Rahul Renavikar

About Rahul Renavikar

Rahul is the Managing Director of Acuris Advisors Pvt Ltd, a multi-disciplinary Business Advisory Company. He is a post graduate in Commerce and is also a Chartered and a Cost & Management Accountant. He has more than three decades of work experience, out of which around 6 years is in Industry (Tata Motors) and 16 years is in the Big-4 consulting firm environment (PwC and EY). Rahul’s consulting experience includes tax reforms experience where he has assisted Tax administrations within and outside India. Rahul’s core specialization is in Indirect Taxes including Customs & EXIM. He has a unique combination of tax technical, tax technological and tax transformational experience. He has been instrumental in suggesting avenues for tax revenue augmentation for Governments and tax cost optimisation strategies for businesses. Rahul has led VAT / GST advisory as well as compliance teams serving large Clients having pan India operations. In his stint with a Big 4 Firm, Rahul has closely worked with the Global Head of Indirect Taxes for about two years in Europe and in the Middle East wherein as a Business Process and IT expert, he has assisted one of the leading countries there in designing a GST system. As a Project Manager, he has helped the Government of Maharashtra implement VAT in the State. He has also assisted the Punjab Government in augmenting VAT revenues. He was also part of VAT Business Process re-engineering projects for various Indian States. He has assisted a leading Government in the Middle East in the implementation of VAT. Apart from Tax and Regulatory matters, Rahul is advising Clients on non-tax matters as well. His primary focus is on cost optimization measures such as financial performance improvement, business process improvement, supply chain efficiencies, business growth strategies etc. He has authored numerous articles for business papers. He has also co-authored the Guidance Note on VAT Accounting and Auditing for the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Experience

1. Independent Financial Advisor

   Hypro

   Apr 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Independent Strategic Advisor to Hypro, offering guidance on finance, taxation, and business transformation to support long-term growth and operational excellence

Education

• Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce

  Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting

  1986 — 1991

• The Institute of Cost Accountants of India

  ACMA, Cost & Management Accounting

  1989 — 1992

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  ACA, Accounting

  1991 — 1994

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Master's degree, Advanced Accounting

  1995 — 1996

Skills

• Financial Reporting
• Excise
• Tax Accounting
• External Audit
• Tax
• Tax Advisory
• Finance
• Tax Returns
• Indirect Taxation
• Tax Law
• Tax Reforms
• Business Process
• Gst
• Big 4
• Accounting
• Customs Regulations
• Internal Audit
• Auditing
• Vat
• Tax Technology Solutions
• Statutory Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Accounting
• Financial Accounting