Professional profile
Akshan Kumar
Finance Transformation · Controllership · Managed Services · AI-enabled Finance
Finance leadership across controllership, transformation and AI-enabled operations
Chartered Accountant with 15 years across P&L leadership, controllership, FP&A, finance operations and managed services. I held CFO responsibility for a Siemens digital business and now lead Finance Managed Services at PwC India. My experience combines function ownership, commercial decision support, operating-model change, working-capital improvement, control discipline and AI-enabled finance delivery.
+36 ptsEBIT margin improvement, from -4% to +32%, within 12 months
50%faster cash application, six days to three
15%reduction in overdue receivables
CEO AwardSiemens CEO Special Stock Allocation Award, for exceptional client value creation
Leadership scope
- Finance-function leadership and transformation
- Controllership, close and financial governance
- Finance managed services and operating models
- FP&A, commercial finance and business partnering
- Working capital, O2C and performance improvement
- AI-enabled finance with human accountability
Career
PwC IndiaDirector, Finance Managed Services · Apr 2026—Present
PwC IndiaAssociate Director, Finance Managed Services · Aug 2024—Mar 2026
Siemens Large Drives IndiaCFO, Digital Business · Manager, Accounting · Sep 2022—Jul 2024
SiemensFinance Leadership Development Programme · Apr 2018—Aug 2022
PwC IndiaAssistant Manager, Statutory Audit · Jul 2011—Mar 2018