Raunak Mehta

Perform Statutory & internal audits for clients in trading & service industries
• Carrying out Risk assessment for developing risk based Internal audit plan.
• Building standard operating policies & procedures for clients
• Hands on experience in financial controls, working capital management for clients in trading industry
• Review of Standards on Procedures of clients and identify gaps / deviations in process / procedures.
• In-depth process review of operational activity such as Procure-to-Pay, IT Asset Management by interviewing process owners, identifying gaps in the process and recommending areas of improvement.
• Company formation in free zone and compliance services
• Responsible for clients bookkeeping activities from accounting back-office team in India
• Involved in Due diligence to ensure tax & control compliance in M&A
• Performing risk-based internal audit, accounting review, VAT compliance in line with the law.
• Drafting audit reports and presentation to Executives and Senior Management of Company
• Document audit procedures and conclusions through preparation of detailed and fully supported audit working papers.
• Bookkeeping for various clients having general trading business within U.A.E. and outside.

Conducting various audits for clients in UAE and performed single handed consolidation & finalization in Gems & Jewelry & General trading
• Perform interim & statutory audit for QSR industries, Automotives and retail & service industries.
• Consolidation for Companies having global presence as per IFRS guidelines.
• Conducted internal audit of companies having presence in UAE, China, Africa, and India
• Conducted various stock Audits in retail and trading business.
• Performing audit up to finalization of audit in SME and mid-corporate business in UAE.
• Reviewing financials and advising clients for business development by performing financial analysis using financial tools like ratio analysis, cash flow analysis etc.
• Examining companies financial control systems and suggesting new policies to enhance controls.
• Preparation of MIS reports for the client on monthly and quarterly basis, analyzing the MIS reports and presenting results analyzed to the management.
• Gauging levels of financial risk and ensuring that assets are safe guarded.

Managing daily accounting and banking operation of the company on daily basis.
• Responsible for Forecasting cash flow positions and make funds available for investment.
• Ensure quarterly Bank Compliance activities are performed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Supports budget and forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.
• Reports to Senior Partner in various team for finance related operations
• Responsible for timely closure of books of accounts, reconciliation, and validation of accounting entries.
• Responsible for MIS analyzing the MIS reports & presenting results analyzed to the management.
• Managing team of article assistants and other finance & administration team as a key person
• Supervising Statutory audits of various Manufacturing, Service units and Infrastructure Company.
• Managing Internal & Statutory audit for educational institution like Swami Vivekananda Group of colleges, Synergy Institute of Technology, FIITJEE and other trading & manufacturing companies in the field of Shipping, Pharmaceuticals, agricultural & general trading businesses
• Maintain books of accounts and related accounting requirements on behalf of the client from various industries as a part of the annual assignment.
• Tax audits, VAT Audits for various companies and renowned for timely completion
• Supervising Various other assignments for setting KPI, evaluating business trends etc. for FMCG co.
• Supervision of Damage & Destruction audit for MARICO, ITC, PIDILITE.
• Statutory audits for PSU like National Insurance Company ltd.
• Concurrent audit for Indian overseas bank for a period of 6 months
• Distributors Due diligence appointments for companies like NOKIA Saint Gobain, Bosh & Lomb etc.

Cost and time management analysis for ERP implementation to improve efficiency
• Worked as a senior accountant and handled day to day operations in finance department
• Handled migration of systems and worked on parallel accounting platform.
• Managing team of two accountants and leading finance function for completing monthly financials.