Rgas & Associates: Navigating Finance for Growing Businesses

The business environment in India is rapidly changing, particularly in the case of MSMEs, startups and small to medium family businesses. These organizations relentlessly struggle to work through changing regulatory frameworks, increase regulatory compliance demands, and respond to the expanding required use of decision-support based on data. Nonetheless, not all of them have the ability or power to employ fulltime CFOs or create a robust internal finance team. Despite this, businesses require high-level financial planning to drive growth, to attract investors, and to manage risks. Going forward, the path to sustainable development is difficult, with more and more tax reforms, increasing investor expectations, and the dire need of real-time financial visibility.

To mitigate this, Virtual CFO services can facilitate a smart and comfortable way out of the aforementioned roadblocks by fostering complete access to financial expertise of a competent virtual CFO without incurring the cost of a full-time employee. RGAS & Associates, a proactive CA and Virtual CFO firm, has meticulously devised tech enabled, custom made financial solutions to drive the needed innovation in devising a comprehensive financial solution. As a multidisciplinary team, composed of chartered accountants, legal professionals, and finance experts, it provides an end-to-end service to include financial strategy, fundraising support, tax planning, regulatory compliances and and ESG.

Comprehensive Financial Solutions

RGAS & Associates is an innovative Chartered Accountancy and Virtual CFO-focused firm offering a sturdy set of financial services customized to the requirements of MSMEs, startups and, family-owned businesses. The company fills in the gap between classic accounting and strategic advisory, giving clients access to professional financial leadership without the cost of a part-time CFO.

The company is known in the market for varied services delivery which encompasses Accounting, Taxation, Financial Reporting and MIS aided through automation. Strategic Finance and Business Planning help clients align their financial planning to their growth objectives and capital funding and structure. The startup advisory and valuation services can help new company during the most critical stages of development, and the Domestic and International Taxation services can help them to navigate the complex regulatory frameworks.

Moreover, the company has experience in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection, protecting business against financial risks. ESG Compliance and Sustainability Reporting, helps meet the new governance requirements. The company’s Legal and Regulatory Structuring service reduces compliance with risks and makes the company a single stop-shop in terms of financial demands.

The distinguishing factor of the company is its integrated delivery model that encompasses several domains in one engagement and utilizes a tech-enabled delivery strategy that provides efficiency and accountability. The company’s scalable support also serves companies of all sizes, whether a five-member start-up or a well-established company and a custom-made solution that matures with the customer. “Our mission is to act as a trusted financial co-pilot, enabling businesses to focus on growth while we handle the complexities of finance,” says Rushab Gandhi, Managing Partner, RGAS & Associates.

This customer-focused philosophy, and execu­tion-focused advisory, guarantees quantitatively de­monstrable results such as better investor trust and expediency in financial operations. With a focus on becoming part of the decision-making of clients, the company believes in establishing sustainable rela­tionships of trust, flexibility, and strategic compliance.

A Journey of Growth & Impact

RGAS & Associates has established a unique offering in this Virtual CFO and Chartered Accountancy market in its short existence of two years since its formation. This is further coupled with the combination of an entrepreneurial agility with more than two decades of expert knowledge in strategic finance. It was founded by Rushab Gandhi and Atharva Samant who had mutually complementary experiences, where one has 10 years of working in the Big 4 consulting firm and the other having had extensive industry experience.

Our mission is to act as a trusted financial co-pilot, enabling businesses to focus on growth while we handle the complexities of finance

Rushab Gandhi, Atharva Samant, Managing Partner & Partner

RGAS & Associates’ revenue in FY 2024-25 increased two times in comparison to the first year of the existence of the firm. This demonstrates its capacity to provide measurable value. Furthermore, it has gained customers organically based on word of mouth recommendation by existing customers who appreciate the comprehensive approach adopted by the company.

Being trusted partners, and not just a mere service provider, the company has built long term relationships with their clients, based on principles of transparency, responsiveness and value addition. The company has also extended beyond India and established itself in London and also establishing its presence in UAE.

Charting a Future of Growth & Impact

One of the central aspects of the RGAS roadmap is the diversification of new practice areas towards the changing needs of clients. The company is also exploring services like succession planning of family businesses, management of treasury and cash flows with industry specialists, as well as outsourcing service of the finance departments.

Geographically, the company intends to establish an official presence in the GCC and Singapore in the 3-5 year projections. Another key element of the company growth strategy comes in the form of team building. Furthermore, the company believes in hiring similarly minded people who are client-centric in their approach and share the same values. Through the development of a cooperative leadership framework, the company seeks to manage an ever-involving set of mandates without sacrificing individualized client communications. This strategy helps maintain scalability, and it maintains the quality and attention clients require.

With the vision of India to create a world-class professional services ecosystem, RGAS & Associates is also considering strategic associations and alliances to play a role in building an Indian Big 4. The firm is aiming to become a game-changer in the industry with a combination of global insight with local knowledge.