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Chartered Accountant | Finance Transformation & Virtual CFO | FP&A, MIS and Business Performance | Process Excellence, Internal Controls & Governance | Advisor to Founders

About

I am a Chartered Accountant with over nine years of experience across finance transformation, Virtual CFO services, business consulting, audit and advisory. I partner with founders and leadership teams to strengthen finance functions, improve profitability and cash flow, establish scalable operating processes and enable better business decisions. My experience includes: • Finance function design and transformation • Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting • Management reporting, MIS and KPI dashboards • Profitability, pricing and working-capital improvement • Process mapping, SOPs and operating-model design • Internal controls, governance and compliance frameworks • Business performance reviews and decision support • Greenfield business setup and operational enablement As an Independent Consultant, I have worked across retail, consumer services, automotive services, trading and distribution. My engagements combine financial insight with hands-on execution—from establishing accounting and reporting systems to designing controls, productivity metrics, incentive structures and management-review frameworks. Earlier in my career, I led and executed audit and advisory assignments across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, consulting, hospitality and trading businesses. This foundation enables me to approach transformation with a strong understanding of risk, governance and financial discipline. I am particularly interested in opportunities involving finance transformation, business finance, Virtual CFO advisory, process excellence and cross-functional performance improvement.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

ChatGPT

Work experience

Independent Consultant – Finance Transformation, Business Consulting & Virtual CFO at Self Employed, Nov 2023 - Present · 3 yrs, Bangalore Urban, Partnering with founders and leadership teams to improve financial visibility, business performance and operational discipline across retail, automotive services, trading, distribution and consumer-service businesses. • Design finance operating models, reporting structures and management-review frameworks. • Develop budgets, cash-flow forecasts, MIS reports and KPI dashboards for data-driven decision-making. • Advise business owners on pricing, profitability, working capital, cost management and business performance. • Establish finance processes, SOPs, internal controls and governance frameworks. • Lead the setup of finance, HR, compliance and operating processes for greenfield businesses. • Develop productivity measures, performance-management systems and incentive structures. • Strengthen billing, inventory, accounting and compliance processes. • Support business expansion through financial planning, process standardisation and management reporting. • Oversee accounting, taxation and statutory compliance as part of integrated Virtual CFO engagements.

Manager – Audit & Advisory at RPAR & CO LLP, Jul 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Led audit and advisory engagements across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, consulting and trading businesses. Evaluated finance processes, internal controls and governance frameworks. Managed statutory and tax audit assignments, including transfer-pricing requirements. Supported internal financial control reviews, due diligence assignments and Ind AS limited reviews. Coordinated engagement execution, documentation, review and client communication.

Freelance Consultant at RPAR & CO LLP, Dec 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Freelance Consultant at Self Employed, Sep 2019 - Jan 2020 · 5 mos, Bangalore, Delivered statutory audit, tax computation and financial-reporting assignments for IT, consulting and hospitality businesses. Managed income-tax, ROC and other statutory-compliance engagements. Advised on the establishment of an education-services business, including registrations and regulatory compliance. Worked directly with business owners to resolve accounting, taxation and reporting requirements.

Articled Assistant – Audit, Assurance & Advisory at RCE & Co. Chartered Accountants, Aug 2016 - Sep 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Executed statutory audits, limited reviews, internal audits and operational audits. Worked on assignments involving banking, insurance, manufacturing and other business sectors. Conducted internal-control reviews, HR audits, fraud investigations and revenue-assurance assignments. Participated in ERP and finance-process reviews. Supported physical verification and control assessment covering approximately 26,000 fixed assets. Gained exposure to financial reporting under Indian accounting standards and US GAAP.

Education

CA, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

BCom - Bachelor of Commerce, Accounts elective, The National Degree College