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

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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
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📧 Email: tejas@aksharconsulting.co.uk
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➡️Specialties

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

Tejas Parikh (ACMA, MBA)

Premier FP&A + Fractional CFO learning and development experiences ▪️ Financial and CFO advisory ▪️ FP&A masterminds & community ▪️ Finance leadership development and training

Companies that go through my FP&A and CFO training and engage my advisory services are companies you know, work with, and buy from:

ABM Industries, AICPA, AlixPartners, Allscripts, American Chemical Society, American Management Association, Association for Financial Professionals, BI Incorporated, Bloomberg, Choice Hotels, Chomps, CIBC, CHEP, Cigna, Conway MacKenzie (dba Riveron), Corporate Finance Institute (CFI), Cox Enterprises, Crawford & Company, Deloitte, Discover, Erie Insurance, EVRAZ, Express Scripts, EY, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Fresenius-Kabi, FS Investments, Genentech, Guy Carpenter, HCPI, Heartland Financial, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Hormel, Hostess, Int’l Gaming Technologies, ILCPAs, International Game Technology PLC (IGT), KPMG, Marsh & McClennan, Michelin, NACVA, NDCPAs, NerdWallet, OnDeck Capital, Outsystems, Pulse Network, Radisson, Rice University, Robinhood, Saltchuk, Santander, Sloan Valve, Solar Turbines, Sol Petroleum, Spotify, StanCorp, United Technologies, Universal Business Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Steel, Verizon, Whole Foods, Wall Street Prep, Walmart, and Workday.

But the proudest statistic of all: nearly 40% of program attendees are repeat participants. Which means they learn and come back for more.

100,000+ learners have upskilled through five (5) practitioner-focused LinkedIn Learning courses that focus on Excel, FP&A, AI, and effective communication.

As a Microsoft MVP and one of the most prolific professional speakers in FP&A, I personally address companies, associations, and student groups on strategic financial planning, workplace engagement, advanced business modeling, business storytelling, crisis management, and financial leadership development programs (FLDPs).

Want to connect or learn more?
info@seidmanfinancial.com

Carl Seidman, CSP, CPA

It keeps getting even better and easier. Here's how to build an actualized-to-rolling forecast using only 4 dynamic array functions.

What are you seeing here?

(1) Actual Results

As the company earns revenue, it's booked by customer and by month. The modeler can select all of the historical data to-date. 

Because the dynamic array is flexible, the modeler can choose 1, 2, 3 or as many historical months as desired and then apply an average, minimum, maximum, or override for the forecast.

(2) Forecast Revenue

The forecast is then driven off of the last month, adjusted by a growth rate applied to the average, minimum, maximum, or override. In this example, I'm using an average of the most recent two months.

The dates of the forecast are 100% dynamic which means that the future months will always update themselves automatically.

This means you can do a 3+9, 6+6, 9+3 or any other combination so long as you have underlying thread models of actuals and forecast.

(3) What Dynamic Arrays am I using?

I'm using only 4 dynamic arrays. Spills, TAKE, HSTACK, and BYCOL.

Spills: The most essential building block of dynamic arrays captures a spilled range of data from a single reference point. As new revenue comes into the system, the spill array automatically captures it.

TAKE: This largely unknown function is the key to this technique. You can capture only a portion of a dynamic array. This is how I'm grabbing only X months of actuals and Y months of forecast.

HSTACK: Another largely unknown function, you can stack two dynamic arrays together side-by-side. This is how I'm getting the actuals and forecast to site next to each other.

BYCOL: Regular SUM functions usually can't sum dynamic arrays as the arrays expand and contract. But SUM wrapped inside of BYCOL can.

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💡 You can learn this technique and others in Advanced Excel for FP&A: https://lnkd.in/ecb__uea

Helping finance professionals master FP&A, Excel, data, and CFO advisory services through learning experiences, masterminds, training + community | Adjunct Professor in Data Analytics @ Rice University | Microsoft MVP

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