Finance Centre of Excellence

Your finance function,
architecturally built
to scale with you.

Growing businesses rarely lack finance execution. What they lack is finance architecture — the systems, processes, and team design that let them grow with confidence. That's what we build.

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The Gap

Most growing businesses have execution without architecture.

You have someone doing the books. You have compliance covered. But when you need a clear financial picture to make a call — it isn't there. When you bring on a new accounting hire, they have no framework to plug into. When you implement a new ERP, no one's designed the chart of accounts around how your business actually works.

That's the gap between finance execution and finance architecture. Books & Numbers was built to close it.

What most businesses have
Finance Execution
Bookkeeping, compliance, routine accounting. Essential, but insufficient for a scaling business.
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What scaling businesses need
Finance Architecture
Process design, system configuration, reporting structures, team design — the infrastructure behind the numbers.
What We Do

Four layers.
One integrated finance function.

We work across the full stack of your finance function — from the standards and processes that govern it, to the systems that run it, to the day-to-day execution, to building the team that sustains it. You can engage us at any layer, or across all four.
01
Standards & Methodology
Process Design & Controls
  • Finance process mapping and SOPs
  • Internal controls and approval frameworks
  • Policy design (expense, procurement, treasury)
  • Risk and Control Matrix (RCM) development
  • Chart of accounts architecture
02
Systems & Tools
ERP & Reporting Infrastructure
  • ERP configuration and optimisation (Odoo, SAP)
  • MIS and management reporting design
  • Dashboard and BI setup
  • Workflow automation and approval tools
  • Intercompany and consolidation architecture
03
Execution
Accounting & Compliance
  • Month-end close and management accounts
  • GST, TDS, and Indian statutory compliance
  • FEMA and cross-border transaction management
  • Transfer pricing documentation (Form 3CEB)
  • Accounts payable and receivable oversight
04
Capability Building
Team & Knowledge Transfer
  • Finance team structuring and role design
  • Hiring support and profile assessment
  • Onboarding frameworks and KT programmes
  • Finance Controller transition management
  • Ongoing coaching and escalation support
Who We Serve

Built for founders and operators
who are building something real.

Scaling Startups & SMEs
You're growing faster than your finance function. Revenue is up but your reporting is still a spreadsheet and month-end takes two weeks. We bring structure without bureaucracy.
Businesses in Transition
Replacing a finance leader, migrating to a new ERP, or reorganising after a funding round. You need someone who can hold the function steady while building for the future.
Cross-Border Operations
India-incorporated businesses with US entities, global clients, or intercompany complexity. FEMA, transfer pricing, and multi-entity consolidations are our terrain.
The B&N Difference

We bring architecture,
not just accounting.

The typical arrangement
Compliance completed on time, but no insight from it
Books maintained, but no system design behind them
Reporting exists, but founders can't act on it
Finance team hired, but no onboarding framework to absorb them
The Books & Numbers engagement
Compliance that feeds a decision-ready reporting structure
Books designed around how your business actually works
MIS that a founder can read, question, and act on
Team transitions managed with structured KT and handover frameworks
About

Senior CA partnership,
hands-on in every engagement.

Books & Numbers is a Bengaluru-based Finance Centre of Excellence run by Chartered Accountants with experience across large Indian corporates, US-facing subsidiaries, and fast-moving SMEs.

We operate as embedded finance partners — not as back-office vendors. When you engage us, you get senior thinking applied directly to your function, not delegated down a bench.

Chartered Accountants (ICAI)
Experience across FMCG, technology, real estate, and manufacturing
SAP, Odoo, Tally — multi-ERP capability
Cross-border and intercompany specialisation
Bengaluru-based, available across India
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Service layers across the full finance stack
Multi-ERP
SAP · Odoo · Tally · QuickBooks
India ↔ US
Cross-border, FEMA, and transfer pricing ready
CoE
Finance Centre of Excellence — architecture, not just accounting
Get in Touch

Ready to build a finance function that keeps pace with your growth?

Tell us where you are and what you're trying to fix. We'll come back with a view on what an engagement looks like.

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Or write to us at abhishek.g@booksandnumbers.in · Bengaluru, India