Senior Audit Assistant, External Audit | Deloitte and Touche AERS India Pvt. Ltd | Gurugram
- Led annual audits for multinational companies in the C&IP sector, including a leader with £866 million turnover, reducing audit completion time by 15% through streamlined processes and improving compliance.
- Enhanced regulatory compliance for UK clients by ensuring adherence to PCAOB, ISA, and IFRS standards, minimizing the risk of penalties and fostering improved client satisfaction through proactive guidance.
- Directed audit planning, assessed risks, and scoped audits, identifying critical financial discrepancies, including finding a misstatement of £1mn in revenue recognition, ensuring accurate financial reporting through substantive testing on elements like Revenue, PPE, and AR/AP.
- Led process optimization initiatives, improving communication and internal review processes amongst the onshore and offshore teams, reducing review time by 10%, which improved control effectiveness and reduced operational risks.
- Collaborated with specialized technical advisory teams for revenue rebuttal and inventory consultations, resolving complex accounting issues and delivering precise audit reports.
- Guided 5 new team members, accelerating their learning curve and enabling high-quality work delivery, while fostering integration between UK and USI teams and enhancing their understanding of IFRS and Deloitte’s audit standards.
Senior Associate | GCG & Co. | Ghaziabad
- Led a team of 6, implementing review mechanisms and quality checks that improved work accuracy and allowed project delivery ahead of deadlines, resulting in higher client satisfaction and repeat business.
- Drove strategic financial analysis to optimize budgeting and long-term planning, leading to cost savings of ₹250k p.a. by identifying inefficiencies and improving resource allocation, enhancing the client's financial performance.
- Conducted comprehensive stock audits and reconciled inventory discrepancies, ensuring accurate valuation and leading to a 10-15% reduction in variance between recorded stock and actual inventory.
- Supervised internal, statutory, and concurrent audits, while ensuring timely and accurate tax filings and stock valuations, identifying operational gaps and discrepancies, and providing actionable recommendations that improved client compliance, transparency, and risk mitigation.
- Effectively managed client interactions, resolving tax authority issues on the first attempt in over 80% of cases, saving clients from paying penalties and ensuring quicker issue resolution, while boosting client satisfaction through proactive communication.
Articled Assistant | ATK & Associates
- Successfully transitioned 15+ clients to the GST regime, ensuring 100% compliance and zero disruption to business operations.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by executing over 70 timely Income Tax and GST return filings within a single period, preventing penalties and improving accuracy, while managing concurrent audits for public banks and maintaining proactive communication with clients.
- Leveraged digital tools to streamline scheduling and documentation processes, reducing administrative turnaround time by 10 - 15% and driving seamless, efficient office operations.
- Improved financial representation and accuracy for clients through managing end-to-end accounting processes, including handling 1000+ general ledger entries, timely account reconciliations, and generating precise financial reports.