Urmish Mehta Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Key Responsibilities include:End-to-end ESG Strategy Formulation for software companies & corporates;Operationalization of ESG Strategy for various clients including end-to-end report drafting and filing with leading ESG Frameworks/Standards;Major contributor to the Report on EU Sustainability Reporting and Standard Setting;Formulating GTM Strategy for leading software vendors helping them capture potential markets in the Non-Financial Space;Assisting software companies in analysing current capabilities, challenges, future readiness and techno-economic feasibility of their tool so as to enable them to offer a comprehensive ESG solution to their clients; Conducting training via workshops and webinars to various ESG Stakeholders;Writing whitepapers and articles relating to Integrated and Non-financial reporting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mumbai Area, India

Key Responsibilities at U2L Learning Solutions Limited (formerly known as Future Sharp Skills Limited):Rebuilt the finance function, implemented formal budgeting, forecasting and reporting systems to measure and communicate financial and operational performanceDaily Funds Flow Management and Strategic financial planningPreparation of Budgets, Yearly assignment execution plans and Scheduling of ResourcesAdvising the company in respect of Taxation and Company Law mattersPresentations to the Board, Audit and Compliance Committees and Management (Future Sharp Skills Limited is a Future Group Company and a leading player in Corporate Skilling, Learning and Training Space)

Mumbai Area, India

Key Responsibilities:Design and evaluation of Operating effectiveness of Internal Financial ControlsPreparation and updation of Internal Policies and Standard Operating ProceduresPreparation of Financial Projections and Valuation Reports for Group CompaniesKey member of Strategic Leadership Team to provide concrete action steps to align financial activities, streamline operational processes to ensure cost optimization

Mumbai Area, India

Key Responsibilities:Statutory, Risk Management, Concurrent Audits of Listed and Large Private Limited Companies across Manufacturing, Service, Banking and Financial SectorsDesign and Evaluation of Operating effectiveness of Internal Financial ControlsLegal and Financial Due Diligence of Target CompaniesAdvising the clients in respect of Taxation and Company Law mattersPart of the Strategic Decision making team in charge of addition of new lines of professional services and expansion of existing clienteleAudit Committee Presentations to Boards of Corporate Clients on quarterly basis Preparation of Budgets, Yearly assignment execution plans and Scheduling of Resources Drafted and reviewed Legal Agreements, Opinions and CertificationsAssisted senior partners of the firm to research and draft articles for publishing and initiated Inhouse Research and Training workshops for benefits of all employeesMajor Assignments handled:Heading the Risk Management Audit of a leading Indian General Insurance Company having Annual Gross Premium Receipts of ~USD 410 Million and of Cement Company having Annual Revenues of ~USD 300 Million since last 4 yearsExecution and Signing Partner of statutory audits of standalone and consolidated financial statements of 2 publicly listed Production House and Movie Screening Companies having combined Annual Revenues of ~USD 18 MillionLed the Team responsible for Concurrent Audit of Investment Function of Life Insurance Company having Assets under Management of ~USD 2.5 Billion for 3 yearsRepresentations on behalf of clients to SFIO, EOW and RoCKey team member for Central Statutory Audit of a state-level Co-operative Bank having Advances of around ~USD 300 MillionSpecial Audit of major oil companies on behalf of Central Board of Excise and Customs

Mumbai Area, India

Independent Execution of Statutory and Risk Management Audits of Listed and Other Corporate ClientsFinancial and Legal Due Diligence of Corporate ClientsPreparation of Audit Programs and ensuring timely executionFiling of Income Tax Returns and drafting of submissions for Corporate and Individual AssesseesDrafting of Legal AgreementsConduct of in-house training and knowledge updation workshops

Mumbai Area, India

Key Responsibilities:Preparation of income tax and service tax submissions and appeal documents for individuals and corporate assesseesPreparation of Income Tax Returns for individuals and corporate assesseesStatutory and Internal Audit of Listed and Private Limited CompaniesFiling of ROC returnsDrafting of Articles for Partners of the firm

Mumbai Area, India

Key Responsibilities:A. Corporate Advisory:Study and identification of Opportunities for improvement of various Operational Monthly Oversight Processes for corporate clients.Rebuilt the finance function, implemented formal budgeting, forecasting and reporting systems to measure and communicate performance for a skilling and training subsidiary of India’s leading Retail ChainStreamlined Working Capital function for a corporate client through accelerated billing, improved collection terms and extension of vendor payment termsContributed in preparation and updation of Policy & SOP’s of clientsPrepared financial forecasts, valuation and project reports for corporate clientsAnalysed Budgets and Macro Economic Policies for a leading newspaper in IndiaPrepared and presented training and corporate presentations on Ind AS and GSTB. XBRL:Established and currently leading the XBRL Initiatives at Uttam Agarwal Corporate Advisory Private Limited in relation to US GAAP SEC Filings, Indian GAAP Filings and Taxonomy Development and Advisory Services.Headed the team to execute XBRL filings for leading corporate houses in India like Reliance ADAG, Birla Corp, Welspun Corp, Star Group, Times Group, etc.Little Laurels in XBRL:Track Program Presenter for 2 sessions at the 24th XBRL International Conference held in Abu Dhabi between March 19 - 22, 2012.Passionate speaker on XBRL having conducted 20+ workshops and speaker at various seminars and study circles of ICAI and ICSI, across India and leading corporate houses.Major contributor in creation of the Tata Index for Sustainable Human Development Taxonomy, which is World’s First XBRL Acknowledged Integrated Reporting Taxonomy. Co-authored article on ‘INTEGRATED DYNAMIC REPORTING’ which appeared in the first issue of Interactive Business Reporting - the official magazine of XBRL International. Co-authored the book ‘XBRL: Zero to Pro in Two Days’, a book on the XBRL India Mandate

Mumbai Area, India

Assistance to corporate and individual clients in relation to Private Equity, Restructuring and Project Financing activitiesAdvising the clients in respect of taxation and company law mattersCreation of financial forecasts and project reports for corporate clientsAnalysis of Budgets and Macro Economic Policies for a leading newspaper in IndiaValuation of Businesses and SharesXBRL US SEC and Indian Filings

Mumbai Area, India

Statutory Audit of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) (India’s Largest FMCG Company) with turnover of ~USD 2.2 Billion, Fisher Scientific (India) Private Limited (Indian Subsidiary of Fortune 500 Company - Thermo Fisher Scientific Group) and other corporate clients Foreign Reporting and Tax Audit assignments for corporate clients SOX Audit (Assessment of Internal Controls as required under SOX Act of USA) of HUL

Ll.B. (Gen.), Law

Ca

Cleared CA in First Attempt and had secured 20th All India Rank at the CA PE-I (Entrance Examination)

B. Com

Activities and Societies: Member of the Planning Forum and Computer Society; Active Participant in Extra-curricular Activites and College.

Hsc

Active Participant in Extra Curricular Activities and Events at College Festivals

Ssc (Matriculation)

Won Elocution and Essay-writing competitions at various inter-school and collegiate events Was amongst 1st to 5th Rank Holders throughout.