senior consultant
Protiviti Middle East
Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months
-Supervised the audit of legal entities based across EMEA region as well as expertise in planning & executing the audits keeping in view the local regulatory requirement of the respective countries.
-Comprehensive understanding of financial reporting process including financial statements for FIS entities, team management & driving the financial reporting process
-Connected with various internal stakeholders such as the US Corporate team, multiple international tax teams, legal teams, various specialized accounting teams, Indirect tax teams, and so on, as well as external stakeholders such as statutory auditors, tax consultants, local bookkeepers, and so on, in order to complete the necessary work during day- to-day activities
-Managing all employee-related issues, i.e., annual and interim reviews, goal setting and merit increases, etc. and in the event of any employee-related performance issues, escalating and working with Human Resources to determine and develop corrective action plans
-Planning and monitoring statutory audit engagements for existing as well as new international EMEA legal companies in accordance with Local GAAP
-Liaising with internal teams such as direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing and so on in various issues to comply with the respective audits & special assignments
-Comprehensive evaluating the financial package, which includes yearly accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, audit schedules and associated notes, mandatory internal approvals, and so on, to ensure that the appropriate protocol is followed
-Assessing adherence to IFRS/local GAAP application in addressing complicated issues/adjustments in companies in a timely manner
Corporate/other stakeholders & management on regular timely basis
-Prepared and finalized the financial statements in accordance with Schedule III of the Companies Act 2013, as per Indian GAAP and Ind AS applicability of listed as well as unlisted companies
-Delivered Statutory Audits on major areas such as Revenue, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Fixed Assets, Inventory & Consumption, Payroll, Treasury, and so on, as well as audits of other areas such as Statutory Dues, Operating Expenses, Other Current Assets/Liabilities, and so on
-Ensured that audit documentation was in compliance with quality standards of the firm Highlights
-Executed Group Hub Reporting for largest MNC group and quarterly limited review for listed company
-Executed statutory audit, tax audit, drafted an audit report and verified all clauses of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016 (CARO)
-Implemented Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (IFC), i.e. Internal Control Testing for various cycles such as Occurrence to Cash (Revenue), Procurement to Pay (P2P), Fixed Asset (FA), Payroll, Inventory, Treasury, Financial Reporting (FR), Entity Level Control (ELC), and so on
-Conducted unique stock audit assignment as well as stock takes for a various companies Highlights
-Completed SOX (Sarbanes Oxley Act) audit for a firm over multiple business cycles independently
Prepared Financial Statements and the accompanied schedules of private limited companies
Generated internal audit reports for different business cycles: a public limited company, a manufacturing private limited
company, a trust, a hospital, and a trading firm
Filed income tax returns for corporations and individuals, as well as TDS returns, and assisted in income tax cases