Akshar Business Consulting Ltd

📍 Helping Finance Leaders Transform FP&A, Budgeting & Reporting | Power BI | AI-Driven Insights

Key Achievements & Impact:

✅ Accelerated forecasting speed by 75%+ by implementing connected planning solutions
✅ Eliminated manual finance processes through automation, improving efficiency and accuracy
✅ Developed single sources of truth for financial data, enhancing reporting consistency across departments
✅ Enabled real-time analytics with Power BI, driving data-driven decision-making
✅ Guided finance leaders in transitioning from traditional budgeting to xP&A models, improving agility


Leadership & Transformation Initiatives:

🚀 Led digital transformation projects to modernize FP&A functions for mid-to-large enterprises
💡 Implemented AI-powered forecasting models, reducing financial risk and improving resource allocation
📈 Upskilled finance teams in advanced analytics & automation, ensuring long-term success
🔍 Integrated disparate financial systems, improving cross-functional collaboration and financial visibility


I help businesses unlock financial intelligence, optimize decision-making, and drive sustainable growth by combining finance expertise, technology, and automation.


📞 Let’s Connect: https://calendly.com/abcltejas/30min | tejas@aksharconsulting.co.uk

Founder & Lead Consultant | Akshar Business Consulting

FP&A Strategy Consulting

Senior FP&A Consultant

The Value Creation Partnership

Supporting the Value Creation Partnership in the delivery of Financial Planning and Analysis Transformation programs.

Independent Operating Partner - FP&A Transformation

IWSR Drinks Market Analysis

Interim Head of Commercial Finance

YO! Sushi

Synamedia

• Deployed global digital reporting leveraging PowerBI, driving insights across the business while delivering 'a single source of truth'
• Supporting the implementation of Anaplan highlighting the key challenges and providing foresight to ensure maximum benefit for the organisation

FP&A Modeller

Unilever

• Lead the forecasting and month-end cycle simplification and automation while repatriating the same back to the UK reducing the headcount resource to less than half

Transformation Manager (Interim)

Currys plc

• Integrated and streamlined planning, budgeting and forecasting processes resulting to increased financial visibility and forecasting accuracy by implementing driver based budgeting
• Drove actions to improve the reporting on financial performance aligning to businesses strategic initiatives and to achieve overall business success

Financial Planning Manager - Supply Chain & Repairs (Interim)

Whitbread

• Delivered a new investment appraisal model (incl. NPV, IRR, Payback and Rate of Return calculations) for up-to-date concepts offering for any innovations. Appraised property investment and disposal opportunities in maximising returns

Investment Appraisal Manager (Interim)

Cobham Wireless

• Spearheaded major transformation project as Finance Business Partner to turnaround a loss-making business to being profitable through outsourcing, restructuring including asset impairment and strategic redirection.
• Designed 5 year and annual planning as well as monthly forecasting models for complete the financial suit (P&L, Balance sheet and Cashflow) achieving 98% accuracy. Leveraged financial modelling and scenario analysis to support management decision process.

Senior Finance Manager FP&A 

Finance Transformation Specialist | Delivering Finance Digitalisation: Efficiency & Effectiveness Improved +100% | Business Intelligence & Budgeting / Forecasting Technology | FP&A Thought Leader🌟 See recommendations⬇️

PE partners and boards don't lose sleep over spreadsheets.
They lose sleep over decisions made on numbers they cannot trust.
Manual reporting and fragmented data don't just slow you down; they directly impact valuations, delay exits, and erode investor confidence.

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛
I partner with CFOs and Heads of FP&A at PE-backed companies to global enterprises who need robust financial processes that meet institutional investor standards, delivered within strict transformation timelines. 

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥
20+ years in strategic finance at GE Healthcare, Vodafone, Nielsen, and Unilever taught me what world-class FP&A looks like. Now I build it for others.
My team implements automated board reporting (PowerBI & Aimplan) and connected planning solutions (Vena, Prophix & Anaplan) that deliver:
• Real-time executive dashboards and investor-ready reporting
• Automated board pack generation that frees your team for strategic analysis
• Scenario modelling that supports investment decisions and exit planning
• Audit-ready forecasting processes that scale with rapid growth

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦
 • 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿: Reduced budgeting cycle from 10 weeks to 7 days with full sign-off
 • 𝗫𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘅: Built Finance Centre of Excellence, improving accuracy and reducing manual effort by 75%
 • 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗘-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀: Implemented investor-grade reporting that supported successful exits and improved EBITDA visibility
(Full case studies at aksharconsulting.com)

𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦
Your investors and senior leadership expect institutional-quality financial reporting. Your growth timeline demands agile forecasting. Your strategy requires bulletproof numbers.
Most finance teams are built for steady-state operations, not the demands of PE ownership or strategic transformation. We bridge that gap.

𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 & 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣
I share proven FP&A transformation strategies through: 
• FP&A Unboxed podcast - real-world case studies and expert interviews
• Insights from an FP&A Head newsletter - practical frameworks for finance leaders  

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞?
If your finance function needs to match the pace of your growth strategy, let's discuss your specific challenges.

Let’s Talk – No-Obligation Discussion
📅 Book a meeting: https://calendly.com/abcltejas/30min
📩 Message me on LinkedIn
📧 Email: tejas@aksharconsulting.co.uk
📞 Call: 07592300593

➡️Specialties

AI-Driven Budgeting & Forecasting | Integrated Reporting | Business Intelligence | Connected Planning

Tejas Parikh (ACMA, MBA)

Helping to accelerate finance transformation resulting in smarter organizations that focus their talent on issues that matter:

Providing support through:
1.            Technology Solutions that drive productivity
2.            Design thinking to simplify and enhance processes
3.            Mentoring and coaching to drive empowerment

Founder and CEO

End-to-End Analytics

Helping customer integrate supply chain and financial data to build connected planning models that drive improvements in forecast accuracy

Snr. FP&A Consultant

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Finance transformation, projects include: solutions for improved free cash flow forecasting; account sales forecasting and internal investment optimization.

Finance Transformation Consultant

Mobile Cart LLC

Developed and launched a retail application

Nokia

Lead the Global Sales Operation function for Online Strategic Accounts (including Amazon) in a new role to strengthen the company’s online retail presence.  Responsible for building tools and processes to improve sales performance and share best practices & procedures while improving overall business acumen and sales knowledge  Significantly strengthened selling skills within the account team, including the creation of a sales guide and sales tools for e-commerce partners and built business metrics to manage and focus sales regions, resulting in revenue over-achievement of 16% in 2012.

Finance Director - Sales Operations

Profit and Loss responsibility for a $1Bn sales region, including management of the FP&A, Software and Services and Customer Logistics finance functions.

Finance Director- North America

Profit and Loss responsibility for a $300M Retail division, driving sales in 2 flagship stores, Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Owned online stores/partners, Dell & Amazon, and their distribution partners.

RETAIL CONTROLLER, North America

Managed financial aspects of product launches and ramp downs - global mid- and long-term product alignment, P&L and ROI metric tracking. Ensured short- and long-term profitability across the USA.

BUSINESS CONTROLLER, Go-To-Market North America & Americas

Dell

Sole financial contact for Middle East sales team producing $300M annually. Supported Regional GM and Sales VPs with forecasting, P&L management, credit decisions, cash flow management, pricing, and internal controls.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Promoted to manage 5-member Financial Planning group overseeing margins and forecasting while maintaining revenue momentum. Maintained operating costs in line with Dell’s forecast.

FINANCE MANAGER

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Bio:
James is a thought leader in FP&A and has been a key note speaker at various Finance & Analytics summits.  He has also held various finance and operations leadership roles in multinationals such as Dell and Nokia and has clients such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Xerox and lululemon.  James holds advanced degrees in finance and accounting; is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Accountants in US.  He is also the co-creator of the FP&A Trends survey, providing insight into the changing role of modern FP&A and how technology supports this evolution.

Ask us about:
FP&A Staff Augmentation 
   - Experienced Finance professionals supporting your teams to plan, manage and execute your process transformations.

FP&A Technology Integration 
   - Planning: Anaplan & Adaptive; Data visualization: Power BI & Tableau; Data modelling: Excel, DAX & M; Data: SQL

Training 
   - Using our competencies assessment tool, we improve finance skills through online or classroom training and/or mentoring

FP&A Technology Partnering 
   - Ongoing support with developing and maintaining planning, modelling, dashboard and analytic solutions


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