OPERATIONS / CAPITAL & GOVERNANCE / 2020 — 2023

Turning an AI-security financing into an operating control tower

Following RMB 80m of financing, I connected budget, profitability, cash, tax, and governance so the management team could steer the company from one operating view.

RMB 80mFinancing deliveredTwo rounds completed with strategic investors.

Profit-ledOperating modelBusiness decisions connected to contribution and cash.

IPO-readyGovernance baseFinance, legal, and control work moved onto a plan.

01 / THE CHALLENGE

What had to be made clear

Move finance from a reporting function to a management control tower without slowing a fast-moving AI-security company.

02 / MY ROLE

Where I carried the decision

As Finance Director and Chairman's Assistant, I sat in the core management team and built the planning, cash, and control routines around real decisions.

03 / THE APPROACH

How the work moved from judgment to execution

01 Connected comprehensive budgeting, operating review, and cash forecasting.

02 Reworked business segmentation around contribution and profit rather than top-line volume.

03 Used tax planning and government programmes to improve cash economics.

04 Built online approval and payment controls from request to posting.

05 Supported subsidiary, investment, and pre-IPO decisions with finance and legal analysis.

04 / DELIVERABLES

What entered the operating system

↳ Management budget and operating-review cadence

↳ Profitability and cash-flow control tower

↳ Online approval and payment-control process

↳ Pre-IPO finance and governance roadmap

BEYOND THE RESULT

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