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Independent financial judgment

Can you trust
your financial model?

Independent financial model review and corporate finance advisory for investment, financing, valuation, and strategic decisions.

AI can build the model. Knowing whether you can trust it still requires judgment.

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Led by Rafael Jara, CFA MSc Finance, London Business School

Models · Transactions · DecisionsScroll to explore ↓
The independent second look

Independent
Financial Model Review

Financial models are becoming easier to build. The harder question is whether the assumptions, structure, financing mechanics and outputs are reliable enough to support the decision.

Zinver reviews models built internally, externally, or with AI assistance. The work is independent, decision-focused, and calibrated to the stakes of the transaction.

Review formats Health Check · Full Model Review · Investment / Financing Review

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Core principle

Software can identify broken formulas. Zinver reviews the financial logic behind them.

Model Integrity

Formulas, structure, circularities, and hard-coded assumptions.

Accounting & Cash Flow

Statements, cash conversion, consistency, and flow-through logic.

Assumptions & Drivers

Revenue, costs, operating assumptions, and the evidence behind them.

Financing

Debt schedules, covenants, financing mechanics, and debt capacity.

Valuation & Returns

DCF, valuation mechanics, transaction logic, and investor returns.

Scenarios & Decision Risk

Sensitivity analysis, downside cases, and decision relevance of outputs.

Credentials, not claims

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Prior Experience

Representative experience prior to the formation of Zinver.

$1B+Infrastructure project evaluation
$500M+Awarded transmission projects supported by financial modeling and bid analysis
$360MProject-finance facilities
$350MInternational Senior Notes financing
$300MInternational bond issuance
$390MCovenant renegotiation
$2.1BDistressed project-debt analysis
$600MSecured-notes restructuring evaluation

Transaction experience shown reflects the founder's prior professional roles and does not represent Zinver client engagements.

Advisory scope

Built for decisions
that carry weight.

Senior financial expertise for organizations that need rigorous analysis without adding permanent headcount.

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Independent Financial Model Review

Independent assessment of model integrity, assumptions, economics, financing mechanics, scenarios, and outputs.

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Financial Modeling

Development and enhancement of robust financial models for investments, transactions, projects, financing, and strategic decisions.

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Project Finance & Debt Advisory

Debt capacity, financing structures, project-finance modeling, covenants, lender cases, downside analysis, and refinancing support.

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Valuation & Investment Analysis

DCF analysis, transaction valuation, investment cases, credit assessment, due diligence, and independent financial analysis.

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Decision points

Before the model becomes the decision.

Before investing
Before financing
Before presenting to an investment committee or board
Before relying on someone else's model
FOUNDER / ADVISORRJ—01
Rafael
Jara
CFA
MSc Finance, London Business School
RAFAEL JARA, CFADIRECTLY INVOLVED
Founder-led by design

Senior expertise,
directly involved.

Zinver is led by Rafael Jara, CFA, a London Business School MSc Finance graduate with more than a decade of experience in project finance, corporate finance, credit analysis, and financial modeling.

His prior roles include Vice President of Credit Research and Head of Financial Modeling, with experience across infrastructure financing, capital markets, M&A, restructurings, and investment analysis. Clients work directly with Rafael throughout the engagement.

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Built for lean, sophisticated teams

Senior financial expertise
without adding permanent headcount.

Investors & independent sponsors
Infrastructure & energy developers
Mid-market companies
Boutique advisers & fractional CFOs
Family offices & international investors
Start with the decision

Have a model or transaction
that deserves a second opinion?

Send a short description of the model, transaction, or decision. Zinver can assess the required scope and propose an appropriate review or advisory engagement.

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