A CFO for your India entity,
without the headcount.

A virtual CFO gives your India entity senior finance leadership on a part-time, retained basis instead of a full-time hire. The role covers monthly MIS and board reporting, cash-flow and budgeting, FP&A and forecasting, financial controls, oversight of GST/TDS/ROC and transfer-pricing compliance, and support on fundraising, pricing, and group reporting. For a foreign-owned subsidiary, it also means managing FEMA-compliant funding and repatriation so capital moves cleanly between the parent and India.

Virtual CFO services in India are quoted as a fixed monthly retainer scoped to your entity's size and complexity — typically a fraction of a full-time CFO's salary (which runs well into ₹50 lakh+ per year, plus equity). Because the work scales to how many days of CFO time you actually need, a young subsidiary pays for senior judgment a few days a month rather than a full salary. We give you a clear scoped quote before you commit.

A bookkeeper records transactions and an accountant prepares the books and statutory filings. A virtual CFO sits above both — interpreting the numbers, forecasting cash and runway, building budgets, putting controls in place, and advising on pricing, hiring, fundraising, and cross-border structure. You still need accurate books underneath; the virtual CFO turns them into decisions. We can provide both layers as one team.

Usually not at first. A full-time India CFO is expensive and hard to recruit for an early-stage or mid-sized subsidiary, and most foreign-owned entities only need CFO-level input a few days a month. A virtual CFO gives you that seniority — board reporting, cash management, and strategic finance — without the salary, equity, and hiring risk of a permanent role, and scales up as the entity grows.

Yes. We report in the format your parent or group finance team needs, align India's chart of accounts for clean consolidation, and work within your existing accounting and reporting tools. The goal is that India financials slot into the group's reporting with no translation overhead at quarter- and year-end.

Funding an India entity and pulling profits back is governed by RBI/FEMA rules covering share capital, external commercial borrowings, dividends, and royalties. Your virtual CFO plans these flows in advance — choosing compliant routes, timing them, and coordinating the filings — so capital moves between the parent and India without breaching limits or triggering penalties.

Most engagements start within one to two weeks. We begin with a review of your books, reporting, cash position, and compliance status, agree the reporting cadence and KPIs, then stand up your MIS pack, budget, and month-end process — so you usually have your first parent-ready monthly report within the first cycle.