Clean books are a daily habit
Why the annual audit should be a formality, not a fire drill — the weekly reconciliation discipline that makes it so.
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01 · The controller
— Megha Agarwal
Every rupee accounted, every fund where it belongs
Chartered Accountant with eight years across Big-firm assurance and industry finance, now controlling accounts for a consumer goods manufacturer. Runs month-end close, statutory audit coordination, GST and direct tax compliance, and board MIS.
AUDITED
Finance card
Particulars · one glanceBaseKolkata, West Bengal
RoleFinancial Controller, Consumer…
HandlesBudgets · fees · payroll · audit
ComplianceGST · TDS · trust / 12A-80G
ToolsTally · ERP · advanced Excel
StatusOpen · 90-day notice
02 · The books
What I manage & safeguard
Budgets to audits, fees to payroll, compliance to cashflow — the school's finances held to standard.
Month-end close
SAP FICO
Ind AS reporting
Working capital
Budgeting and MIS
GST compliance
Internal controls
Team leadership
Power BI
03 · How I run it
Stewardship, not just bookkeeping
Institutional finance isn't bookkeeping — it's stewardship. Every rupee in a school's account is a parent's trust and a child's opportunity, and it deserves to be handled with both precision and conscience. My job is to make sure the money is where it should be, spent on what it should be, and provable to anyone who asks — the board, the auditor, or a parent. Clean books aren't a year-end scramble; they're a daily discipline. Do that, and the audit is a formality.
- PlanA realistic annual budget built with departments, not imposed on them — tied to the school's priorities, not last year's copy-paste.
- RecordEvery transaction booked accurately and promptly. Reconciliation is weekly, not annual — surprises live in the gaps between.
- ComplyGST, TDS, PF, trust regulations — tracked on a calendar and filed before the deadline, every time, without exception.
- ReportClear MIS for the board and honest answers for parents. Transparency is cheaper than suspicion, always.
04 · Track record
Eighteen years, ledger to boardroom
Financial Controller
Consumer goods manufacturer with three plants
Reduced month-end close from 12 working days to 5 by standardising journals, accrual schedules and plant-level reconciliations in SAP.
2 years
Assistant Manager, Finance and Accounts
Listed specialty chemicals company
Prepared quarterly Ind AS financial statements and segment disclosures within the timelines required under SEBI listing regulations.
2 years
Audit Senior
Large multinational assurance network firm
Ran fieldwork for statutory audits of manufacturing and infrastructure clients with revenues between ₹200 crore and ₹900 crore. Supervised three article assistants and reviewed their working papers against firm methodology before manager sign-off.
05 · Credentials
Qualified in first attempt
Education
Chartered Accountancy
Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaQualified in first attempt
B.Com (Honours)
State university affiliated commerce college
06 · Qualifications
Certifications
Associate Member, ICAI (ACA)
ICAI Certificate Course on Indirect…
ICAI Certificate Course on Ind AS
07 · Honours
Recognised & relied on
9 consecutive clean auditsStatutory & trust, zero findings
2015–GST transition delivered on timeMulti-campus trust, no disruption
2017Fee-leakage eliminatedDigitisation saved lakhs annually
2016Featured — 'Clean Books Are a Daily Habit'On school financial governance
2022
08 · Notes
MAY 2026 FEB 2026 OCT 2025
Notes from the finance office
A school's money is a trust
How thinking of institutional finance as stewardship, not accounting, changes every decision about how funds are handled.
Read →Budgeting with departments
Why budgets imposed from the finance office fail — and how building them with teachers makes the numbers real and honoured.
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09 · From the board
What they say
From the board · 01
Nine clean audits in a row. Our trustees sign the accounts without anxiety because Megha's books are simply always right.
Trust ChairmanANAND NIKETAN TRUSTFrom the board · 01
He steered us through GST without a single disruption to fees or payroll. Technically excellent and completely trustworthy.
Trustee & Auditor liaisonGOVERNING BODYFrom the board · 01
Salaries have never once been late in the years he's run finance. For a teacher, that quiet reliability means everything.
Senior TeacherSTAFF REPRESENTATIVE
10 · For boards & trusts
The hiring brief
₹ AVAILABLE 2027 · HAND ME THE BOOKS THAT WORRY YOU — I'LL MAKE THEM AUDIT-READY
Current roleFinancial Controller, Consumer goods manufacturer with three…
Open toFinance manager · controller · CFO (education trust)
HandlesBudgets · fees · payroll · compliance · audit
Expected salary₹12–20 LPA / negotiable
Notice period90 days
Willing to relocateYes — Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru · trusts & institutions
Chairman, Anand Niketan TrustCURRENT · SHARED ON REQUEST
Statutory Auditor (partner firm)ON RECORD · SHARED ON REQUEST
11 · Reach me