About

Professionals vs Management.

Niyantrak Consulting exists on the idea that good numbers are a discipline, not a department — built by professionals who've sat inside management, not just advised it from outside.

Practice lead

ACMA Soham Makwana

9+ years of international experience in manufacturing finance, business controlling, cost accounting, FP&A, and performance management within global manufacturing organizations — across FMCG, healthcare equipment, and heavy engineering sectors. Performance management work has spanned full KPI Design through to Payout, building Balanced Scorecards that connect financial and non-financial measures to actual incentive outcomes.

Hands-on expertise in setting up Inventory Accounting with Standard and Actual Costing systems, Product Costing, Budgeting & Forecasting, Capex Controlling, and Power BI reporting — plus global finance transformation and ERP implementation work on Oracle, Infor LN, Infor Baan, and Infor Fourthshift.

ACMA

Associate Cost & Management Accountant — Institute of Cost Accountants of India. All India Rank 33, State Rank 1 (Gujarat) in the final examinations.

IIM-A

Strategic Cost Management Certification (incl. Performance Management — Financial & Non-Financial) — Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

B.COM

Bachelor of Commerce — Accounting, Finance, Cost Accounting, Law & Taxation.

FACULTY

Former Lecturer — ACCA (UK), CIMA (UK), CMA (US & India), and MBA programs in Performance Management, Management Accounting & Cost Accounting.

Track record

Built inside the systems we now help you set up.

Led global ERP implementation projects (Oracle, Infor LN, Infor Baan & Infor Fourthshift) for the Costing & Inventory Module at multinational manufacturing organizations.

Built and maintained Global Standard Costing Systems across Material, Labor & Overhead for organizations spanning Healthcare Equipment, Heavy Machinery, FMCG, and Pipes & Adhesives manufacturing; led the transition to Oracle Cloud and US GAAP.

Implemented Just-In-Time inventory control at a leading heavy engineering manufacturer, reducing inventory from €32M to €16M.

Implemented a Performance Management System & Balanced Scorecard — from KPI design through to payout schemes — at a leading heavy engineering manufacturer.

Delivered a full Cost Center Accounting, Inventory Valuation & Product Costing framework engagement for a precision platforms manufacturer.

How we work

What "professionals vs management" means in practice.

We build, not just advise

Frameworks are configured against your real data and routing — handed off as a working system, not a slide deck.

Globally accepted practice

Methods are grounded in standard Cost & Management Accounting practice used in global manufacturing organizations.

Adapted, not templated

Manufacturing, trading, and services businesses cost differently — the framework shifts to match your model.

Guidance through transition

Tutoring and hands-on support wherever it's rationally required to land the system with your team.

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