PV Advisory

PV Advisory We are an implementation consulting firm offering services in the space of business restructuring, f

We are an implementation consulting firm offering services in the space of business restructuring, finance effectiveness, performance improvement, tax and human resources to businesses of all sizes. We are a bunch of committed professionals who have led some of the complex finance projects to its desired objectives. We are a start-up based in Gurgaon with resources spread across India and in Dhaka

, Bangladesh. During the course of our careers at one of the big four accounting firms, we learned that implementation of any project is most challenging and yet it receives limited focus from the management. Organizations struggle to successfully execute the project within the defined timelines. We realized that there is a huge gap in the market between demand and supply of these services and we have the right mix of passion, expertise and self-belief that we can tremendously contribute to our customer’s businesses.

50% banter, 50% got-your-back, always = 100% love.Here's to the siblings who make both look easy. Happy Raksha Bandhan, ...
28/08/2026

50% banter, 50% got-your-back, always = 100% love.

Here's to the siblings who make both look easy. Happy Raksha Bandhan, from all of us at Team PV! ❤️

What happens when a process no one designed keeps running for years anyway?We recently worked with a 250-person finance ...
25/08/2026

What happens when a process no one designed keeps running for years anyway?

We recently worked with a 250-person finance function and found hours a week going into bulk updates, reconciliations, reporting, and follow-ups.

The cause wasn't inefficiency.
It was that the process had outgrown its original design,
several handoffs and workarounds ago.

One example: AR follow-up emails, consuming roughly 12 hours a week.

After redesigning the workflow, the same output took 20 minutes, using tools the team already had: Excel, VBA, centralised dashboards. No new systems, no added headcount.

This is a pattern we observe consistently across finance functions. We refer to it as process debt - workflows that were never designed, only inherited, accumulating one workaround at a time.

It rarely appears on a P&L. It tends to surface as headcount requests or capacity constraints attributed to volume rather than process.

The more significant outcome wasn't the time saved. It was the capacity created for judgment, for exceptions, for the analytical work a finance function is intended to perform.

Before adding headcount, it's worth establishing what's already consuming the hours available.

19/08/2026

The best technology doesn't just automate work. It reduces the number of decisions people need to make manually.

A new ERP.
A new dashboard.
An automation tool.
An AI layer.

All of them can add capability.

But if your team still needs to open five reports, reconcile three systems, and ask four people for approval before taking action, has the technology really simplified the business?

The real measure of technology isn’t how much it can do.

It’s how much unnecessary work, friction, and decision-making it removes.

Celebrating the spirit of freedom, unity, and progress that makes India extraordinary. Here’s to building a stronger, br...
14/08/2026

Celebrating the spirit of freedom, unity, and progress that makes India extraordinary.

Here’s to building a stronger, brighter tomorrow, together.

Happy Independence Day!
- Team PV Advisory


Growing organisations rarely design bottlenecks. They design control.Over time, those controls multiply.An additional ap...
11/08/2026

Growing organisations rarely design bottlenecks. They design control.

Over time, those controls multiply.

An additional approval.
A manual validation.
A process exception.
A new reporting requirement.

Each one addresses a legitimate need.

Collectively, they slow ex*****on.

High-performing organisations don't remove controls.
They redesign them. Because the goal isn't less governance.
It's achieving the same level of control with fewer points of friction.

Many fundraising conversations don't end with a "No."They end with:"Come back once you've sorted a few things."More ofte...
04/08/2026

Many fundraising conversations don't end with a "No."

They end with:

"Come back once you've sorted a few things."

More often than not, those "few things" are the fundamentals investors expect to see:
- Financials they can trust
- Governance they can understand
- Metrics that stand up to scrutiny
- Compliance that's in order
- Documentation that's ready for due diligence

That's why we created our Fundraising Readiness Guide - a practical checklist to help founders identify gaps before investors do.

Because investor confidence starts long before the first pitch.

Visit pvadvisory.in/resources to learn more...

What happened when a client approached us to automate their approval process?On the surface, it looked like the obvious ...
31/07/2026

What happened when a client approached us to automate their approval process?

On the surface, it looked like the obvious next step.

But once we mapped the workflow, we found inconsistent approval rules, unclear ownership, and exceptions being handled outside the process.

Instead of automating it immediately, we redesigned the approval framework first.

Only then did automation make sense.

The result wasn't just a faster process, it was a more controlled one with clearer accountability and better visibility.

What happened when a client approached us to automate their approval process?

On the surface, it looked like the obvious next step.

But once we mapped the workflow, we found inconsistent approval rules, unclear ownership, and exceptions being handled outside the process.

Instead of automating it immediately, we redesigned the approval framework first.

Only then did automation make sense.

The result wasn't just a faster process, it was a more controlled one with clearer accountability and better visibility.

One challenge we hear consistently from finance leaders is:"We don't know something needs attention until it's already b...
28/07/2026

One challenge we hear consistently from finance leaders is:

"We don't know something needs attention until it's already become an issue."

More often than not, the challenge isn't the absence of controls. It's the lack of timely visibility into where attention is needed.

That's why leading finance functions are shifting their focus from reacting to exceptions to identifying them earlier in the process.

The strongest control environments aren't measured by the number of issues they detect. They're measured by the number of issues they prevent from becoming business disruptions.

The conversation around AI often starts with technology.The organisations creating measurable value start with ex*****on...
24/07/2026

The conversation around AI often starts with technology.

The organisations creating measurable value start with ex*****on.

The most impactful AI initiatives aren't necessarily the most advanced, they're the ones that remove friction, improve visibility, and help teams make better decisions, faster.

AI delivers the greatest value when it strengthens how work gets done.

Margins don’t drop overnight.They leak - slowly, silently, until someone finally notices.That was the case with a multi-...
21/07/2026

Margins don’t drop overnight.
They leak - slowly, silently, until someone finally notices.

That was the case with a multi-outlet restaurant chain we worked with.

Material costs had climbed to as high as 43%, well above industry benchmarks.

On the surface, it looked like a pricing or procurement issue.
But that wasn’t the real problem.

The real issue sat upstream:

Inconsistent stock tracking across outlets
Manual and unstandardised purchasing processes
Weak and unreliable reconciliation routines

Individually, these gaps seemed manageable.
Collectively, they created a sustained margin leak.

So we rebuilt the system:

Standardised outlet-level reporting
Tightened inventory controls across locations
Introduced surprise audits to surface what routine checks were missing

The impact was immediate.
Costs began moving back toward benchmark levels, and correcting inventory leakage delivered a measurable performance improvement.

The margin problem was never really about pricing.
It was a visibility and control problem.

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