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“ We are here to build Rajarshi Datta Rajarshi Datta:
CEO
strong relationships
with our clients and
other partners
”
FO Centre India (The FD Centre Services India
P Ltd) is a subsidiary company of The CFO model versus a
CCentre Group ltd which is the world’s no 1 part salaried structure
time CFO services company in the world. in the CFO Centre.
CFO Centre India’s vision is that majority of the They have joined the
SMEs in India will one day have a part time CFO CFO Centre to get freedom
working for them. and flexibility of having work-life
The Resourceful Leader balance. What the CFO centre tends to do
for its clients is also similar. We don’t work
Rajarshi Datta is the CEO of CFO Centre in India. He as consultants but we work as the client’s business
co-founded the Indian company of the CFO Centre partner, so the idea is to give the same freedom and
group along with the founders in 2015. Rajarshi flexibility to the client. This is only possible when they
before joining CFO Centre was the Director/CFO of feel that we are their partners and that we keep a hawk
Clear Channel (at the time, the world’s no 1 outdoor eye on their business which allows them to get more
advertising company) in India. Having become a CFO time in business development or in pursuing a hobby/
at a very young age of 32, Rajarshi started CFO Centre passion”
India in Mumbai and grown it to have operations in Optimizing Customer Experience
6 regions- Mumbai, Bengaluru, NCR, Hyderabad,
Kolkata & Pune. “It is part of the initiation at the CFO centre to train
our team mates work on the client’s business and
Addressing Pain Points treat it like they would their own. So the amount of
“In the current economic situation in India post passion, energy and the time which goes in is much
Demonetisation and GST, most start ups and SMEs more than the agreed day(s) of work as per the signed
have cash flow issues. They look at us to help them engagement agreement. The client knows that he can
manage their cash flows and also prepare contingency reach out whenever they have an idea or a crisis. We
plans. They also need funding to help their growth don’t let the client feel that we are their part time
process. CFO Centre has created a network which CFO. For them we are their CFO who they are getting
helps them to achieve this so that the owners need not at fraction of a cost of a full time CFO.”
spend time on identifying these parties.” Competition is Irrelevant
Delivering End-to-End Solutions “I feel that our strategy is very unique, strong and
“The entire team of CFOs work in an entrepreneurial very well balanced between what we do at the back
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