ContrarianProgressing Finance

Two decades of progressing finance

Contrarian Support Services is an outsourced accounting, payroll and compliance partner based in Bengaluru, trusted by growing businesses across 30+ industries, with accountants, lawyers and advisors working under one roof.

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Small right moves, compounding
Our story

Built to support businesses, the right way

For more than two decades, Contrarian Support Services has helped businesses face their toughest financial challenges with efficient, cost-effective services. Our advisors are known for logical, independent opinions, the kind that help clients decide quickly and correctly.

From bookkeeping and audit to taxation, payroll, company law, FDI and FEMA, and wealth management, the corporate service essentials live under one roof, with qualified lawyers and accountants in-house. Local market depth, national and global experience, and advice shaped to each client's structure.

The firm, at a glance

HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka
In-houseChartered Accountants & lawyers
PracticesAccounting · Tax · Payroll · Wealth
ToolsTally · QuickBooks · Zoho Books · Xero

One roof, every corporate service a business needs.

What we stand for

Mission, vision and the values behind both

Mission

Deliver efficient, cost-effective financial services that give clients valuable opinions and help them make quick, well-informed decisions.

Vision

Be the most trusted finance partner for growing businesses, combining local market depth with national and global experience.

Values

Ethics first. Transparency, accountability and a client-first approach guide every engagement we take on.

20+Years of expertise
30+Industry verticals
8Specialised services
6Days a week reachable
The journey

From one practice to a whole firm

1986The roots

Our senior advisor begins practice: audit, taxation and compliance work that continues today.

Two decades agoContrarian is born

One accounting firm for everything: accountants, lawyers and advisors under one roof in Bengaluru.

The build-outModern tooling

Every engagement moves onto Tally, QuickBooks, Zoho Books or Xero. Data-driven by design.

Today30+ industries, one firm

From first-year startups to established enterprises, businesses trust Contrarian as one accountable partner.

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Two decades and counting

Built arch by arch, decade by decade

A firm is built the way a stone bridge is: one arch at a time, each one carrying the next. Two decades of Contrarian later, the crossing holds.

Step in

Where progressing finance happens

A calm, modern practice in Bengaluru, built around one idea: your numbers deserve a team that treats them like its own. Walk in with a question, walk out with a plan.

The Contrarian Support Services reception with the C² Progressing Finance logo on the wall
Konanakunte, BengaluruAnjanadri Layout · 560 062Mon-Sat · 9:30-6:30
What sets us apart

The Contrarian difference

Data-driven by design

Complete solutions crafted by Contrarian's advisors and sharpened with modern tooling and clean data.

Ethical & transparent

A transparent, controlled and coordinated approach to every engagement, built on more than two decades of trust.

Local depth, global reach

Local market expertise combined with national and global experience, including proactive cross-border support.

Client-centric solutions

Continuous requirement gathering and solutions tailored to diverse client structures and industries.

Leadership

The people behind the firm

Nithyananda Bhat, Partner for Client Services at Contrarian Support Services
Founder

Nithyananda Bhat

Partner, Client Services

20+ years in accounting, finance and compliance, with a background in private equity and M&A. Nithyananda founded Contrarian with a simple conviction: growing businesses deserve the same quality of financial support as the largest ones, delivered ethically and explained honestly.

For Contrarian, ethical business support is not a service line. It is the whole idea.

Behind him stands a bench of qualified Chartered Accountants, lawyers and finance professionals, including senior advisory experience dating back to 1986.

Auditor & Advisor

Rajagopal S Joshi

Chartered Accountant

A Chartered Accountant with vast experience of over 25 years in direct and indirect taxation, with particular depth in GST, transfer pricing and service tax. He has represented clients before the appellate and assessing officers of income tax, service tax and sales tax.

The ethos
Ethics first. Everything else follows.

Transparency, accountability and a client-first approach guide every engagement Contrarian takes on. It is why clients who arrive for one service tend to stay for all of them.

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An outsourced accounting, payroll and compliance partner based in Bengaluru, working with growing businesses across 30+ industries. The firm brings accountants, lawyers and advisors together under one roof, so businesses get every essential corporate service from one team.

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