HOTEL FINANCE ADVISORY · MALDIVES · SOUTH ASIA · SOUTHEAST ASIA
Audit-ready hotel finance, without the month-end chaos.
I help hotel and resort owners, GMs and finance teams pass audits cleanly, close the books faster and report numbers they can trust.
RECENT RESULT
Month-end close cut from 12 days to 6
CA
Chartered Accountant
years in hotel finance
30
hotel openings and takeovers
9
published hotel finance books
4
YouTube subscribers
34K
FINANCE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH
Oberoi Shangri-La Nikko Hyatt Anantara Raffles DLF Autograph Collection Naïade Resorts (now LUX*)
Everyone watches the P&L. Nobody watches the balance sheet.
Problems build up quietly in your balance sheet until the auditor finds them. It’s a system problem, not a people problem: leaders change, processes aren’t consistent, and teams are never trained on basics like reconciliations.
These are fixable in weeks, not years.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOUR HOTEL?
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Auditors raise the same findings every year.
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Month-end close takes 10+ days and still needs late adjustments.
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Balance sheet accounts carry old, unexplained balances.
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Owners and management companies question the monthly report.
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Controls depend on one or two people, and nothing is written down.
SERVICES
How I can help
01
Audit Readiness
Prepare your team and records for internal and statutory audits, so findings drop and sign-off is on time.
02
Month-End Close & Reconciliations
A clear close calendar, clean balance sheet reconciliations and a close that finishes in 5–6 working days.
03
Reporting & Controls
Streamlined owner and management reports, plus written control procedures your team can follow.
RESULTS
Results from real hotels
12 → 6 days
Month-end close time
Luxury resort, Maldives
Zero
Repeat audit findings from the prior year
City hotel, Thailand
5 weeks
Unreconciled balance sheet accounts cleaned up
Resort, Sri Lanka
WHY WORK WITH ME
I fix the accounts, then train your team so they stay fixed.
I’m Ganesh Mathur, a Chartered Accountant with 30 years in hotel finance. I started in manual ledgers, lived through computerisation, and now work with analytics and AI. As Finance Director, I have led finance through pre-openings, operations and takeovers in the Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and India.
On finance task forces for major international hotel brands, I found the same problem every time: unreconciled balance sheets, untrained teams, and no consistency when leaders changed.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops for hotel teams
The accounting mess returns when teams aren’t trained. My workshops give your people the skills to keep the numbers clean and use them to make better decisions.
Reading the Hotel Balance Sheet
Finance for Non-Finance Hoteliers
Staying Liquid: Cash Flow for Hotels
Plate to Profit: F&B Management
Building a Business Plan
Every workshop is tailored to your team. Pick a topic, or I’ll build one around your challenges.
HOW IT WORKS
Four simple steps
1
Free 20-minute call
You describe the problem; I tell you honestly if I can help.
2
Finance health check
I review your close, reconciliations and reports and send a short findings note.
3
Fix plan
A fixed scope, with no open-ended billing.
4
Hands-on support
Remote or on-site, working alongside your team until the new process runs on its own.
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