Virtual CFO
A CFO-level perspective for your business, without a full-time appointment. Ongoing guidance, financial reviews and support for important decisions.
Explore service
A financial partner for your next chapter
Clarity in your numbers.
Confidence in your
decisions.
CFO advisory for SMEs and growing businesses. Build financial visibility, bring discipline to cash flow, and plan your next move with a clearer perspective.
Better financial visibility
Stronger cash-flow discipline
Decision-ready reporting
A finance partner for growth
Our services
Financial expertise.
Built around your business.
From day-to-day visibility to the bigger picture, practical finance support that meets your business where it is.
Financial Planning & Analysis
Connect your business ambitions with a practical financial plan. Understand your drivers, explore scenarios and plan with greater visibility.
Explore serviceCash Flow & Working Capital
Bring focus to the cash moving through your business. A structured view of receivables, payables and upcoming liquidity needs.
Explore serviceMIS & Management Reporting
Turn financial information into useful management conversations. Clear, relevant reporting focused on what matters to your business.
Explore serviceAccounting & Bookkeeping
Keep your books accurate, current and organised. Day-to-day accounting support, through to reconciliations, month-end closing and financial statements.
Explore serviceService descriptions reflect potential scope. The right priorities and deliverables are agreed together.
Leadership
Meet your finance lead
Raghunath Parthasarathy
Chartered Accountant
Finance services lead · VKCAS
Connect on LinkedInNearly three decades of experience
Raghunath Parthasarathy leads VKCAS finance services, with experience across IT, ITES, ER&D, healthcare and banking.
His experience spans finance leadership, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), governance, legal/secretarial matters and business transformation.
ITITESER&DHealthcareBanking
Who we help
For businesses moving
forward. Thoughtfully.
Every stage of growth brings new financial questions. We work with SMEs and growing businesses that want a clearer view of the road ahead.
Find the right supportGrowing SMEs
For businesses building the financial structure to support their next stage.
Founder-led businesses
For founders who want a considered financial perspective alongside their own.
Accounting firms needing offshore support
For accounting firms extending their capacity with dependable offshore bookkeeping and accounting support.
CFO perspective, flexibly
For companies needing senior financial guidance without a full-time CFO.
Our approach
A clear process.
A practical partnership.
Good financial advice starts with understanding your business, not with a standard spreadsheet.
Understand the business
Start with your priorities, business model, finance processes and the decisions you need to make.
Establish financial visibility
Review the available information and agree on the reports, forecasts and measures that matter.
Build a practical operating rhythm
Set a manageable cadence for reporting, reviews and follow-through with your team.
Support decisions and refine
Discuss the implications, explore options and adapt the approach as your business evolves.
From information to perspective
Useful outputs.
Meaningful conversations.
A look at the kinds of deliverables an engagement may include, shaped around your priorities.
Monthly management pack
A connected view of performance, priorities and the questions worth discussing.
Cash-flow forecast
A forward view of cash inflows, outflows and potential funding needs.
Budget vs actual
A structured comparison to understand changes and revisit assumptions.
KPI dashboard
Business-relevant measures brought together for regular management review.
Illustrative layouts only. These are not client reports, actual financial data or evidence of results.
About VKCAS
Dedicated financial advice.
A business-first perspective.
VKCAS — Vknowlabs CFO Advisory Services — is a dedicated advisory vertical focused on the financial needs of SMEs and growing businesses.
Our focus is financial visibility, planning, cash discipline and management reporting. Separate from Vknowlabs’ technology product positioning, VKCAS is built around advisory conversations and practical support for your business decisions.
Start a conversationA few common questions
Clarity from
the first conversation.
Have something else in mind?
Let’s discuss itIs this a full-time CFO replacement?
Not in every situation. Virtual CFO support can provide CFO-level perspective on an agreed scope, but it does not automatically replace all responsibilities of a full-time executive. We discuss your needs and internal capacity before defining an engagement.
Can services be tailored to our business?
Yes. Scope can be shaped around your stage, priorities and existing finance team. An engagement may focus on one area or combine planning, cash-flow reviews and management reporting.
What does onboarding look like?
It starts with a conversation about your business and priorities. We then review the available financial information, clarify responsibilities and agree on the initial scope, deliverables and review cadence.
What information is needed to start?
Typically, recent financial statements or management accounts, cash and bank information, receivables and payables summaries, and any existing budgets or reports. The exact requirements depend on the agreed scope; sensitive documents should only be shared through an agreed secure channel.
Let’s talk about your business
Your next chapter.
A clearer financial view.
Tell us where your business is today and what you’re working towards. An introductory conversation is the place to explore whether VKCAS is the right fit.
Practical support. Scope agreed together.