Decision-ready finance for manufacturing owners.
We turn accounts, production data, cash flow and commercial terms into a management view the promoter can use—without waiting for year-end.
What changed, why did it change and what should management do next?
A monthly P&L is not enough. Manufacturing decisions depend on customer and product economics, production volumes, material usage, inventory, receivables, capex and borrowing.
Our CFO advisory assignments are built around the decisions management must make, the controls needed to trust the numbers and a reporting timetable that can actually be maintained.
Typical outcomes
- A shorter and controlled month-end close
- One reconciled management-reporting pack
- Customer, product or plant-level margin visibility
- A rolling cash-flow and borrowing view
- Clear ownership of finance controls and deadlines
- Promoter and board reporting with exceptions highlighted
Build the finance function around the operating model.
Assignments may be a focused project, recurring monthly support or a defined finance-leadership mandate.
Management reporting
- Monthly and quarterly MIS packs
- Profit, balance sheet and cash-flow views
- Variance and bridge analysis
- KPI and dashboard design
- Board and promoter commentary
- Overseas parent reporting
Costing & profitability
- Customer and product contribution
- Material-consumption analysis
- Labour and overhead absorption
- Freight, tooling and warranty economics
- Break-even and capacity analysis
- Price-revision support
Working capital
- Inventory and receivable ageing
- Cash-conversion-cycle analysis
- Vendor-term and MSME impact
- Drawing-power monitoring
- Weekly or monthly cash forecasts
- Action tracking by owner
Budgeting & forecasting
- Annual operating budgets
- Rolling forecasts
- Sales-volume and margin scenarios
- Capex and funding plans
- Integrated financial models
- Sensitivity and downside cases
Finance controls & close
- Closing calendar and checklist
- Balance-sheet reconciliations
- Approval and authority matrices
- Inventory and fixed-asset controls
- Tax and compliance calendar
- Management action log
Fractional CFO support
- Finance-team supervision
- Bank and investor interactions
- Audit and year-end coordination
- Commercial decision support
- Transaction and restructuring input
- Owner-level financial review
Numbers a promoter should see every month.
The pack is designed around decisions and exceptions—not presentation volume.
Revenue & mix
Volume, price, customer mix, new programs, credit notes and forecast conversion.
Contribution & EBITDA
Material, conversion, freight, manpower and overhead bridges against budget and prior period.
Working capital
Inventory days, receivable ageing, overdue vendors, cash conversion and bank utilisation.
Operations & capex
Capacity, yield, scrap, downtime, project spend, commissioning and return expectations.
Start with the management rhythm already in place.
We do not impose an elaborate reporting system before understanding data quality and team capacity.
Map decisions & data
Identify what management needs, where data comes from and which numbers are not trusted.
Stabilise the close
Set reconciliations, cut-offs, owners and deadlines before adding more reports.
Build the core pack
Link operations, margin, working capital, capex and cash in one recurring view.
Turn variance into action
Record decisions, owners and expected financial impact for the next review cycle.
Flexible scope, visible accountability.
Do you replace the in-house finance team?
Usually no. We strengthen reporting, controls and senior decision support while the internal team continues day-to-day execution.
Can the work begin with one problem?
Yes. A costing review, close-process repair, cash-flow model or lender pack can be a contained first assignment.
Can you report to an overseas parent?
Yes. Relevant experience includes recurring reporting and coordination for Indian operations of overseas groups.
Bring the report management does not trust—or the decision it cannot yet quantify.
We can define a focused first assignment and the information required.