Management usually views the staffing process as something which pushes up overheads. In today’s cost sensitive environment, it makes sense to outsource staffing functions to specialists like SuperCFO. This assists the HR department of a company a great deal and enables them to focus their efforts on the more pressing matters and functions of a traditional HR management and precludes them wasting their precious resources on day to day jobs. SuperCFO’s forte lies in sourcing and placing competent high finance talent in various client mandates across industries. We provide interim, virtual and fulltime CFOs and Controllers to startups, SMEs and MNCs. Depending on the nature of the project at hand, SuperCFO can tap into its rich reservoir of finance and accounting professionals and customize... Read More →

Often I come across the following phrases when I meet Entrepreneurs: I want to become a very Large Company I want to become a Public Company in 3-5 years I want to sell my company for a great valuation and then retire on a beach I want to professionalize my family business I want to go global and make acquisitions for inorganic growth I want to be the most successful entrepreneur, and receive appropriate recognition I ask them one question: Who runs your company? People or Processes? And then with lots of ifs and buts, they give me justifications as to why they are still dependent on People and not Processes. While many companies implement ISO and other operational systems and processes, accounting often gets neglected; which actually could deliver enormous results, with proper systems, policies... Read More →

In any sphere of life which involves a group of people working together for a common goal, the effectiveness and success of that goal is highly dependent on having a good cohesiveness among the team members. A team is a group of myriad individuals coming together for a common purpose or goal. It is highly improbable that such a formation can be smarter than the sum of all the collective strengths of the team members. However, a team can certainly be found wanting a lot on the intellectual sweepstakes, if the internal guidelines of such a team do not allow its members to freely express their points of view. Working successfully as a team is not as easy as it may seem. Effective teamwork certainly does not just happen automatically; it takes a great deal of hard work and compromise. There are... Read More →

Today’s business environment is very fluid and high risk. This makes it all the more challenging for SMEs to develop a Corporate Governance program that is clear and straightforward. This will show the investors and customers that the intentions of the company are noble and that it is committed to being a responsible entity in the global marketplace. SMEs should be able to learn from the best practices, procedures and core set of beliefs of the bigger corporations and go about ameliorating them. Fundamentally the owners and managers in SMEs must harmonize the competitive aspects of tempting profiteering with concerned citizenship. They must take individual responsibility for the decisions and activities of their enterprises and their impact on the culture of their enterprise and its stakeholders.... Read More →

Business Ethics are the inner-guiding moral principles, values, and beliefs that people use to analyze or interpret a situation and then decide what is the right or appropriate way to behave. That very text bookish definition presents a parallel ethical impasse; should a company representative act in a way that might go along with a company’s interests even though doing so might be the very antithesis of their self interest? This brings us to a fundamental question; what is an enterprise’s purpose of being? Of course earnings are the catalyst that brings about an enterprise into existence and goes on to sustain it. That very motive of profiteering should not be an end all and be all. The ultimate aim is to succeed in the eyes of your stakeholders and that can be achieved by accomplishing... Read More →

A CFO today is not only Head of Accounting, but is also key driver of various important functions & initiatives in the company including M&A, IPO, Business Strategy, Systems & Processes, Investor Relations, etc. Through this Presentation, I would like to share some examples of how a CFO plays an important role in improving the Financial Management of the Company. The Presentation covers few practical examples with respect to certain key functional areas, as below: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Systems & Processes (Operational Areas) Cost Management Funding: Structuring and Strategy Auditing IPO (Initial Public Offer) Financial Reporting This short presentation was delivered at the SME Finance and Investment Summit held at Hotel InterContinental The Lalit, Mumbai, India... Read More →

SuperCFO Services takes another step forward towards its relentless pursuit of corporate leadership in financial services innovation with the proud launch of its Talent Management Solutions Division (“TMS”). SuperCFO TMS’s CFO recruitment offering is distinctive in the sense that it offers a functional expert’s dimension to the regular process of recruitment followed by a conventional HR firm. SuperCFO TMS not a HR recruitment firm in the truest sense of the word but a specialized facilitator for the placement of CFOs and Controllers in client firms across the industry spectrum. We are staffed by proficient financial experts who serve us as CFO partners. These CFO partners, due to their deep subject knowledge can understand the exact nature of the client’s requirement and can source... Read More →

The distinctive recruitment that is followed at SuperCFO attracts a huge number of CFOs and Controllers. SuperCFO’s recruitment solutions which are customized for each of our clients attract a huge pool of top financial talent across the industry spectrum. We are uniquely placed in this niche segment of premium financial recruitments because of the following attributes: Expertise: SuperCFO has a prolific team of functional experts who are talented in all matters of finance and accounting. They are collectively known as our CFO Partners who bring with them loads of leadership and function skills. They have the right sense of judgment in evaluating and screening candidates in order to calibrate the client requirements. Strong Database of Dynamic Talent: As a result of our aggressive marketing... Read More →

While it takes approximately 10-12 minutes to register a company in the United States, things have yet to be liberalized to that extent in India. There are lot procedures that need to be followed systematically, if one needs to bring to life a corporate entity in India. The following steps, if followed methodically, will guarantee a hassle free incorporation of your company. Regulatory Authority: The regulatory body that controls all issues associated with the incorporation of Companies is known as the Registrar of Companies (‘ROC”). It falls under Ministry of Corporate Affairs of The Government of India. The web address for the same is www.mca.gov.in Company Name: Check if the name you want is available. For this you need to make an application in Form 1A to ROC. The form requires you... Read More →

There is an overall consensus within the financial community in particular and the business community in general about the ever evolving role of the CFOs and their increasing dynamic profiles. This is a result of the highly dynamic business environment that we are living in today, which has placed an increased burden on the profile of the CFO. This simply means that expectations from creative and ingenious CFOs to raise the bar will continue to be on the ascent with every shift in the business paradigm. The Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002, which was a derivative of a number of major corporate financial scandals of the early 21st century, prime among them Tyco, Enron, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems and WorldCom, proved to be a turning point in the way people perceived the stereotypical role of a... Read More →