Matthew
Hobbs
CFO
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CFO · AUSTRALIA

Finance that keeps up with how fast you’re growing.

I build the financial and commercial infrastructure that takes a business from $5 million to $50 million in revenue: the raises, pricing, unit economics and reporting that scaling demands.

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Matthew Hobbs
FCPA · MBA
WHAT I DO

CFO-level finance, built for where you're going.

01
Extend your runway
Make cash last longer with sharper unit economics, payback and burn: raise on your terms, not because you’re forced to.
02
Get you raise-ready
The model, data room and story that stand up to investor scrutiny, so due diligence doesn’t derail the raise.
03
Protect your margin
Pricing and forecasts you can take to the board, that hold as you scale.
04
Build finance that scales
The team, process and systems that scale 10× without breaking, so finance doesn’t become the bottleneck.
TRACK RECORD

I’ve been in the seat for what you’re heading into.

Scaling new regions, 10× growth, raises across Series A to D, and a downturn survived. The stages you’re facing, I’ve already run.

$130m
New market scaled from zero revenue.
10×
B2B SaaS ARR growth with no added finance headcount.
$13m
Led an oversubscribed Series A, end to end.
$860m
Series B–D supported as country CFO, alongside Index, Partech, Sofina.
+12 months
Runway extended through a capital-efficiency pivot.
−50% burn
Cut over $1m monthly burn in half in under six months.
20
Customer operations across 20 countries, 4 continents.
#1
Austria’s top-ranked scale-up (FT Sifted).
Figures in AUD.
SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Fifteen years of building finance that scales.

HYDROGRID
B2B SaaS, energy · Series A · Vienna
CFO Feb 2023 – Aug 2026 · Fractional CFO Sep 2026 –

Finance, legal, HR and statutory compliance for a Series A SaaS business selling into over 20 countries. All run from a single desk.

“Matt is a deeply commercial CFO. He built us an accounting function that is efficient, automated and compliant, and then kept it out of everyone’s way. He has the executive presence to hold a decision to the company’s long-term financial interest when the room would rather do something else.”

— Janice Goodenough, CEO, HYDROGRID
Rohlik Group / gurkerl.at
E-commerce · Series B–D · Vienna
Country CFO (Austria), Jun 2020 – Jan 2023

Employee #4, built finance and legal from a blank page, scaled it through hypergrowth to Vienna’s #1 online supermarket, then survived a market correction.

“Matt built the finance department from scratch without systems or a playbook. His strong analytical and process management skills allow him to approach financial challenges with confidence and ingenuity. … I considered Matt as my wingman, having my back and helping out whenever needed.”

— Maurice Beurskens, then CEO, gurkerl.at (Rohlik Group)
The Restaurant Group / Wagamama
$1.05b acquisition

Brought in by the Integration Director to close out the integration: three-person team reporting to the Group CFO.

“Matt’s redesigned process delivered the information required using a fraction of the resources and was implemented well ahead of schedule.”

— James Kilgour, then Integration Director, The Restaurant Group
Deloitte UK
Head of Finance

Built and ran a 40-person accounting and reporting function.

“Matt did a great job for us helping to shape our strategy for Finance and then setting up our new Accounting & Reporting Delivery team from scratch.”

— Nicola Woodcock, Head of Finance Operations, Deloitte
Sabio Group
PE-backed B2B software

Engaged to lead process and systems improvement across a buy-and-build programme expanding the business 50%+ into Western Europe.

“Worked with all stakeholders to quickly understand critical business issues, then design and clearly articulate practical and strategically sound solutions.”

— Espe du Plessis, then Finance Director, Sabio Group
HOW IT WORKS

An engagement that scales with the business.

01
From a few days a month to a full finance function
From as little as two to four days a month up to owning finance end-to-end, flexed around raises and board cycles.
02
The engagement grows with you
Start where the need is: a fixed-scope diagnostic, a raise, or the board pack that is overdue. As the business scales, the engagement deepens with it, from fractional support a few days a month through to running the entire function. The infrastructure is built for where you're going, not just where you are.
03
Simple to start, simple to run
A short scoping call, a clear plan for the first 30 days, and I'm in the numbers within a week. The commercial structure fits the business, not the other way around: It runs as long as it's earning its keep.
ABOUT

I’ve run finance through the messy, fast-growth years.

For over 15 years I’ve run finance in fast-growth and operationally complex companies across Australia, Europe and the UK. Employee #4 building a market from nothing to $130m. Scaling an energy tech B2B SaaS business 10×. The steady hand through raises and a downturn.

I know your side of the table: the board asking for numbers the team can’t yet produce, the raise where the model has to be bulletproof, the revenue quietly leaking through billing that hasn’t kept up with the product. I bring order to it: reporting the board trusts, a model that holds up to scrutiny, revenue billed and collected, runway you can see and extend. A finance function that grows with the company instead of breaking under it. Based in Sydney, working with growth-stage founders across Australia and New Zealand.

CREDENTIALS
01FCPA, Fellow of CPA Australia
02MBA, Imperial College Business School
0315+ years finance · standalone & divisional CFO
04Operations across 20 countries, 4 continents
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Sydney, Australia. Working with founders and boards across Australia and New Zealand.

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