Shikky Stephen

⚫ Performed end-to-end audits across revenue and receivables, HR & payroll, statutory
compliance, procurement, AP, and operational processes, identifying control gaps, manual
interventions, and non-compliance with SOPs and regulatory requirements.
⚫ Conducted data-driven reviews to detect accounting errors, undocumented policies,
inconsistent tax treatment, duplicate payments, and workflow lapses, recommending
corrective actions to strengthen internal controls.
⚫ Evaluated HR & payroll processes, uncovering system-based leave calculation issues,
excess leave encashment, inadequate access controls, and gaps in maker-checker
mechanisms.
⚫ Assessed statutory compliance across GST, Income Tax, FEMA, labour laws, and
company law, highlighting key deviations and supporting management in remediation.
⚫ Reviewed procurement and vendor management, identifying duplicate vendors,
incomplete master data, long-pending POs, and inconsistent vendor blocking across
entities.
⚫ Analysed resource utilisation, subcontracting, and insider-trading controls, identifying
inefficiencies, contract management gaps, and incomplete insider identification as per
regulatory norms.
⚫ Delivered actionable recommendations to enhance governance, reduce operational risks,
improve documentation standards, and align processes with industry best practices.

⚫ Conducted end-to-end internal audits across key business cycles including
Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Hire-to-Retire, Finance, Inventory, Fixed Assets,
and Statutory Compliance.
⚫ Reviewed departmental SOPs, identified control gaps, and recommended process
improvements to strengthen compliance and operational efficiency.
⚫ Analyzed data to detect control deficiencies, non-compliance, and potential fraud;
reported findings with actionable risk-mitigation recommendations.
⚫ Led and reviewed the work of audit team members, ensuring quality and timely
completion of audit deliverables.
⚫ Assessed inventory and material management processes, including physical
verification, non-moving inventory provisioning, scrap management, and vendor
master controls.

⚫ Audits of Restaurant chains in Thiruvananthapuram.
⚫ Tax Audits of Hotel Groups in Kanyakumari.
⚫ Filing of IT Returns.
⚫ Preparation of Draft Project Reports and Partnership deed.

Involved in the team of:
⚫ Branch Statutory Audit of RBI
⚫ Bank Audits of prominent national bank
⚫ Statutory and Tax Audits of IT Parks in Kerala
⚫ ABC Audit of top newspaper publication
⚫ Statutory and Tax audits of Automobile Dealers