Darshana Prasad, Senior Manager - Assurance

Darshana Prasad

Senior Manager - Assurance

Ernst & Young

Location
Sri Lanka
Education
Master's degree, ACA
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Senior Manager - Assurance at Ernst & Young
  • Maldives
  • My current job since November 2016

Managing portfolio of Audit clients.

Senior Manager - Audit at Bakertilly Edirisinghe & Company
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • April 2013 to July 2016

• Review audit files

• Coordinate and supervise audit staff

• Engaged with IFRS assignments

• Engaged with other assignments - (Due Diligence, Valuation, Compliance, review engagements etc.;)

Accountant at TWood Flooring (Pvt) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • August 2011 to February 2013

• Preparation, of Budgets and financial forecasts.
• All the day to day accounting factions
• Carry out the liquidity management duties
• Involving in the decision making process.

Assistant Manager Internal Audit at Edirisinghe Trust Investments Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • August 2008 to August 2011

• Carry out risk Assessment for separate investment opportunities
• Evaluate internal audit techniques
• Draft internal Audit and specific investigation report

Senior Auditor at SJMS Associates (correspondent firm to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu)
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • May 2006 to August 2008

• Involved in initial risk assessment process and drafting the audit strategy for each area considering the client’s risk and other considerations
• Performed detailed reviews of client’s control environment and the entity level controls at the planning stage of the audit to evaluate the reliability of the client’s information systems against fraud and error
• Preparation of budgets and task plans based on the nature & timing of each project
• Coached the audit staff in the field in carrying out their assigned tasks.
• Coordinated the clients, the audit manager and engagement leader in resolving audit related issues
• Involved in getting technical clearance for accounting and audit related matters from the technical experts of the firm
• Involved in performing internal controls reviews as a part of the audit
• Reviewed clients’ financial statements for the required disclosures and the overall presentation prior to the sign off

Education

Master's degree, ACA
  • at The Institute Of Chartered Accountant Of Sri Lanka
  • September 2015

I got the membership of CA Sri Lanka on September 2015.

Diploma, English
  • at Institute of Human Resource Advancement of Colombo University
  • December 2006
High school or equivalent, GCE A/L
  • at Ananda College Colombo
  • December 2003

Accounting : A Economics : B Business Studies : B General English : S

Diploma, GCE O/L
  • at Ananda College Colombo
  • December 2002

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
Clients Handling
Report Writing
Financial Statements Analysis
Internal Auditing
Internal Control Developments
Industry Regulation Assesments
Risk Assesment Procedures

Languages

English
Intermediate

Memberships

Association Of Accounting Technitians Sri Lanka
  • member
  • August 2008
Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Sri LAnka
  • Active Member
  • September 2015

Training and Certifications

CA Membership (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999