Archie Sampson

CEO

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia8 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led multiple 8-figure M&A deals
100% success rate in first cohort of Prepped Talent
Helped over 200 professionals secure M&A roles

Stackforce AI infers this person is a M&A expert with a strong background in finance and strategic growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Mergers & Acquisitions (m&a)Corporate FinanceCorporate StrategyFinancial Due DiligenceFinancial Reporting

Other Skills

Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisDebt FinancingAcquisition IntegrationDeal SourcingValuation ModelingInitial Public Offerings (IPO)Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisData MiningMicrosoft Excel

About

My story so far: I started my career in Audit, quickly realised it wasn’t for me, and set my sights firmly on breaking into M&A. I spent months trying (and failing) to make the jump - nothing was clicking. Eventually, I landed a role in FDD, but I didn’t feel qualified. I had to scramble to upskill, learn fast, and figure things out on the fly. Slowly, things started to click and my confidence grew, before moving into a senior M&A role at Ofload, where I went on to lead multiple 8-figure deals. After 6+ years in the industry, I’d built up the kind of experience that opened doors to a tonne of lead advisory opportunities, which I’m very luck to have access to today. So after pushing through the pain, confusion, and barriers of breaking into M&A - and eventually succeeding in it - I decided I wanted to help others make the same journey with far more clarity, support, and ease than I ever had. That’s why I built Prepped Talent; to help you break into M&A within 8 weeks, with tailored mentoring and education. Top 3 Highlights from the Prepped Talent Program: 1. The first in-person cohort I ran, 100% of candidates landed a role in M&A, 2. Helped 200+ professionals secure an M&A role, in the past 18 months, 3. Partnered with top M&A firms to place candidates from the Prepped Talent program For more details click “visit website” or if you want to get started right now: Message me “M&A” to get qualified for the Prepped Talent program.

Experience

8 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Prepped talent

Managing Director

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

Prepped is Australia's leading Mergers & Acquisitions course, designed to help finance professionals transition into careers that drive strategic growth for businesses.
I have compiled my 6+ years experience into a short 4 week course, allowing professionals to quickly upskill in financial modeling, financial analysis and financial due diligence.
After successful completion of the course I then introduce these professionals to large consulting firms where they can use these skills to get ahead in their career.

Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisFinancial Due DiligenceMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Corporate Finance

Ofload

2 roles

Senior Manager | Mergers & Acquisitions

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ofload is Australia’s leading digital road freight service, helping businesses achieve efficient, flexible and sustainable supply chains.
My role was to promote inorganic growth through a roll-up strategy of freight brokers in Australia. This involved an end-to-end M&A process, from developing an investment thesis through to deal completion & post acquisition integration.
During my time at Ofload I:
Completed two acquisitions of freight brokers in Australia, significantly contributing to Ofload's early growth
Raised a debt facility as part of Ofload's $60 million Series B, as reported in the AFR
Successfully integrated the two teams, which involved setting up a new head office in Melbourne

Debt FinancingAcquisition IntegrationMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Corporate Strategy

Senior Analyst | Mergers & Acquisitions

Apr 2022 – Oct 2022 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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2 roles

Strategy & Transactions | Financial Due Diligence

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 · 7 mos

Within the Financial Due Diligence team I worked across a range of transactions, including Initial Public Offerings, Capital Raisings and Mergers & Acquisitions, providing financial analysis on the target company to drive key decisions.
My focus was on Mid Market transactions with a valuation between $10 million to $250 million however I worked on transactions up to $10+ billion.
The work performed involved reviewing the underlying data from the financial statements to understand how the business operates and to identify any potential red flags, with the key deliverable being a Financial Due Diligence report.

Financial Due DiligenceMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Financial Analysis

Assurance

Dec 2017 – Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

In the Financial Statement Assurance team I worked with clients to ensure their financial statements were reasonably stated in line with accounting standards.
I worked across a range of industries with a particular focus on Real Estate. My major Real Estate clients included:
Scentre Group (Westfield)
Hilton Hotels Australia
Some of the key pieces of work that I led included:
Expected Credit Loss: during Covid all Real Estate companies had to develop complex ECL models with highly uncertain assumptions about the impact on their business. I worked with my clients to stress test their assumptions and the robustness of their models.
Investment Properties: during Covid, Real Estate valuers made significant changes to capitalisation rates and included assumptions around expected vacancy rates and deferred rent. I worked with my clients to understand the impact of these changes on their portfolio, with some clients having 30+ properties in a range of different locations with a spread of valuers all providing different assumptions.
Overall Analytical Reviews: for each of my clients I would produce an analytical review across their financial statements to understand the key drivers in the movements year on year.
These key pieces of work developed my analytical thinking and provided me with a strong financial modeling foundation.

Financial AnalysisFinancial Reporting