Akash Kedia Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

-Focussing on building a best in class finance and controls team for a PE fund (AUM of $2B+). -Responsible for preparation of the group financial statements under US GAAP including consolidation of financial information of portfolio Companies under different GAAPs (IFRS/FRS 102 ) in a multi currency environment.- Working closely with the office of CFO and CEO to institutionalise the business and implement internal controls framework in line with SOX requirements.- Leading ad hoc projects like implementation of credit loss models, integrating revenue recognition policies across portfolio Companies and accounting for acquisitions/reorganisations at the group level.- Collaborating closely with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders, board and investors, including extensive involvement with the capital raising process, providing key financial and operational insights.- Extensive support on M&A activities including supporting due diligence on proposed acquisitions, preparation of forecasts the group and review of the forecasts of the portfolio Companies and range of FP&A activities.- Extensive co-ordination with tax advisers, auditors, valuers, lawyers and range of external advisers/stakeholders throughout the process.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Leading assurance engagement teams for entities backed by Private Equity capital.- Reviews of accounting for complex business transactions - Supporting management through disruptive events over the Private Equity life cycle.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Leading audit team for a large US listed entity and responsible for SOX reporting, issuance of audit reports under PCAOB standards and 20F filing for the Company- Managing a large portfolio of clients across industries and sectors, under several financial reporting and auditing framework.- Extensive experience in application of sophisticated data analysis tools for assurance engagements at large entities.- Responsible for leading business proposals, managing resource scheduling at multiple projects, project profitability management and recommending hiring for the department-Supporting management through large and complex business transactions like restructuring and demergers.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Leading large teams for assurance engagements like statutory audit, limited reviews and agreed upon procedures under IFRS and US GAAP- Review of internal control systems and processes for Foreign Private Issuers including SOX reporting.- Leading teams for audit of large US listed Company under PCAOB framework and issuing reports as per PCAOB standards.-Agreed upon procedures across domains like profitability, inventory management and corporate restructuring programmes, facilitating management decision making - Leading teams for assurance engagements under various laws and business requirements.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Responsible for supervising assurance engagement for large listed entities under IFRS, US GAAP and Indian GAAP- Preparation and review of high quality deliverables like Financial Statements, Audit and Review Reports, Management Letters and presentations to be made to Audit Committees, Board of Directors and Private Equity Investors across entities- Part of several IFRS convergence engagements at large public entities- Extensive exposure to implementation and auditing the new and complex standards like IFRS 15 and IFRS 16

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- In-charge for assurance engagements across entities, under IFRS, US GAAP and Indian GAAP, responsible for execution and supervision audit procedures as per the firm's methodology - Identification and communication of complex accounting issues, control weakness, risk gaps and legal compliance matters during the course of the engagements- Drafting the deliverables including Audit reports, Review reports and Management letters for communication of risk gaps and control weakness- Responsible for end to end management of the field work for engagements and review of engagement partners- Responsible for compliance with the firm's auditing methodology including Indian and International auditing standards.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Part of assurance engagement teams across several listed, unlisted public and promoter driven private entities - Performing risk assessment as per the applicable auditing framework and identification of significant risk areas for the engagement- Execution of audit procedures across critical captions and high risk areas like Revenue, PPE, Journal entries and Compliance with the Companies Act and related corporates and allied laws.- Performing test of internal controls across processes and systems including obtaining a deep understanding of the existing processes and systems of the client- Performing Tax audits under the Income Tax laws

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Financial Management, Ca Final- First Attempt, Ipcc-All India Rank 50, Cpt- All India Rank 10

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance, First Class With Distinction