Mission

Helping DFW food, packaging, and industrial manufacturers gain forensic clarity over their true production costs and build audit-driven systems that drive profitable, sustainable growth.

Why This Mission Matters

Manufacturers operate in environments where small inaccuracies compound into major financial consequences.

The Challenges

Costing that doesn’t reflect how products are actually made
Inventory discrepancies that erode trust in the numbers
Systems that are under utilized or overly manual
Decisions made without reliable financial insight

How Our Mission Solves These Challenges

We use forensic accounting and internal-audit methods to align financial data with operational truth, so leaders can make confident decisions grounded in fact, not assumption.

Founder

Imran Khalil

Founder & CEO — IK Manufacturing Finance

IK Manufacturing Finance is led by its Founder and CEO, Imran Khalil, a Dallas-based finance and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing operations and financial leadership. He has held senior roles with global and mid-sized manufacturers including Newell Rubbermaid, Tetra Pak, Elkay Manufacturing, and Apogee Foods, partnering with executive teams and plant leadership to improve financial reporting, optimize inventory management, implement costing systems, and align financial performance with operational goals.

Imran has a MS degree and is an Enrolled Agent (EA) with the IRS and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), bringing a forensic, audit-driven approach to every engagement — reconstructing what actually happened on the floor, not relying on standard-cost assumptions. His expertise spans forensic cost reconstruction, product costing, inventory optimization, financial planning and analysis, ERP systems, capital investment evaluation, and operational performance measurement. He has led major financial initiatives including capital investment projects exceeding $37 million, global financial planning processes, and multi-plant performance improvement programs across operations in the United States, Mexico, and China.

Through IK Manufacturing Finance, he now brings this enterprise-level, audit-driven experience specifically to small and mid-sized food, packaging, and industrial manufacturers in the DFW area who need experienced financial guidance but may not have the resources for a full-time CFO or finance team.

Team of Senior Professionals

Every engagement is supported by a network of senior-level professionals — trusted former colleagues and collaborators from finance, operations, supply chain, and systems roles — brought in as needed based on each engagement's scope. This ensures deep expertise and practical solutions without unnecessary overhead or hand-offs to junior teams.

Philosophy

Financial clarity only exists when the numbers match what's happening on the shop floor. Our approach is hands-on, practical, and grounded in forensic, audit-ready methodology — not assumptions.

Services

Three tightly connected areas that directly impact margin, cash flow, and confidence in your numbers.

Costing Accuracy

Review bills of materials
Validate labor routings
Refine overhead allocation
Quantify margin impact

Inventory Reliability

Analyze discrepancies
Identify write-off patterns
Assess cycle counting
Connect inventory to cash flow

Systems & Automation

Evaluate ERP usage
Identify automation opportunities
Design AI-assisted checks
Ensure solutions fit team capacity

Forensic Clarity for Manufacturers