Currently managing and executing financial transformation engagements for clients across multiple geographies. Broader work areas include managing client engagements in areas of governance, risk, SOX compliance and accounting advisory services. Adept in engagements that entail identifying automation opportunities, cost-benefit analysis and defining implementation road map. Also engage with clients in developing RPA capabilities; BOT factory with ongoing support and maintenance.Work Areas include:- Lead internal audit and SOX compliance engagements, including financial, operational, information technology and other compliance audits, assisting clients to optimize their risk and internal control programs. - Involved in all stages of engagement management, including organizing scope / audit plans, providing guidance and feedback on performance to team members and leading meetings with client teams to communicate recommendations. Subject matter expert on ASC606 and 842 implementations. - Lead preparation review of consolidation activities including consolidation journals, analytical reviews, management reporting. Participated in Global/GFC projects, and work on high end systems to deliver reporting and reconciliations. - Project Manager on a GRC diagnostics engagement for the CRO organization of a US$ 3 billion financial services company. The project included an assessment of current state of the CRO organization against industry benchmarks and recommending the structural / strategic and tactical changes to the organization. - Lead multiple Integration projects, ensuring new reporting requirements are implemented in the financial reporting tools. The activities included: planning follow-up, specification definition, management of the development team, chart of accounts and interface. - Lead several ERP automation projects and monitor their progress and timelines. Work with team to conduct process analysis and identify opportunities for improvement.

- Progressive records of positions with increasing responsibility, culminating as Chief Operating Officer leading the operational as well as financial process of the company. The roles included shared responsibilities of providing consulting to the client firms as well as to lead the corporate finance and accounting unit.- Led numerous outsourcing contracts, as a key engagement manager for the client; meeting SLA expectations and successfully managed a 95% client retention rate on all accounts. Also, managed team of global consultants (network as well as Internal) and channelizing the workflow to meet client deliverable deadlines.- Continuously seek debt reduction options that include currency cap contracts and government loans. Oversee purchasing, payroll, service pricing, tax and currency, audits and financial transactions. Perform capital budgeting and ROI analysis, built models for equity sourcing , and restructured company balance sheet to convert subordinated debt into equity.- Client Engagement Manager for a Canadian Bank.: A large Canadian bank, wanted to quantify the social media buzz around their financial products. Lead a social media monitoring audit, from scratch, identifying the correct social media monitoring tool and, devising a strategy to engage, bank’s customers on a real-time basis. - Worked as a team member on a consulting engagement for an Indian consumer goods company: Nullified the client’s duplicate payment error, incrementing the segmental profit recovery by 12.4% as well as identified and stopped unauthorized charges by 1.5%- Worked as a team member on a consulting engagement for a Japanese multinational conglomerate: Successfully achieved a cost reduction of 7% with improved data cleansing and proper categorization of catalogs for parts/supplies in clients ERP system, which lowered procurement spending and inventory levels.

Extracted, processed and validated data from Transactional and Accounting systems to produce Periodic (Weekly, monthly, and quarterly) reports- Internal Management reports: Liquidity ratios. Current assets, liabilities maturity, and cash flow- Performed end-of-day reconciliation operations on bank information systems- Statutory reports: Balance sheet sensitivity to interest rates, credit risk and pledging

Regularly undertook audits, involving independent examination of the organization’s accounts, analyzing risk, inspecting the organization’s current practices, investigating any financial irregularities and recommending improvements- Led SME audits for a credit rating agency and proposed ratings for 56 companies- Led 34 bank audits including revenue/statutory/concurrent audits.- Developed performance audit report for Unilever ASM channel which got awarded and adopted by company’s internal auditors all across Northern India.- Served as an Internal audit subject matter expert for a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company that owns over 400 brands, with a turnover of ~€55B. Interviewed Operation Department managers and staff to ensure internal control procedures in place provide comprehensive coverage of the Operations function. Reviewed firm’s operational policies and procedures, analyzed trade samples to ensure sales activities are processed accurately and in a timely fashion as dictated by internal controls.

• Understood industry and regulatory trends, conducted peer comparisons, prepared briefs, reports and presentations that succinctly communicate key market information to management.• Managed International Client Relationships to ensure 85% retention by resolving post-sale issues with superior follow-up.• Participated in the development of new advice and guidance tools• End to End transition of processes from client's site in the US, UK, Canada to India.