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Ratna Hubli shared thisCome join my team! Let’s build an AI-native Finance & Accounting function with Ramesh S. and Sri Sarma 📍 Location: Bangalore, India 🔗 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gPSxaWdG or DM me directly Explore all our roles: https://lnkd.in/gxC9ACTTRatna Hubli shared this📢 We. Are. Hiring! I've been posting a set of interesting roles on our team every day. Here's the next set! Engineering Manager, Data - Partner with Sebastian J. and lead the data engineering team shaping the backbone of all our products - https://lnkd.in/g6dE-b5p Technical Support Engineer - Join Anandita Shekhar's team and help customers solve complex, high-impact issues, while working closely with engineering product - https://lnkd.in/g2JCwXBj Accounting Manager - Drive compliance and reconciliation across multiple entities and strengthen financial controls. Best part? You get to work with Ratna Hubli - https://lnkd.in/gjJ-7C2Q Explore all our roles: https://lnkd.in/gxC9ACTT HackerRank
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Ratna Hubli reposted thisRatna Hubli reposted thisLast year was an amazing year of growth, fueled by AI-driven innovation. We're building on that momentum and adding customer-facing roles across all our global regions. If you're obsessed with helping customers and passionate about AI-driven innovation, we'd love to talk. Apply now via our careers page or feel free to reach out to anyone on the HackerRank team. https://lnkd.in/gD9GYkQH
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Ratna Hubli reposted thisRatna Hubli reposted thisYou know HackerRank, but meet the Hackers behind it. Here's the story of how our co-founders met and what Vinod Khosla's backing meant to them. Vivek Ravisankar Harishankaran K
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Ratna Hubli shared thisFor years, India's middle class has shouldered the tax burden—squeezed at every turn while the rich & ultra-rich found loopholes and businesses enjoyed tax breaks. Budget 2025 marks a historic shift. With higher disposable income, we’re looking at more growth, and a stronger economy. This isn’t just a budget; it’s a long-overdue systemic correction. Kudos to FM Nirmala Sitharaman for recognizing and addressing this. A step in the right direction! 👏 #Budget2025 #India
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Ratna Hubli shared thisThrilled to announce that Prophecy has secured $47 million in funding! Exciting times ahead. Check out our journey here 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gdXFDXc6
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Ratna Hubli shared this🚀 We're thrilled to announce a $47 million investment in Prophecy! This significant funding will fuel our expansion and enable us to further enhance the Prophecy ecosystem, delivering even greater value to our customers, partners, and the wider data community. Learn more about the exciting future of Prophecy on our blog: https://lnkd.in/eEpbMsv8Ratna Hubli shared thisWe are thrilled to announce a $47M funding round led by Smith Point Capital, LLC to accelerate the AI-powered transformation of the data integration market! 🚀 💡 We continue to address the multi-billion-dollar productivity challenge: democratizing data proficiency and access for analytics and AI and modernizing for today’s cloud platforms. A huge thanks to our team, customers, and investors for believing in our mission and empowering us to continue innovating. Check out our blog to learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eEpbMsv8 Dayakar Puskoor Dallas Venture Capital George Mathew Insight Partners Kai Yang Ian Glasner HSBC Burke Norton
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Ratna Hubli shared thisLooking for a talented Finance Analyst with strong analytical skills, experience in controllership, and startup finance to join our team! #FinanceAnalyst #Controller #StartupFinance #Hiring
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Ratna Hubli reposted thisRatna Hubli reposted this📣 The Data Transformation Copilot is Here! 📣 We’re entering into the age of copilots where generative AI companions help us with nearly every task. But how will generative AI change how we work with data? And can it help us overcome the challenge of delivering clean, trusted, and timely data for AI and analytics? Read the latest from Prophecy CEO and co-founder Raj Bains on the arrival of the data transformation copilot that is: ✅ Integrated and comprehensive to fully leverage the cloud data platforms ✅ Intuitive & intelligent to make all data users more productive ✅ Open & extensible to scale with open source standards For Prophecy, the data transformation copilot is not just a bundle of AI capabilities. The copilot is the product itself! And it’s exactly what’s needed to break through the data transformation bottleneck and deliver clean, trusted, and timely data. Catch all the details here and connect with our team to put the data transformation copilot into action! https://lnkd.in/efdD_Jup
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thisDiet Coke shortage is hitting CoinDCX offices too. But we are sufficiently diversified across multiple liquidity providers.🥛😆
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked this"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The times have changed again. After 12 incredible years, I'm closing my chapter at AWS India. To all my customers — you taught me more than any framework or any certification ever could. Every architecture review, every edge case made me sharper. Thank you for trusting us with your most critical workloads. To the Security Partners — ISVs, MSSPs, Consulting Partners & the broader ecosystem we built. We didn't just sell security — we made it a movement. From Zero Trust roundtables to the first-ever AWS Security press release in India, to first AWS Security Summit & Agentic AI hackathon in India — every handshake was a force multiplier. You showed me what ecosystem thinking truly means. To the Zipliners — four years alongside AWS's global incident response team has been one of the most defining experiences of my career. The rigor, the speed, the camaraderie under pressure — I'm a fundamentally better security professional because of you. The times have changed — and so must security I've delivered countless Culture of Security workshops — programs designed for an era when developers were the builders. That era is over. Today, everyone is a builder. When everyone builds, the baseline must change. Security can no longer be a gate at the end of a pipeline — it must be the instinct at the beginning of every decision. What Continues: 🔧 Building — tools and frameworks that make security accessible, measurable, and automated. 🌱 Mentoring — the next generation of cybersecurity talent deserves better ladders. I'll keep building them. 🛡️ Strengthening security — working with regulators, compliance bodies, and standards organizations to shape how India approaches cybersecurity governance. 🤝 Redefining the Culture of Security — new baselines, new instincts, for a world where everyone builds. The Amazon badge comes off, The friendship & leadership principles stays. #AWS #Cybersecurity #CloudSecurity #CultureOfSecurity #Gratitude #NextChapter #SecurityLeadership #AIGovernance
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thisMy fitness routine is not about biohacking routines or 4 AM cold plunges. I am also not on the longevity trip! In fact, there are several parallels between my startup journey and my fitness. I approach it with the right intent. I have set up a system to get things broadly right. I show up and do the work most of the time. I know where I struggle, but not always how to fix it. Pretty typical stuff! What I have got right - Kettlebells. Some friends recommended this in 2010 and for 15 years, kettlebells have been my primary workout - 3x weekly, helping me stay functionally fit, injury free and supporting my aerobic fitness and muscle building. I don't run as often as I'd like to, but I love the mental aspect of running - of staying with my breath and the next step, free of thoughts, after the first 2-3 km. Everything else is fitness for fun - swimming on weekends or while traveling, playing sports with my team - and trying to keep up with younger, faster legs! My breakfast and lunch are simple - veggies and protein, home-made, repeatable portions. Monotonous, but effective. I have gradually overcome the FOMO of new fads and don't fall for every gadget or fuss about every new metric. I have a Garmin to track workouts, steps and sleep and it serves me just fine! I supplement this with blood work once every 12-18 months to check basic parameters and vitamin levels. What needs more work - sleep, stress management and getting back on track after a few days of overwhelm. I wish I slept an hour longer every night, didn't stress eat from time to time, and manage to be present without distraction - both at home and work. This could take my fitness from good to great! Overall, after many years of high expectations and huge disappointments, I have built comfort with being 80% right and being kind with myself when I go off-track. I would love to know how you all manage to get back on track when the routine breaks? 📸 One recent event I signed up indulging my FOMO was Hyrox - but I am glad I did! Pushing through the mixed doubles format with my better half was more fun than I imagined.
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Ratna Hubli reacted on thisRatna Hubli reacted on thisAI isn’t something coming to finance in the future - it’s already here. Fraud gets detected faster. Risk models keep improving with data. Decisions are becoming more data-driven than ever. What I find interesting is that it’s not just about automation anymore. It’s about better decision-making ,using AI to support and improve how we think. At HackerRank, I’ve been seeing how important problem-solving and data skills are becoming in this shift. The line between engineering and finance is slowly blurring. Still learning a lot about this space, but it’s exciting to see where it’s heading. Curious - where do you think AI will make the biggest difference in finance? #AI #FinTech #MachineLearning #Finance #Learning #Technology
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thisSpending the week at HackerRank's Bay Area office. The view: Intel out the window, the Santa Clara hills on the horizon, and a bright sunny day outside. Literally sitting across from the silicon that named the valley. Not a bad spot to work from. ✨
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thisHackerRank took 20 interns this cycle. Not a single DSA question was asked. The entire interview - Harishankaran K (CTO) and Ankur Kakroo (Director of Engineering) just handed you the mic. No prompts. No structure. Just "take us through your journey." Most people weren't ready for that. They showed up expecting a back and forth. HackerRank wanted you to own the room. And if you'd faked anything on your resume? They'd find it. Every question was surgical, based entirely on what YOU put in front of them. My edge was simple. I'd been building Plan Sync since semester 1. 8 users. No traction. No hype. Just kept going. By the time I sat in that interview - 13,000 users. Didn't need to sell anything. Just told the truth. If you're gunning for a role at a place like this, stop polishing your resume. Build something you can talk about for 20 minutes without blinking. The interview finds the real ones.
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Ratna Hubli reacted on thisRatna Hubli reacted on thisWe just built a world class content studio in Bangalore. Best in class cameras, VP screen, broadcast audio, teleprompters, the works. Now we need two people to help us be part of the team that runs it. This video is a good example of what we make. B2B content for Offices of CTOs and CHROs, produced entirely in-house, by a small and fast team at HackerRank, a company that's been thinking about the future of technical hiring for over a decade and championing next-gen developers. We're hiring two roles, both Bangalore-based, both 2-3 years of experience: Content Writer and Strategist: You write for humans but build with AI. You can go from a brief to a LinkedIn post, a script for a video, or a product narrative without four rounds of alignment. You know the difference between writing for a CHRO and an engineering leader, and you don't flatten them into the same voice. Video Editor (AI-Native): You edit fast and think in stories. You're already using Premiere, DaVinci, or CapCut alongside AI tools like Runway and Claude Code with Remotion. You've shot and edited, not just one or the other, and same-day turnarounds don't rattle you. Both roles: we want people who show up with a point of view, move without being pushed, and treat AI as how they work, not something they dabble in on the side. If that sounds like you, DM me with 3 bullets on why we should hire you. Include proof of work. No cover letters, no PDFs. We're a small team doing work that punches well above its weight. We'd love to find people who want to be part of that. We assess the world's best technical talent for a living. We'll try to go easy on you! 😆
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thiswe, the 2026 winter batch HackerRank interns, built our intern website 🙂↕️ every intern batch creates one, and this is ours featuring a photo dump, meet the interns page, and a small office game built in a few days, it was really fun to make (might have some bugs 😭) check it out!! https://lnkd.in/gCAH4hF9 #hackerrank #interns
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Ratna Hubli liked thisRatna Hubli liked thisHarshita Arora grew up in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Dropped out of school at 15. And just became the youngest General Partner in Y Combinator's history at 25. Most VCs her age are still grinding as associates, hoping to make principal in five years if they're lucky. Between dropping out and becoming a partner, she discovered coding at 13, built a crypto portfolio tracker at 16 that Apple featured in the App Store, got it acquired, and won India's Bal Shakti Puraskar. Then she got an O-1 visa, moved to SF, and applied to YC with her co-founder. Their idea was to fix city transportation with better shuttle buses. While building the network, they discovered transportation payments were completely broken. COVID killed the bus idea a few months later, but the payments problem remained. So Harshita spent weeks visiting truck stops across California, talking to drivers, watching how they paid for fuel, and realizing that the entire payments infrastructure for trucking was stuck in the 1990s despite moving billions of dollars. She built AtoB to fix it. Modern fuel cards, instant payouts, and transparent pricing. Today AtoB is a Series C company serving 30,000+ fleets across the US, valued at $700M. Now she's backing the next generation of founders at YC. At 25. Most VCs spend a decade at banks and consulting firms collecting credentials. Harshita built a $700M company instead. At HackerRank we believe skills > pedigree. She's proof!
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Most CFOs don’t wake up worried about “entity count.” They worry about decision latency, hidden fixed cost, and risk surface area. Entity sprawl is just the visible symptom. Every new legal entity quietly adds: – Another audit cycle – Another payroll stack – Another tax interpretation – Another bank account and control workflow – Another point of operational drag Individually, each one feels manageable. Collectively, they reshape how fast a company can move — and how cleanly capital compounds. The real question isn’t: “Can we open another entity?” It’s: “Is this structure actually buying us speed, resilience, or optionality — or just complexity?” We’re seeing more finance leaders rethink expansion as a sequencing problem, not a footprint problem: – Where can flexible operating models absorb growth first? – Where does regulatory reality truly require local structure? – What should scale before governance hardens? Scaling well isn’t about avoiding entities altogether. It’s about earning them deliberately. We unpack this thinking — with concrete frameworks and operating models — in our latest blog. Link in comments. #FinanceLeadership #GlobalOperations #ScalingSmart #CFOPerspective #Ralent
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Most CFOs read Budget 2026. Very few are rethinking their playbook. On the surface, Budget 2026 looks uneventful. No sharp rate changes. No dramatic announcements. But that’s exactly why it matters. This Budget quietly reshapes how CFOs should think about risk, capital, and certainty. 1. Predictability is now a financial asset Budget 2026 clearly signals a shift toward certainty and defendable outcomes. Reduced ambiguity is no longer just good governance it directly influences valuation and investor confidence. 2. Transfer pricing has moved to the CFO’s desk Safe harbours, APAs, and procedural clarity mean transfer pricing is no longer a “technical tax issue.” It now affects cash flow timing, refunds, and group-wide financial planning. 3. Cash flow timing matters more than P&L optics The real impact of the Budget is not just how much tax is paid, but when cash moves. Scenario-based forecasting is now a necessity, not a nice-to-have. 4. Compliance is becoming a value creator With reduced procedural litigation, organizations that plan early are rewarded. Strong governance is increasingly a strategic differentiator. The real shift? The CFO’s role is evolving from protecting numbers to architecting certainty. In a volatile world, predictability is power. What is the biggest rethink for you after Budget 2026? Let’s start the conversation 📞 +91 8779403560 📧 info@transprice.in 🌐 www.transpricetax.com Tag your CFO peers and finance leadership team #CFO #Budget2026 #TransferPricing #StrategicFinance #TaxLeadership #CXOInsights #TransPrice #Tax #Taxation
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haeywa
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Founder POV: Why Finance Ops Break Quietly Most businesses don’t lose control because of one big mistake. They lose it slowly, through small finance decisions no one questions… until it’s too late. In the early days, finance feels manageable. You know who spent what. Approvals happen on WhatsApp. Excel tells a story that mostly makes sense. And because nothing is “on fire,” it feels under control. That’s the trap. Finance ops don’t break loudly. They break quietly. Not with fraud. Not with a crisis. But with tiny compromises that compound every day. Here’s what founders usually miss 👇 1️⃣ Manual Processes Scale… Until They Don’t Spreadsheets. Chats. Emails. They work when the team is small and spends are predictable. But as teams grow: - Transactions increase - Approvals slow down - Visibility lags behind reality Suddenly, finance is always catching up, never ahead. 2️⃣ Visibility Arrives Too Late to Matter Most founders see numbers: - After the month ends - After budgets are crossed - After explanations are required At that point, finance becomes forensic. You’re not preventing problems. You’re just documenting them. 3️⃣ Small Spends Cause the Biggest Damage Finance leakage rarely comes from big-ticket items. It hides in: - Petty cash - Missing receipts - “Adjust kar denge” expenses Reimbursements done in a rush ₹200 here. ₹500 there. Repeated daily, across teams, across locations. Quiet. Invisible. Costly. 4️⃣ Control Depends on People, Not Systems When finance works only because: - One person remembers to follow up - One founder approves everything - One finance manager holds context Control becomes fragile. People burn out. Errors slip through. Trust in numbers erodes. 🧠 The Real Founder Lesson Finance doesn’t break because teams are careless. It breaks because systems were never built for scale. You can’t out-hustle complexity. You have to design for it. High-growth teams build finance ops where: - Visibility is real-time - Approvals are structured - Policies are enforced automatically - Small spends are controlled by default - Founders don’t need to “keep an eye” on everything Control becomes embedded, not enforced. Growth doesn’t fail businesses. Unscalable finance processes do. If your finance setup still relies on memory, messages, and month-end surprises, the cracks are already forming, quietly. And the earlier you fix them, the faster you can scale with confidence. What was the first finance “crack” you noticed as your business grew? Let’s talk 👇 #FounderPOV #FinanceOps #StartupScaling #BusinessGrowth #pettycash #CashFlowManagement #CFOInsights #StartupFinance #haeywa #OperationalExcellence #IndianStartups #BuildInPublic
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Finofo
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Exceptions are not “edge cases.” They are the visible proof that your AP system is failing under real-world pressure. Most teams think of exceptions as rare anomalies, a few invoices that “just need a quick look.” Reality is different. Exceptions are where automation breaks, where rules don’t scale, where data quality meets process rigidity, and where human effort is forced back in at the last moment. Typical triggers include: • Missing / mismatched POs • Price or quantity variances • No receipt match • GL coding conflicts • Vendor data inconsistencies • Approval policy violations • Format changes or multi-page splits Current benchmarks: • Average exception rates: 25–40% of invoices • Best-in-class: 5–10% • Struggling teams: >50% requiring manual touch • Each exception adds 3–10× more processing time • Post-payment fixes cost 5–15× more than pre-payment resolution Modern AP platforms reduce exception hell by: • Showing clear context at the point of failure • Using AI assisted line-level matching • Learning from past resolutions • Routing exceptions intelligently The goal isn’t zero exceptions. It’s fewer, smarter, faster-to-resolve ones. Exception rate is the most honest KPI of how well your automation actually performs. Question for finance leaders: What’s your current invoice exception rate and how many hours per week does your team lose resolving them? #APAutomation #ExceptionManagement #FinanceOperations #CFO #AccountsPayable
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FinGuru India
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𝟯 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗙𝗢 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗠𝗘𝘀 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧 𝟭: 𝗥𝗢𝗜 𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗥 Virtual CFOs 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱-𝟭𝟬𝘅 their cost in improved profit • Cost: 70% less than full-time CFO • ROI: Multiple times investment back • Quick wins: Visible within 30 days • Hidden Advantage: Cross-industry expertise from multiple clients 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧 𝟮: 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Prevent the #𝟭 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 SMEs fail - cash flow problems • 82% of businesses fail due to cash flow issues • Virtual CFOs forecast 6-12 months ahead • Real-time cash monitoring & alerts • Hidden Advantage: Proactive problem-solving vs reactive firefighting 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧 𝟯: 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗧 Professional financial reports attract 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 • Investment-grade financial projections • Compliance-ready documentation • Strategic growth planning support • Hidden Advantage: Instant credibility with banks, investors & partners 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗙𝗢 = 𝗖𝗙𝗢-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 Perfect for: Startups, SMEs, Growing businesses When to hire: Before you think you need one! 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵? 𝗗𝗠 '𝗖𝗙𝗢' 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! #finguruindia #VirtualCFO #SMEGrowth #FinancialServices #CashFlow #BusinessStrategy #CFOServices #StartupFinance #BusinessGrowth #FinancialPlanning
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Dhanvijay® & Associates
216 followers
IND AS 115: Why Revenue Recognition Is a CFO’s Biggest Risk Area Most revenue mistakes don’t show up as errors. They show up later—as audit qualifications, investor questions, or regulatory scrutiny. ⚠️ 📌 The real problem Many businesses still assume revenue is recognized when an invoice is raised or cash is received. Under IND AS 115, that assumption quietly breaks. And that’s where risk creeps in—especially for growing companies, startups, and contract-driven businesses. 💡 What’s actually happening Revenue today is linked to performance, not paperwork. If obligations are delivered over time, bundled with services, or linked to milestones, revenue timing can shift—sometimes materially. This creates confusion around: • Multi-element contracts • Discounts, incentives, and variable pricing • Long-term projects and SaaS-style models • Contract modifications and revisions 📊 Why this matters more than you think Misaligned revenue recognition can lead to: • Overstated or understated profits • Sudden swings in EBITDA and margins • Issues with lender covenants and valuations • Audit red flags and compliance exposure Often, the impact is discovered only during audit—when correction is costly and credibility takes a hit. ⚠️ What CFOs and business owners should do now • Review how contracts are structured and billed • Map revenue to actual delivery, not invoicing • Ensure finance teams understand performance obligations • Reassess judgments used in revenue timing • Document assumptions clearly for audit and stakeholders 📌 Save this for later if you deal with complex contracts. 📌 Share this with your finance team or business partner. A professional review of revenue recognition practices can help identify risks early—before they turn into avoidable compliance or reporting issues. #INDAS #RevenueRecognition #CFOInsights #FinanceLeadership #BusinessCompliance #AuditReadiness #FinancialReporting #CorporateGovernance #IndianBusinesses #ProfessionalAdvisory #parth
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Myriad Finance Inc
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SaaS Accounting Excellence: Key Metrics Every Company Should Monitor Tracking the right metrics is crucial for SaaS success! Here are the key ones to monitor: MRR & ARR – Measure revenue growth Churn Rate – Reduce customer drop-offs CAC vs. LTV – Optimize acquisition costs Burn Rate & Runway – Ensure financial stability At Myriad Finance, we help SaaS businesses stay financially healthy with expert accounting solutions. https://myriadfin.com/ #MRR #ChurnRate #StartupGrowth #CashFlow #AccountingExperts #MyriadFinance
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Outrun Global
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Every BAS period, accountants sit with the same client financials. Labour costs consuming budgets. Tasks running 40 hours when benchmarks suggest 26. The same cost model patterns, quarter after quarter. The data tells a story. Most accountants read it clearly. Few speak it to clients. Every quarter, the diagnosis happens. The prescription never follows. Accountants occupy a diagnostic seat no other professional holds: quarterly data access, established trust, pattern recognition built over years. That seat is not just diagnostic. It is advisory. You diagnose the cost problem every quarter. The prescription is your next move. Task-based optimisation offers the methodology: 68.3% cost reduction on professional services tasks, a 180-day guarantee, zero markup. Not a pitch. Professional grounds for a professional recommendation. When your client's BAS reveals a cost model problem, what do you recommend? Coming soon: a complete professional framework for accountants ready to move from diagnosis to prescription. Follow to be first.
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Force & Friction Podcast
192 followers
AI vs SaaS: Growth and Profitability Showdown! The rules of investment have changed, again. Listen in on the Force & Friction Podcast where Nav Rajput, CFA from Active Growth Partners draws a clear line between traditional SaaS and the new breed of AI-native businesses that are rewriting growth models: “For years, growth at all costs was king. Then came the pivot to profitability. But with AI, profitability is becoming a default feature, not a strategic trade-off.” Key insights from Nav: 1. Legacy SaaS firms still struggle with scaling profitably, especially those burdened by headcount-heavy operations and debt-ridden balance sheets. 2. AI-native companies reduce SG&A by design, fewer people, leaner ops, faster GTM cycles. 3. Investors now see AI not just as innovation, but as efficiency infrastructure, making these businesses more attractive on both revenue potential and cost structure. “The profitability problem is already solved, not by clever budgeting, but by AI reducing the need for massive workforces.” This is more than a tech trend. It’s a financial transformation. Listen or watch the full episode https://buff.ly/IUWIf0F #ForceAndFrictionPodcast #RevOpsLife #GTM #RevenueLeadership #RevenueOperations #Investors #VC #PE #M&A #AIEnabledRevenue #TechInvesting #SaaSValuation #PrivateEquity #GrowthEquity #AIDrivenGrowth #AmbientIntelligence #NextGenRevenue #AIProfitability
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