An automotive belt with a software city beside it
Pune's MIDC belts at Chakan, Bhosari, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Talegaon and Ranjangaon are home to vehicle makers and thousands of component, tooling and engineering suppliers. Hinjewadi and Kharadi host IT services and product companies. Around the city, sugar cooperatives, food processors and dairies serve western Maharashtra, and Pune's universities and coaching institutes make education a business in its own right.
For the engineering suppliers who form the backbone of the city, profit is decided by schedules, rejections and metal prices, and cash is decided by OEM payment days and the bank's drawing power.
Follow ₹45 crore of sales through a typical Chakan component maker
Here is the cash cycle of an illustrative supplier of machined and fabricated parts to vehicle makers:
At ₹45 crore of sales a year, 100 days means about ₹12.3 crore is permanently tied up in the cycle. That is what your bank limit and your own capital are really funding. Bring OEM payment days down by 20 and about ₹2.5 crore comes back, with no new loan and no new customer.
Illustrative composite figures, not a client's. Your own cycle comes straight from your balance sheet: stock, receivables and payables, each divided by a day's sales or purchases.
The money problems we see most in Pune
Rejections and rework nobody costs
A rejected lot costs material, machine time and often freight back. We track rejection cost by part and customer, and price it in.
Steel and aluminium prices
Price lists fixed for a year make you the customer's metal insurer. We negotiate index-linked price variation and track the gap every month.
New programmes that eat working capital
Tooling, trial runs and ramp-up need cash long before the first schedule pays. We forecast each programme's cash need and fund it properly.
MSME rights with large buyers
Udyam-registered suppliers are entitled to payment within 45 days and to interest on delay. We put those terms on every invoice and use them in negotiations.
IT company utilisation
Hinjewadi's service companies earn on billable hours. We track utilisation, realisation and unbilled revenue every month.
Education and coaching cash
Fees arrive in advance and costs run all year. We separate advance fees, plan cash across the academic year and keep GST treatment right.
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A senior CFO, a team behind them, an AI CFO in between
A senior CFO who has run finance in a large company owns your relationship, chairs the monthly review, faces your bank and signs off the advice that matters.
Analysts and accountants close your books, build the MIS, the forecast and the bank papers, and keep GST, TDS, PF and ESI on schedule.
Connects to your accounting system and watches cash, receivables, margin and compliance every day. It answers questions in plain language and flags problems before month-end.
What clients say about working with us
Some of the businesses we work with.
Their insights led us to monitor margins on a detailed customer-wise and product-wise basis, providing clarity we never had before. Their proactive approach has been instrumental in identifying areas for cost control.
In production, clear performance measures were introduced. A proper system was set up to collect data from the shop floor, making it easier to track output, idle time, and wastage. This has helped us control costs and improve efficiency.
Lehry Valves was guided step by step by Soatech team to capture data from the ERP and Provide a financial review on the companies’ expense to income preview, the team was consistent, insight-full and persistent.
Quoted word for word from our clients. Some quotes use our former name, Soatech.
How we deliver CFO services in Pune
Virtual, every month
The monthly review runs on video, books close by the 5th working day, and CFOAvatar shows your cash, receivables and margin at any hour.
On site, when it matters
Our CFOs travel to you for the moments that need a person in the room: the first walk-through, a bank meeting, the annual budget.
Questions owners ask us
Do you have an office in Pune?
We work with Pune businesses virtually every month, and our CFOs travel to you for plant visits, bank meetings and budget reviews whenever the work needs it.
Do you work with auto component suppliers in Chakan and Bhosari?
Yes. We work with engineering manufacturers. We rebuild costing by part and machine hour, manage OEM terms and MSME rights, and keep stock statements and drawing power healthy.
Can you work with our ERP?
Yes. We capture data from the ERP or Tally you already use, and CFOAvatar connects to it for daily dashboards.
How much do CFO services cost in Pune?
It depends on your size, the number of entities and branches, and how often your CFO meets you. Plans start from ₹50,000 a month, and we fix your fee after a free assessment, so you pay only for what your business needs.
Will you replace our auditor or CA?
No. Your statutory auditor must stay independent. We work inside the business and alongside your CA, and hand them cleaner, reconciled books.
