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Seattle, Washington, United States

Key responsibilities include :- Plan and execute audit engagements- Participate in engagement planning- Perform risk assessments- Perform analytical reviews- Document internal controls and perform tests of controls- Plan substantive work- Perform substantive testing and supervise others- Draft financial statements- Document control deficiencies and other client deliverables- Perform compilation, review and preparation engagements- Communicate recommendations- Build client relationships- Identify accounting, business, and tax issues/opportunities and develop solutions/recommendations

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Key responsibilities as an audit in-charge :- Conducted the statutory audit of a technology and telecommunication company listed on the stockexchanges of India, with a market capitalisation of $101.5M.- Audited significant financial captions such as revenue and expected credit loss model for trade receivables.- Audited technical areas like impairment of investments in 25 subsidiaries, located in various geographical locations across the globe within Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America.- Audited internal financial controls of 10 processes as per COSO framework through walkthroughs and tests of operating effectiveness.- Mentored 5 junior team members in the audit of the company’s subsidiaries.- Audited consolidation of financial statements and elimination of inter-company transactions.- Addressed comments of internally mandated reviews under stringent deadlines.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Audited the fair valuation methods of investments made by an investment fund, with asset under management upwards of $1,100M.- Conducted tax audit of a subsidiary of a multinational e- commerce company, with revenue over $77.5M, as per the Indian Income Tax Act.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Conducted IFRS audit of 2 subsidiaries of a UK based multinational software and technology company, along with offshore KPMG teams, as a team lead.- Obtained detailed understanding of basics of audit and the audit documentation principles by working on a range of clients, from a startup with a net-worth of $5.4M to a technology company with a net-worth of $75.8M.

Education record

Cleared Level I (Common Proficiency Test) in June 2017, Level II (CA Intermediate examination) in November 2019 and Level III (CA Final.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting, 8.5 Cgpa

Schooling And Pre University, 96.5%