels at research, financial analysis, modeling, investment idea generation, and company valuations. He has covered 60+ global listed large-cap companies across all major emerging and developed markets, focusing on the internet, telecom, media, technology, healthcare, and industrial sectors.

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Andrew Glaze

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United States
Toptal Member Since February 13, 2019

Andrew is a senior business executive with over 20 years of capital markets experience. He is also a Veteran. Andrew has sourced, analyzed, structured, and executed over $1 billion of public and private investments throughout his career. He uses his unique insight and experience to help business leaders optimize their financial structures to scale, reduce inefficiency and wasted time, and increase their bottom line

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Hassan Daher

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since July 7, 2022

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.

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Arnaud Soupa, CFA

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Canada
Toptal Member Since January 20, 2022

Arnaud is a part-time CFO and advisor in corporate financial management. With an international corporate career of 20+ years working at prominent players like Veolia and PwC, he ventured into the startup space as a co-founder and CEO. For the past four years, he has been helping small and medium-sized businesses scale up, adopt more sophisticated practices, and tackle increasing complexity. Arnaud appreciates the opportunity to engage with various visionary, demanding, and talented stakeholders.

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Aaleem Jiwa

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since March 20, 2018

As a Deloitte consulting manager, Aaleem led the creation of a business plan and financial model for a city-owned real estate firm that enabled them to develop 50 properties in 10 years. He has helped owners of small companies and executive teams at multi-billion dollar entities optimize their businesses through financial analysis. Aaleem travels extensively, and freelancing allows him to deliver value to companies from any city in the world.

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John K. Griffin

Freelance Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
United States
Toptal Member Since December 5, 2022

John is a talented financial professional with vast and unique experience. His 15-year career includes positions of significant responsibility on Wall Street and providing in-house financial expertise at a large government organization. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, a PhD in financial economics, and a CFA designation. Passion for solving challenging financial issues and a desire to help clients through impactful work led John to join Toptal.

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Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

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Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

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Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

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What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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Work with your new Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

  • How are Toptal Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with finance experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

  • Can I hire Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) within 48 hours of signing up.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA)?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 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 expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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