Dovah Advisors

About Dovah Advisors

We're finance people first.

At Morgan Stanley, Akshat watched teams of ten doing work that two people with the right systems could handle. The people weren't the problem. The tools were.

Most businesses don't need more headcount. They need better systems. And most tech consultants can't build those systems, because they've never sat in a finance function and felt the problem.

So Dovah's recommendations come with the math: what each fix costs, what it saves, and when it pays back. Before a contract is drafted.

Akshat Gupta

Founder · Chartered Accountant

Leads systems and delivery: financial systems, automation architecture and AI strategy.

  • Chartered Accountant, cleared on the first attempt
  • 3 years of statutory audit at Reliance Industries
  • 3.5 years at Morgan Stanley in hedge accounting, building Excel VBA automation at institutional scale, with Alteryx, UiPath and enterprise AI platforms
  • Left to build Dovah, because one accounting function was too small a job

Shabd Gupta

Co-founder

Leads client relationships, marketing and operations: the bridge between what Dovah builds and how it lands with your team.

  • Bachelor of Finance and Commerce, Christ University, Bangalore
  • MBA in Marketing
  • US CMA Level 1
  • Previously led and scaled a startup's sales team

How we work

Finance-first

Every engagement starts with the ROI. What does this process cost you today, what after, and when does it pay back? We answer those before we propose.

Founders on every engagement

The founders lead every engagement personally, from the first call to handover. No hand-offs to junior staff.

Tool-agnostic

We don't partner with any platform. We recommend what fits your business. Often AI isn't the answer; a better spreadsheet is.

Audit-trail-native

Every system is documented, annotated and defensible to an auditor. You own the code. Handover is total.

What we won't do

  • Sell AI where Excel or a simple workflow does the job better.
  • Start without success metrics agreed at kickoff.
  • Lock you in. You should never need us to run what we built.

Why Dovah?

It comes from Dovahkiin, the Dragonborn in Skyrim. Dragons stand for fierceness and wisdom: the fierce urgency of measurable ROI, and the wisdom to prescribe the right fix rather than the most impressive one.

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