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London Area, United Kingdom

• Assisting in the planning and execution of audits for various charitable organizations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.• Collaborating with a team of professionals to conduct thorough financial reviews, providing insights and recommendations to enhance financial health and transparency.• Engaging with clients to understand their operations and challenges, fostering strong working relationships built on trust and communication.• Pursuing the ACA qualification, further developing my expertise in audit and financial management within the charity sector.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

• Collected and analyzed feedback from peers to inform university policy changes.• Collaborated with faculty to organize events that fostered community engagement and support.• Addressed challenges such as the lack of access to past exam papers for students, advocating for professors to provide these resources to facilitate better exam preparation.• Developed skills in public speaking, negotiation, and leadership through various initiatives.

United Kingdom

• Facilitated informative sessions and workshops to introduce students to the platform's features, benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.• Organized and hosted campus events, such as career fairs and networking sessions attracting 500+ students, and successfully boosting awareness of the platform's services.• Provided personalized support to students, addressing inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring that their experiences with the platform were consistently positive.• Collaborated with the Careers team to create and implement innovative marketing campaigns, resulting in 350 student sign-ups.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Worked at BSR & Co. LLP (Member Firm/Audit Practice of KPMG India).• Facilitated the Team in Statutory audits and Interim audit of private and public clients of healthcare,construction, manufacturing, and trading sector with £10 million+ of turnover.• Prepared Walkthroughs and performed Test of Controls (TOC), Test of Details (TOD) of Revenue, Purchase, PPE, JE and Tax which increased the overall quality of the audit by 30%.• Built strong relationships with the clients to receive relevant data on time, analysed the data using 50 datasets and ran MUS (Monetary Unit Sampling) on the data, generated samples and vouched the same. This reduced the overall time taken for the audit by 20%; received good feedback for identifying a major risk.• Summarized Minutes of minutes (Board Meeting, AGM, EGM) and Internal Audit reports (IARs) for the partner and saved around £2000 by reducing 10+ billable hours.• Rolled out 30+ Confirmations to Bank, Debtors, Creditors, and Related parties each. Maintained trackers for all confirmations sent, verified the amounts, interrogated the client for discrepancies, if found any.• Collaborated with colleagues in the data department; understood the challenges and offered to support the team with additional work-papers like Cash & Bank, Enter or update, JE Testing, Statutory Dues, Payroll, Prepaid Expenses, Other expenses, Analytical Review and did complex calculations when needed.• Administered Stock counts of multiple locations for couple of clients having stock worth £1 million and prepared Inventory Work-papers for the same and included details of all the Floor to Sheet and sheet to Floor samples that were tested.• Led a team of 5 Interns for an Internal Specialized Flowchart team; prepared 100+ flowcharts for Significant Areas such as Revenue, Purchase, FA, Treasury and helped multiple Audit teams within a tight one week deadline.• Received ENCORE KUDOS AWARD for being extremely proactive at work and for meeting deadlines.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Freelance work. • Assisted in processing payments, invoices, income, and receipts using accounting software Tally similar to QuickBooks.• Prepared and reviewed vendor invoices for payment, ensuring accuracy and compliance.• Conducted regular bank reconciliations to maintain precise financial records.• Assisted in developing monthly financial statements, including cash flow, profit and loss, and balance sheets. • Supported in the preparation of GST (similar to VAT) returns, ensuring compliance with tax regulations. Collaborated with the team in the preparation of year-end accounts for filing.• Provided general office upkeep to maintain an organized and efficient workspace.• Assisted the Managing Director in various administrative tasks as required.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Internship in a mid size CA firm, where I got to learn the verticals of Audit and Tax of Private Limited Companies, Trusts and Firms.• Influenced an Audit of a Branch of a leading public sector Bank in India. Vouching of Letter of Credit, Bank guarantees given by the bank and co-ordinated with the Manager to prepare LFAR (Long form Audit Report) for banks.• Tax computation for MSMEs, Individuals and filing of taxes viz; corporate taxes and personal taxes.• Prepared Financial statements like Income statement, Balance sheet and Capital gains.• Maintaining accounting data of small clients, supporting in completion of basic bookkeeping and accounts of the company.

Associate Chartered Accountant (Aca), Accounting And Finance

Master Of Science - Msc, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Auditing, Management/Cost/Financial Accounting & Indian Taxation Along With Business Economics., 8.63 ( Average Cgpa Out Of 10)

Higher School Certificate, Business/Commerce, 75.38%

Secondary School Certificate, 84.4%