Chief Auditor
Ports Customs and Freezone Corporation
Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months
• Risk Assessment and Audit Plan:
o Planning, organizing and executing risk based operational, financial and compliance Internal Audits for the Group.
o Reviewing and evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls.
o Reviewing and evaluating compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Internal Audit Reporting:
o Presenting audit findings with SMART recommendations to the Internal Audit leadership and the business management team.
o Identifying and clearly defining audit issues and root causes, recommending improved internal controls and business processes and ensuring that corrective action plans are developed and implemented.
o Preparing work papers and adequately document audit work performed to support conclusions reached.
• ISO Compliance Audit: Planning, performing and conducting QMS Internal Audits within the organization to ensure compliance with ISO 9001:2008 standard requirements.
• Special Audits: Conducting special investigations, reviews, additional tasks as and when required by the Director of Internal Audit.
• External Audit: Coordinating with the external auditors for annual audits.
• Ensured compliance of accounting practices with organizational policies & procedures
• Investigating that Compliance with IFRS & GAAP, Accounting Standards(AS), Auditing Standards(SA), local and international law and regulations
• Monitoring, & streamlining internal checks & controls, assessing & quantifying risks to safe-guard assets, IT systems, accounting integrity, profitability, etc
• Periodically analyzing key risk areas, planned audits, conducted risk-based internal & operational audits
• Review, prepare and automate monthly, quarterly and annual detailed financial reports for the management
• Review and approve all disbursements, month end closing entries and consolidation process, reconciliation statements
• Performed regular review of GL to monitor costs and identify any potential miss-charges, designed and implemented accounting policies and procedures resulting in increased efficiency and reduced cost of operations
• Resolving consolidated and financial reporting problems and inefficiencies
• Assisted the audit manager in carrying out the monthly payroll audit of all branches of the company including overseas branches by maintaining a high standard of confidentiality and precision in calculations
• Conduct any tasks or reviews requested by the audit manager and preparation of audit reports to be presented in KPI meetings and audit meetings
• preparing and conducting analytical review of financial statements,
• variance analysis of profit and loss account and balance sheet,
• supervising the timely preparation of statutory books
• finalisation and consolidation of accounts
• evaluating companies policies and assisting the management in determining appropriate plans
• review the existing book keeping methods, recommending best practices and supervising implementation of Accounting Standards
• prepare and maintain bank reconciliation statements
• statutory audit, internal audit, concurrent audit, direct taxation and indirect taxation in manufacturing companies, trading companies, hospitals, colleges, private companies, trusts, government organisations, travel agencies and banks.
• prepare and review IT returns (corporate/individual/firms) and sales tax returns
• prepare audit reports, presenting and discussing the audit report points with the clients
• Has done audit of various private companies, firms and prestigious institutions like Lal Bahadur Shasthri Centre for Science and Technology, Kerala State Aids Control Society, Kerala Infrastructure Development Corporation,
Kerala State Textile Corporation, Cosmopolitan Hospitals (P) Ltd, Union Bank of India during the training period