Chartered Accountant | CFO100 | IIM Ahmedabad
I believe great finance leadership is not about managing numbers — it is about building the systems, people, and culture that make organisations resilient enough to thrive through change.
I don't manage from a distance — I embed, understand, diagnose, and work alongside teams to build what lasts.
The Philosophy
I am a finance professional who has spent two decades not just running numbers, but building the organisations behind them.
Through roles across Big 4, growth-stage technology companies, and CFO assignments at high-growth startups, I have always operated at the intersection of financial rigour and operational ambition. My leadership is defined not by the titles I've held, but by the functions I have built, the teams I have grown, and the transformations I have guided — quietly, thoroughly, and with lasting effect.
Going beyond reporting to understand root causes and drive structural change.
Organisations transform only when the people within them do. I invest in teams.
Seeing how Finance, Ops, HR and Legal interconnect — and aligning them deliberately.
Leadership means speaking truth to decisions that matter, even when it's uncomfortable.
What I Do Now
After two decades of building finance functions from the ground up, I have crossed over from running the numbers to architecting the systems, cultures, and disciplines that make organisations genuinely stronger.
My transformation practice brings deep functional expertise across Finance, HR, Legal, and Operations. I help leadership teams redesign processes, establish robust controls, drive automation, and align cross-functional operations to global standards. I don't consult from the outside — I embed within the organisation, understand the culture, identify the real friction, and work shoulder-to-shoulder with teams to deliver change that holds.
Designing end-to-end frameworks with built-in controls and automation.
Bridging Finance, HR, Legal and Ops into one operating model.
Aligning local practices to international standards across entities.
Building the backbone that supports scale and profitability.
Core Competencies
Two decades of hands-on experience across every dimension of enterprise finance.
Monthly closures, revenue assurance, AR monitoring, payroll, statutory audits, internal controls, and financial due diligence — India and global entities.
GST, WHT, VAT compliance across India and global subsidiaries. Tax structuring, incentive evaluation, and managing assessments to minimise outflows.
Banking relationships, liquidity optimisation, hedging strategies, surplus fund management, and fundraising — debt, equity, and alternative sources.
Annual business planning, global expansion, M&A management, automation initiatives, and cost optimisation across multi-geography structures.
Board and investor relationship management, Venture Debt, financial reporting to stakeholders, shareholding compliance, and family office management.
Overseeing Legal, Secretarial & Facility Management — corporate governance, contract negotiation, and sustainable operations management.
Career Journey
A career defined not by a list of employers, but by four distinct phases of growth — each building on the last, each expanding what was possible.
Forged at the Big 4
Seven years in Assurance at one of the world's leading professional services firms. I learned the discipline of financial rigour — managing statutory audits for listed entities, guiding complex accounting decisions, and developing the meticulous instinct that every strong CFO is built on.
Scaling Finance from Zero
A pivotal decade spent building finance organizations from the ground up inside fast-growing technology companies. Treasury, Tax, and Controllership functions — architected, staffed, and made world-class. Global expansions. Systems implementations. Family office management.
Owning the P&L
Stepping into the CFO's chair across high-growth organizations — from unicorn logistics to early-stage startups. Owned the full P&L, led Series fundraising, drove path-to-profitability, and built Controllership functions from scratch. This chapter tested and sharpened every instinct.
Architecting Lasting Change
The current and most purposeful chapter — deploying two decades of accumulated expertise to help organisations navigate pivotal transformations. Finance, HR, Legal, and Operations aligned to global standards. Not advising from outside — embedding within, understanding the culture, and driving change that holds.
Credentials
Academic foundations and industry acknowledgment of financial leadership excellence.
Education
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India · 2005
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata · 2003
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad · 2018
Honours & Awards
Recognised for excellence in financial leadership — awarded in 2020 and 2023.
Selected as one of India's top upcoming finance leaders in 2014 and 2016.
Let's Connect
Whether you're navigating a transformation or looking for a strategic finance partner, I'd love to hear from you.
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