Sreeram Vishwanathan, Manager- Accounting & Compilation Services

Sreeram Vishwanathan

Manager- Accounting & Compilation Services

Ethics Plus Public Accountants

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Higher diploma, Management accounting
Experience
14 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months

Manager- Accounting & Compilation Services at Ethics Plus Public Accountants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2014 to March 2019

• Take a proactive role in the managing the accounting & finance functions for clients spread across various industrial sectors and provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues by proposing and supporting actions to meet business objectives and to guide the management team
• Take the responsibility of assessing and monitoring of risks involved in the business and provide advice on control procedures and agreements with external parties
• Review of internal control procedures and ensuring that effective internal controls are established, maintained and adhered to, by advising suitable corrective measures wherever required
• Manage monthly closings and coordinate the annual audit as well as providing pertinent financial information
• Coordinating & directing the preparation of monthly MIS reports, budgets, financial forecasts and report variances
• Develop and manage a team of accountants and provide necessary guidance, training and orientation and engaging in regular team building exercises
• Coordinating audit assignments & conduct review of audit engagements performed by the team
• Provide VAT advisory services
• Conduct VAT impact analysis
• Aid in reconstruction of books of accounts
• Provide assistance with selection of accounting software, setting up of chart of accounts, cost centres & monthly reporting structure
• Ensuring compliance of books of accounts with IFRS and VAT

Senior Auditor at Ethics Plus Public Accountants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2011 to May 2014

 Providing auditing, accounting and consultancy services to an array of SME’s spread across various industrial segments in U.A.E
 Preparation of books of accounts in lines with IFRS.
 Preparation of MIS reports based on client requirements and providing cash management, receivables management and payables management services.
 Preparation of management budgets and forecasts and providing comparative analysis with actual performance.
 Conducting market study and preparation of business plans for business start-ups in U.A.E
 Exposure to accounting software like Tally, Peachtree, Quickbooks and Focus.

Designation: Senior Executive-Internal Audit at Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Limited-Cochin, Kerala, India.
  • India - Kerala
  • August 2009 to December 2010

• Assist department head in formulating internal audit plan for the organization
• Entrusted with the responsibilities of conducting branch inspections and reporting control deficiencies
• Performing periodic risk assessment of various departments within the organization
• Conducting internal audits of various departments and reporting to the management
• To prepare interim reports for the review of the audit committee

Assistant Business Analyst (Middle East Tax Team) at Ernst & Young SSC, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
  • India - Kerala
  • December 2007 to August 2008

• Providing technical support to various Ernst & Young offices spread across GCC
• Secondment to Ernst & Young, Oman for assistance in filing tax returns
• Provide support in migration from CaseWare software to Etax software
• Assist in designing forms for Etax software
• Provide offsite assistance in financial audit & tax return filing

Auditor at R.G.N Price & Co, Chartered Accountants, Cochin, Kerala, India.
  • India - Kerala
  • October 2002 to October 2006

• To plan, formulate & conduct internal audits and to report to the management about any control deficiencies observed
• To assist clients in complying & filing income tax returns, sales tax returns, service tax returns
• To conduct year-end statutory audit and report on compliances as per regulations
• To conduct year-end sales tax audit, income tax audit and stock audits

Education

Higher diploma, Management accounting
  • at Institute of Management Accountants
  • October 2019
Diploma, VAT - U.A.E
  • at Association of Taxation Technicians
  • July 2018

GCC VAT Compliance Diploma

Diploma, Law, Management Accounting & Financial Analysis
  • at Institute Of Chartered Accountants of India
  • May 2006

CA Intermediate

Bachelor's degree, Commerce, Finance and Accounts
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • May 2005

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
External Audit
Auditing
Internal Audit
ACCOUNTING
CLIENTS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Intermediate
English
Intermediate