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)

You know how most transformation initiatives fail?

They run over budget, drag on longer than planned, don’t engage the team, and - frustratingly - fail to deliver the outcomes everyone was hoping for. That’s where my team at FSP comes in.

We specialise in helping organisations (personally within the social housing sector) set up transformation initiatives for success - or step in when things start to go off track. 

By using a proven approach, rooted in the Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge (TLBoK), we assess where you are, quickly engage your wider team, and embed a human-centric approach that gets people on board and keeps things moving.

On top of that, we provide governance and assurance to ensure your initiative delivers tangible outcomes - on time and on budget. 

With FSP’s expertise in digital transformation, AI, and cyber, we bring a unique mix of technical know-how and a people-first mindset to tackle your biggest challenges.

Let’s talk about how we can help you avoid the pitfalls of transformation and set your team up for success. 

When’s a good time for a quick call?”

Principal Consultant - Advisory

The Transformation Leaders Hub

Are you leading major organisational change and transformation?

It’s a tough role, isn’t it? Balancing strategic objectives, navigating resistance, and delivering results - all while often feeling like you’re figuring it out alone.

That’s why I created the Transformation Leaders Hub (#TLH). It’s more than a community - it’s a space designed exclusively for leaders like you. Imagine having instant access to peers who truly understand your challenges, proven tools and templates that save you hours of time, and a structured approach to your ongoing development as a transformation leader - all in one place.

Our Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge (TLBoK) gives you the practical guides, proven approaches, and resources you need to tackle the toughest challenges. 

But the real magic? 

It’s the people. A growing, vibrant network of experienced professionals who are on the same journey, ready to share advice, insights, and solutions that actually work.

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The best part? You can see it all for yourself with our 7-day trial.

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Let’s make transformation a little less lonely - and a lot more impactful - together.

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Founder

The Transformation Leaders Podcast

I launched The Transformation Leaders Podcast on Valentines Day 2020!

Very romantic, I know!  

In each episode, my guest shares the ‘love’ and experience of leading organisations through change and transformation.  

Each episode is jammed packed with tips and techniques that you can easily apply in your programmes.  We don’t talk about the theory or share fluffy concepts, we share real life examples of taking people on the journey of change.

Available on all leading Podcast apps, you can catch up with previous episodes here;

👉🏻 https://twpinsidetrack.podbean.com

👉🏻 https://thetransformationleadershub.com/category/podcast/


When launched the podcast was titled Inside Track - Business Transformation Journeys

Host

The GC Index

I'm an accredited GCologist, trained by Dr John Mervyn-Smith, co-founder and Chief Psychologist of The GC Index®.

The GC INDEX® empowers organisations to drive performance and achieve innovation by creating game-changing teams and cultures. The GC INDEX® is a radical re-think of how organisations identify and nurture key talent; identifying how people at all levels in organisations make their impact.

GCologist - Game Changer & Strategist

All About Success Ltd

A personal services company utilised to deliver my freelance consulting and interim management roles - see 'Projects' for details of client engagements

Owner

gunnercooke llp

Partner within the gunnercooke Operating Partner practice, which comprises leading executives from industry in the UK’s first ‘new-model’ consulting business. 

Operating Partners are ‘partners’ in the truest sense of the word, working collaboratively with businesses to maximise their success. We are able to support businesses across any stage of their lifecycle, from the tough, long days as a start-up, where every penny and decision is personally vital, to managing the transition to a larger entity, where people, processes and pressures are at a totally different level.

Partner

Johnson Matthey

Working alongside the PGMS Leadership Team to establish a clear ‘North Star’ vision for the business and the required portfolio of programmes/ projects required to deliver the desired transformation. Established a transformation office and a fit for purpose governance regime to provide the necessary assurance. Presently leading a portfolio of programmes, supporting the programme and project managers to deliver the required outcomes.

Transformation Lead (Interim)

xynergie

xynergie helps clients improve their bottom line! 

Providing an innovative Procurement Consulting offer, xynergie work with medium and large companies across the UK, US and Australia.

Managing Partner

The Stroll Group plc

Delivering consultancy and resourcing solutions to organisations undertaking significant change. 

Clients included Transco, National Grid, Enterprise plc, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Life, Zurich, Npower, Carillion, NAGE, Vision Consulting, Cap Gemini, Network Rail

Programme Development Director

For more than 25 years, I’ve led, advised, and sometimes rescued large-scale transformation programmes across sectors, geographies, and complexity levels.

Through those journeys, one thing has become abundantly clear: transformation isn’t a solo act. Strategy fails when leaders are isolated, teams are fatigued, and change is driven from the top down without buy-in.

That’s why I built The Transformation Leaders Hub (TLH) — a community of change professionals and leaders committed to doing transformation better, together.

I also authored the Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge (TLBoK) — the most comprehensive, no-fluff field guide for delivering transformation that actually sticks.

And now, with Tony2.0, my AI-powered coaching companion, you can access decades of transformation insight whenever you need it.

If you’re leading (or helping lead) change, here’s how I help you:

• Overcome change fatigue, reduce resistance, and sustain energy
• Build transformation capability — so your organisation relies less on external consultants
• Connect with a network of peers who get it, share what works, and help you stay sharp

Want to explore what TLH, TLBoK, or Tony2.0 could do for you or your team?

👉 Check out thetransformationleadershub.com
👉 Or DM me — I respond personally to every message.

As the Transformation Advisory Lead at FSP, I help organisations navigate complex transformation programmes without wasted time, misalignment, or people resistance.

How We Ensure Success:

✅ Diagnose & De-Risk – Identify obstacles before they derail your initiative.
✅ Engage & Align Your Team – Get key stakeholders on board early and effectively.
✅ Embed a Human-Centric Approach – Minimise resistance and accelerate adoption.
✅ Governance & Assurance – Ensure delivery on time and on budget.

What makes our approach different? We combine deep expertise in digital transformation, AI, and cyber with a people-first mindset because successful transformation isn’t just about technology, it’s about aligning people with change.

🔹 Want to ensure your transformation succeeds? Let’s talk. www.fsp.co

At the heart of transformation is a simple truth: action beats intellect every time. If you’re ready to drive real change, let’s start the conversation.

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