Shankar Lal, Audit Supervisor

Shankar Lal

Audit Supervisor

KPMG Lower Gulf Limited

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Economics and Business
Experience
12 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months

Audit Supervisor at KPMG Lower Gulf Limited
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2015

 Managing the day-to-day activities of audit engagements of various clients;
 Identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to managers and partners;
 Identify performance improvement opportunities while reviewing;
 Interact with clients to help ensure the information flow from the client to the audit team is efficient;
 Understand and utilize KPMG’s Audit Methodology and Audit tools;
 Manage and supervise audit seniors, associates and interns on engagements; and
 Oversees all aspects of audit fieldwork and completion.

Audit Senior Associate at KPMG LLP
  • United States - California
  • February 2018 to June 2019

 Managing the day-to-day activities of audit engagements of various clients;
 Identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to managers and partners;
 Identify performance improvement opportunities while reviewing;
 Interact with clients to help ensure the information flow from the client to the audit team is efficient;
 Understand and utilize KPMG’s Audit Methodology and Audit tools;
 Manage and supervise audit seniors, associates and interns on engagements; and
 Oversees all aspects of audit fieldwork and completion.

Audit Senior Associate at Grant Thornton
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2011 to December 2014

 Leads engagement teams through the planning, execution and completion stages of engagements;
 Frequent liaisons with the client at the planning stage, during the field work and at the finalization of audit and communication of relevant matters to persons at appropriate level of responsibility;
 Finalization of the audit including analysis of financial statements and investigation of significant ratios and trends to achieve overall audit satisfaction.
 Delegates work to other members of the audit team, ensuring associates understand their responsibilities and have received appropriate on-the-job training/coaching and prepares or reviews work papers and drafts of the financial statements;
 Implementing Grant Thornton Audit Methodology (Horizon) and software (Voyager and Tbeam) in all the audit and review engagements as required by Grant Thornton International; and
 Oversees all aspects of audit fieldwork and completion.

Education

Master's degree, Economics and Business
  • at Shah Abdul Latif University
  • January 2013
Bachelor's degree, Business and Commerce
  • at Shah Abdul Latif University
  • January 2011

Specialties & Skills

Costing
Finance
Internal Audit
External Audit
Accounting
Management
Budgeting
Financial Analysis
Consolidations
Mergers and Acquisitions
Accountancy
Financial Statements
Auditing
Leading and Coaching

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
  • ACA Member
  • June 2018
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK
  • ACCA Member
  • June 2014
CPA California (AICPA)
  • Member
  • September 2019

Training and Certifications

CPA California (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019