Whether you’re aiming for promotion, corporate finance, FP&A or ultimately CFO, these are the commercial finance skills employers rarely teach but increasingly expect.
What is The CFO Academy?
The CFO Academy is a six course programme with 10+ hours of video and lifetime access, teaching the commercial finance skills behind senior finance careers: financial modelling, business plans, pitch decks, investment teasers and capital raising. It is taught by Mohamed Chaudry FCCA, a CFO with 25 years of experience who has raised $300M+ and completed 5 exits.
Tap your stage. Every step needs the same thing to move up: commercial finance capability, not just technical accuracy.
Finance professionals report numbers. Finance leaders influence decisions. Whatever your route in, this is the gap that decides who gets trusted, and promoted.
Whatever got you here, now build on it with the commercial skills that move you from supporting the numbers to leading the decisions.
You don’t need to be a CFO today. You need to want the skills that move you closer.
Build practical finance exposure before interviews and first roles.
Move beyond ledgers into models, business planning and commercial judgement.
Strengthen modelling, investor thinking and board-ready communication.
Prepare for controller, FD and future CFO responsibilities.
Not generic theory. The practical work CFOs use to raise funding, guide strategy and explain businesses to investors.
Build models that support funding, growth and board-level planning.
Understand how investor-grade plans are structured, read and challenged.
Turn financial analysis into a clear investment story.
See how short-form deal documents open conversations before the full pack.
Understand funding options, investor targeting, use of funds and process.
Move beyond reporting and learn how finance supports strategy and growth.
Finance Manager. FD. Corporate finance. Wherever you’re headed next. These are the real requests that land on your desk.
The question isn’t whether you’re smart enough. It’s whether you’ve ever been taught how.
25 years of investor room, boardroom and capital raising experience, distilled into practical lessons.
This isn’t taught from a textbook. It’s the practical craft of commercial finance, from someone who has done it at the highest level and hired the people who do it.
Authority proof from people who have seen Mohamed operate in finance, funding and corporate transactions.
“Mohamed is highly experienced in securing finance for his clients. The level of preparation and quality of documentation was exceptional.”
“His accountancy and corporate finance background means that he knows what information is required and how to present it.”
“Mohamed brought creativity and flair to the SME deals he was handling. A man of integrity who demonstrates professionalism.”
One bundle, one payment: all six courses for $99 with the launch code. Lifetime access. Downloadable templates included.
Not just attendance. Practical, built artefacts you bring to interviews, applications and promotion conversations.
Real feedback from people who have worked through the courses and applied the frameworks.
One-time payment. Lifetime access. 14-day guarantee.
Six courses. One leadership pathway. The Academy is $299, but the first 50 students pay $99 with code FOUNDING50.
Enrol: $99 with code FOUNDING50