Jaspal Singh Bhalla Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Oversee and enhance internal controls across various functions, ensuring alignment with GS 007 standards and regulatory requirements, strengthening overall operational integrity.Manage the end-to-end GS 007 audit process, ensuring timely completion, facilitating efficient and effective audits, and coordinating efforts across multiple stakeholders, including internal teams and external auditors.Develop and implement control frameworks, policies, and procedures to address compliance gaps, enhance risk management, and align with corporate governance.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute control testing plans, ensuring control effectiveness, enhancing operational efficiency, and identifying emerging operational risks.Conduct regular risk assessments, identifying operational, financial, and compliance risks across departments, and developing mitigation strategies aligned with risk appetite.Develop and maintain risk registers, tracking identified risks and control measures, ensuring risks are managed proactively.Provide actionable insights to senior management based on control testing results and risk assessments, ensuring informed decision-making and alignment with risk tolerance levels.Drove continuous improvement initiatives within the control environment, ensuring controls evolve with changing business needs and risk landscapes.

Melbourne, Australia

With 9 years' experience as an External Auditor at Deloitte, achieved a number of notable accomplishments:Manager Achievements:- Led Deloitte Australia's largest funds audit client (approx. 100 funds), including compliance plan and GS007 audits. Managed complex stakeholder relationships with investment managers and numerous external administrators/custodians- Secondment to Deloitte Canada, working on projects involving insurers and asset managers- Secondment to Deloitte Korea, conducting quality enhancement reviews on audit documentation- Facilitated general financial service knowledge training for junior staff and provided Deloitte-specific audit software training to lateral hiresSenior Achievements:- Secondment to Deloitte's offshore team in India, facilitating cross-border team integration and providing training on audit methodology- Supported internal standardisation and transformation initiatives for fund audits across Australia- Collaborated with Deloitte's Data Analytics team on implementing robotic automation for fund audits- Consistently achieved "Exceeds Expectations" ratings in internal performance reviewsResponsibilities:- Led initial planning of engagements, ensuring effective resource allocation- Reviewed and assessed compliance of financial reporting- Provided timely advice on financial reporting matters, including new accounting standards- Managed relationships with internal and external stakeholders- Prepared and presented reports to Boards and Audit Committees- Conducted training sessions on compliance, controls, and reporting- Facilitated financial service knowledge training and provided audit software training

Diploma Of Financial Planning

RG 146 Licensing: Training of financial product advisers - Expertise in Financial Planning Strategies - Client Needs Analysis.

Graduate Diploma Of Chartered Accounting

- Expertise in Financial Accounting and Reporting - Audit and Assurance Competence - Taxation Knowledge and Advisory - Risk Management.

Master Of Business Economics, Applied Economics

Activities and Societies: Monash Postgraduate Association Volunteer Actively volunteered for Monash Postgraduate Association, contributing.

Bachelor Of Commerce/Bachelor Of Economics, Accounting, Finance, Economics

- Expertise in Accounting Principles and Practices - Financial Management and Investment Analysis - Economic Analysis and Market Research.

Victorian Certificate Of Education