Manish Balani

CEO

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India12 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Featured by LinkedIn in a national campaign.
  • Recognized as a Top 40 Finfluencer by ICAI.
  • Expert in scaling startups and revenue generation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Tax Technology expert with strong sales and strategic leadership capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales StrategyProduct StrategyPersonal BrandingStrategic PartnershipsSales And MarketingSales LeadershipBusiness StrategyKey Account ManagementStrategy

Other Skills

Financial ServicesRevenue GenerationLeadershipTechnology SolutionsNew Market ExpansionMarketing StrategyLinkedIn GhostwritingTop Line GrowthBusiness PlanningFinTechNew Business DevelopmentGSTBusiness-to-Business (B2B)BFSIStakeholder Management

About

I believe if people do what they love to do, they will do it extremely well. This has been my life's philosophy and I have built my career on it. I am a qualified, result-oriented, and skilled consulting professional (Chartered Accountant) with 15 years of post-qualification experience, and 18 years of overall experience, which includes growing revenue, key account management, setting up profit center operations, and putting structure around the inherent chaos around a growing business. Also, Love working with startups, learning new business models, and getting my hands dirty in taking the business to the next level of Revenue and Performance. I am well versed with Fintech, RegTech, Tax Tech and BFSI space in India and have been a Keynote speaker at various forums. On LinkedIn, i talk about #GST #EWAYBILL #EINVOICE #REGTECH #TAXTECHNOLOGY #FINTECH #MARKETING #SALES #STRATEGY #FINANCIALDATA #KYC #KYB #Al #COMPLIANCE #GTM #SALES I am also a Growth Hacker, Start-up Enthusiast, SAAS & Fintech Product & Sales Specialist, and a Tax Technology Functional Expert. I was featured by Linkedin in their #Inittogether campaign through TV commercial, Video Ads on various digital platforms like YouTube & Facebook as well as billboards & hoardings in major cities of India, during IPL 2019 season.(>5 Million views across platforms) Before this, My story was also featured by Linkedin on its official pages on Linkedin, Facebook & Twitter. I also gave a Josh Talk recently on the topic:- How Networking, Sales & LinkedIn can help you grow in your career. I have ~ 100 K followers across different Social Media Platforms. I was recently recognised as one of the Top 40 Finfluencers by ICAI and was honoured by Influencer Impact Award at Bharat Leadership Excellence Awards,2024 SPECIALITIES:- * Love to build businesses from Zero to One and Equally love to scale them from One to Hundred and more. * Growing revenue & profit * GTM * Business Development, Key Alliances and client nurturance, Relationship building withp Global corporate clients (Key Account Management) * Thinks like a CEO * P&L management * Business Strategy * Corporate Sales and Strategic Alliances * Influence and manage CxO-level stakeholders * Contract Review and Negotiation * Digital Marketing Strategy * Product Strategy * Eye for detail, Data crunching, and playing around with numbers * Business and competitor research * Strong people management abilities, keeping teams empowered, informed & energetic

Experience

12 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Multiple start-ups

Fractional CBO and Advisor/Consultant

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Working with multiple Tax Technology, Fintechs, RegTech and Accounting, Billing and Compliance Software (including ERPs) Startups.
  • Helping them in their GTM, Sales, Partnerships/Alliances and Digital Marketing Strategy.
  • Helping in Sales of BaaS in the BFSI Segment.
  • Developing business strategy & long term vision for the organization including Leadership & executive coaching for the founders
Sales and MarketingFinancial ServicesRevenue GenerationSales StrategyLeadershipProduct Strategy+3

Linkedin

Your Friendly Personal Branding Coach

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

  • Helping Founders and CXOs in their personal branding through end to end LinkedIn account management.
  • Clientele includes:- Practicing CAs & CPAs. CEO and Founders of Fintechs and Senior professionals from BFSI segment
LinkedIn GhostwritingPersonal Branding

Clear

Director, Channel and Strategic Partnerships

Jul 2023Mar 2024 · 8 mos · Gurugram · On-site

  • Launched and scaled Cleartax's API business; created Rs 20Cr+ revenue pipeline via strategic alliances.
  • Closed 2 marquee strategic partnerships with leading ERP and Consulting Firm.
  • Built channel partner ecosystem and enabled onboarding frameworks.
Sales and MarketingTop Line GrowthStrategic Partnerships

Vayana network

2 roles

Business Head & VP :- Supply Chain Services Business (GST, E-way Bill & E-invoice & SME NeoBank)

Promoted

Apr 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos · On-site

  • I was heading the GSP Business at Vayana Network (GST, E-way Bill, E-invoice APIs + SahiGST GST compliance software + Enriched API Service + Hylobiz NeoBank Platform) in India. We are the largest GSP in the Ecosystem and are a SAP Certified GSP.
  • We are also India's largest Supply Chain Financing Network.
  • Scaled a nascent API biz into a $2.5M ARR business.
  • Owned GTM, sales, product and support strategy across GST, E-invoicing APIs, NeoBanking & Supply Chain Services.
  • Managed alliances with ecosystem stakeholders: GSTN, ASPs, ITFS, ONDC, OCEN.
  • Led M&A evaluations and closure of strategic acquisitions.
Sales and MarketingFinancial ServicesBusiness PlanningRevenue GenerationFinTechStrategy+10

Business Head - GST

Mar 2019Mar 2021 · 2 yrs · On-site

Sales and MarketingFinancial ServicesStrategyLeadershipTechnology SolutionsKey Account Management+5

K.d.k. softwares (india) pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Corporate Sales and Strategy - GST Software

Promoted

Feb 2018Feb 2019 · 1 yr · On-site

  • KDK Softwares was acquired by the Global Accounting Software and Tax Technology Giant :- Intuit Inc (QuickBooks). It is a pioneer in compliance softwares and has various applications for GST, TDS, Income Tax, XBRL etc.
  • My role included :-
  • Heading the Product & Sales Strategy for GST Software (Invoicing & Compliance Software) and in charge of the entire P & L from the Product
  • Competition Mapping and Market Research for GST software – Evaluated ~ 75 GST Softwares till date.
  • Identifing Key Growth Trends and Industry Overview.
  • Go to Market Strategy and Corporate Sales along with driving of Marketing Strategies. – Closed 5 Strategic Alliances/Partnerships as well as helped getting 40 K GSTINs on board.
  • Heading the Team of Business analysts and Domain Experts (BRD Creation & UI/UX Inputs) of GST for initial creation of the product and regular updates since then, with focus on Customer Validation and Market Analysis.
Sales and MarketingStrategyLeadershipTechnology SolutionsSales LeadershipStrategic Partnerships+1

Product Strategy - GST Software

Feb 2017Jan 2018 · 11 mos · On-site

StrategyTechnology Solutions

Cardekho

3 roles

Strategy Associate (Corporate Sales and Strategy) - Strategic Initiatives

Apr 2016Feb 2017 · 10 mos

  • Evangelized 'New Car Business' . Created Systems and Processes and gave a structure to the business, Developed Relationships with New Car OEMs and Dealers. Was responsible for a P&L of 12 Crores per Annum. (Helped it grow 3X in 3 years)
  • Built the team from bottom to up - responsible to setup the complete team structure; setup first service/BA team (from premier IITs) for New Car Dealer Sales and OEM Sales.
  • Corporate Sales and Strategy , Key Account Management , Business Analysis, OEM partnerships & Alliances and New Business Development.
  • Business research and Go to Market Strategy (For Carbay - CarDekho's International Venture)
  • Worked closely with Top management and other cross functional teams to drive automation and other Initiatives.
  • Led Several Strategic and Critical processes including cost optimization initiatives , Overhauling Lead Management and Operational Processes.
  • Led creation of Dealer Services Team and Day to Day Management of Pan India Dealer Service Team. Created Processes and Daily & Monthly KPIs for them.
  • Catapulted Lead Management System several nautches which led to boost in performance and increase in retails of new cars. (2X in one year)
  • Helped in restructuring the Contact Center Operations like - Dialer optimization, KPIs of FTEs , Reporting structure and SLAs etc.
Sales and MarketingStrategyTechnology Solutions

Senior Business Strategy Analyst (Corporate Sales and Strategy) - Key Account Manager

Promoted

Apr 2015Mar 2016 · 11 mos

Sales and MarketingStrategyTechnology Solutions

Business Strategy Analyst (Corporate Sales and Strategy)

Apr 2014Mar 2015 · 11 mos

Strategy

Kpmg india

Executive (Risk Consulting)

Jan 2013Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Pune Area, India · On-site

  • Risk Consulting/ Governance Risk and Compliance Services
  • · Process Driven Internal Audits of Different Clients including Risk Assessment and implementation of Risk Mitigation Measures.
  • · Advisory for Risk Consulting of Global Players in Different Industries. Report making for projects Conducted and presentation of the same in the Audit Committee meetings.
  • · Financial Analysis of financial Statements of Various Clients and giving key insights
  • · Steering the relationships with clients to garner more revenue/Business for the firm.
Strategy

Kingdom of dreams

Assistant Manager - M.D.'s Growth and Strategy team

Jan 2012Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Gurgaon, India · On-site

  • Strategy and Corporate Planning
  • . Key Internal meetings, with different departments and Divisions, coordination and follow ups on key action points and providing updates to M.D.'s office.
  • · Conducting financial analysis and sound due diligence audit and reviewing business performance to determine efficiency and effectiveness of Managerial policies while working with the Top Management.
  • · Implementation of Budgetary Controls, Financial controls and doing allied activities for Project Implementation.
  • · Market research and providing inputs and updates on the macro and industry level trends and preparing presentations for the same.

Gravita india limited

Senior Executive - Accounts & Commercial

Jan 2011Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Jaipur Area, India · On-site

  • Accounts and Commercial
  • Creating Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly MIS and Dashboards of the SBU in terms of Production, Operations, and Financial/Non-financial Transactions.
  • Fund Planning, Business Planning and Commercial Compliances of SBU.
  • Helped Seniors in Driving ERP Implementation in the organization

M/s r.k. gurwala & co

ARTICLE ASSISTANT - Intern

Jul 2007Jan 2011 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India · On-site

  • 3.5 years of Articleship/Internship
  • Projects :-
  • Project 1 National films Devp. Corp, Mumbai Statutory Audit and Tax audit
  • Acted as a team leader during the audit, took an understanding of their Trading scopes and status of accounting and Preparation of tax audit Report. Carried out periodic risk analysis on the various financial decisions of the company (Propriety Audit)
  • Project 2 UTI (Mutual funds Division), Jaipur branch Internal Audit
  • Responsible for formation of Overall Audit strategy and audit Programme. Timely direction and Supervision of the audit team. Checking of compliance of RBI Guidelines
  • Project 3 Dwarkas Gems Ltd, Jaipur and Chandigarh Systems Audit
  • Helped in executing special investigations, systems audit, internal audit, compliance with policies and regulations and reviews of the Group companies internal control system.

Education

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Chartered Accountant ( CA )

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Senior Management Programme

Apr 2024Mar 2025

University of Rajasthan

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Jan 2007Jan 2010

Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur

High School

Jan 1997Jan 2007

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