Dec 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Performed month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closure activities for HP Nordic Entities by passing and reconciling Controllership Journal Entries
• Conducted TB Reviews for HP Finland and HP Denmark with entity Controllers to identify and analyze movements in key areas and presented the review deck to entity Managing Directors
• Designed automated flows for simple tasks saving about 120 cumulative man hours for the team per year using MS Power Automate
• Tested new system on S4HANA for HP Norway to extract Standard Audit File for Tax
• Assisted in Statutory Audits by providing supporting documents and explanations

Dec 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka

• Performed external audits as an Audit Staff for listed and private companies in banking, manufacturing, IT, and power sectors among others
• Collaborated to plan audit engagement objectives, develop, and execute an audit strategy through various meetings with the engagements' Managers and Partners
• Fostered and maintained productive relationships with the audit clients' management, allowing for smooth communication with various entity and process controllers (revenue, payroll, inventory, etc.,) for audit supports and negotiated timelines as the main point of contact from the audit team
• Leveraged BDO's Audit Process Tool APT Next Gen in every stage of audit and continuously strived to drive audit efficiencies through the use of technology
• Conducted walk-throughs and created workflow documents of client processes and identified audit relevant controls and risks to such controls for further testing
• Performed the role of lead staff on engagements, acting as a go-between the engagement manager, junior staff, and the client
• Effectively allocated work among the team and guided junior staff on BDO methodology and work paper etiquette, and undertaking detailed review of work done on engagements before passing it on for managerial reviews

Apr 2017 – May 2017 · 1 mo · Bangalore

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India