Did You Know that the Hotel Profit and Loss Does Not Show Some Key Performance Factors?
All hotel managers swear by their profit and loss statements. Were you aware that in reality, the profit and loss does not tell you some key performance related factors? Factors key to taking financial decisions.
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Our Story

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan
Right from the time he was in school, Lakshmi had a head for numbers. In fact, he says, numbers talk to him and tell him stories. At the same time, as he fashioned his career in the hospitality industry, he worked closely with colleagues who did not have a financial background. He saw them struggle with numbers and fear them.
Lakshmi made up his mind there and then to commit his career to hotel finance training by simplifying numbers for the benefit of his non-financial background colleagues. He founded Profits Masterclass first and then Financial Skills Academy with the philosophy of assisting managers and small business owners to Build Financial Skills, Knowledge and Ability in themselves.
His vision is for Financial Skills Academy to be the Ultimate Learning Hub for Hotel Finance Training.
Lakshmi 's all time favorite historical figure is Leonard Da Vinci and in particular Da Vinci's love for simplicity. When founding Financial Skills Academy, Lakshmi based the value proposition for his hotel finance courses on three foundational principles: SIMPLE. NON-TECHNICAL. USABLE.
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Praise and Testimonials
What past students, now General Managers said about our courses

Jan Kaiser
Opening GM InterCon
Have never met a person who could make a Finance course so interesting
Very professional individual with tons of experience.
A man who has experienced it all himself and thus knows exactly what he is talking about and can relate to his students.
Have never met a person who could make a Finance course so interesting . Love his Humor too. Wonderful man.

G Lombardo
GM Shangri-La
Nara's vicarious method greatly contributed to a very effective learning experience.
I had the great opportunity to attend a 2 day "Financial tool kit" workshop presented by Narasimhan (Nara for the friends), and I must say they were 2 days of real enjoyment.
Nara's vicarious method greatly contributed to a very effective learning experience. By applying the "show and tell" principle, apparently complex financial subjects were much easier to assimilate.
The thoughtful usage of visuals and colours throughout the overall presentations, represented a powerful method to facilitate the educational process. In a nutshell,

Milos Cerovic
GM InterCon
Great course for those who are developing to become GMs and GMs with a non-finance background.
I took Nara's finance course in November 2014. After the two day session, I managed to not only refresh my knowledge but further build upon it to a great extent.
Nara is entertaining yet bold and always to the point. His approach to teaching this course is very simple: "remove the non-sense from the curriculum and cover the important stuff".
Great course for those who are developing to become GMs and GMs with a non-finance background. Thank you Nara!
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