Pillar 03
Financial information only has value while a decision is still open. This pillar exists to make closing a dated event, reporting a routine, and cash a forward view rather than a bank balance.
We publish a monthly closing calendar — cut-offs for vendor bills, payroll, accruals, reconciliations and review — so management accounts land on the same working day every month.
The chart of accounts is designed for the way you want to read the business: by segment, location or product line, so margin questions can be answered without a rebuild each time they are asked.
An MIS pack carries P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, variance against budget, segment margins and the operating KPIs behind them — with written commentary explaining movement and the decisions it implies.
Reporting is prepared once and reused: the same numbers serve promoters, boards, lenders and investors, which removes the reconciliation arguments that usually surface during diligence.
Payroll runs with statutory deductions, payslips, registers and challans aligned to the compliance calendar, so PF, ESIC and TDS never sit outside the books.
A 13-week rolling cash forecast, receivable ageing discipline and working capital cycle tracking give early warning of funding gaps while options are still open.
Outcomes
A published monthly timetable with reconciliations complete before the pack is issued.
Variance analysis and commentary, not a trial balance emailed as a report.
A 13-week rolling forecast maintained monthly with receivable and payable discipline.
Books, schedules and support that survive a lender or investor review without a clean-up project.
Engagement Process
01
Books, systems, chart of accounts, closing lag and cash cycle reviewed.
02
Closing calendar, account structure, KPI set and report formats agreed.
03
Backlogs cleared and reconciliations brought current.
04
Monthly closing, payroll, MIS pack and cash forecast delivered on schedule.
05
Monthly business review with promoters; quarterly margin and working capital deep dive.
Deliverables
Service practices
Each practice below is managed by the same team under this pillar, with a shared calendar, evidence trail and reporting rhythm.
Books that close on time and reporting leadership can actually decide with — monthly, not annually.
View practiceSenior finance leadership on a retainer — planning, controls, investor reporting and board discipline without a full-time hire.
View practicePlanning-led tax advisory and end-to-end representation — from structuring decisions to notices and appeals.
View practiceEvery engagement, in detail
Each service below is a dedicated page covering scope, deliverables, due dates and pricing approach under the finance pillar.
FAQs
Usually not. The in-house team continues day-to-day processing while we own the closing discipline, review, reconciliation and reporting layer above it.
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