Bakhtiyar Khan — Operations Associate

Bakhtiyar is an audit professional with extensive experience in US GAAP and IFRS audits for financial services audits and alternative investment funds audit. His expertise is built on a foundation of meticulous planning, risk assessment, and the execution of substantive procedures. In his current role at EY, he led and manage audit engagements for global clients while overseeing workflow management, resource allocation, and team performance. He ensures compliance with EY's Global Audit Methodology (GAM). His role also involves mentoring and coaching a team, implementing process improvements, and cultivating strong relationships with EY leadership and global teams to ensure seamless collaboration. Beyond traditional auditing, he also delved into data analytics, leveraging his audit expertise to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies within large datasets. This experience has allowed him to drive more effective audits and support informed decision-making. He is intrigued by people's different personalities and behavioural patterns. He acknowledges their heterogeneous nature, which helps him understand people's perspectives on an issue.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Services and Audit professional with expertise in data analytics.

Experience: 7 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Auditing
Data Analytics
Venture Capital
Private Equity

Career Highlights

Expert in US GAAP and IFRS audits.
Led global audit engagements at EY.
Innovative use of data analytics in auditing.

Work Experience

Techstars

Venture Capital Fellow (2 mos)

EY

Assistant Manager (9 mos)

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey Forward Program Fellow (3 mos)

BDO RISE Private Limited

Assurance Senior Associate (8 mos)

Audit Senior Associate (1 yr 2 mos)

Audit Experienced Associate (1 yr 8 mos)

Senior Audit Assistant (3 mos)

Toastmasters International

President, BDO RISE TM (5 mos)

Eneur : E-cell of Kirori Mal College

Mentor (9 mos)

THE Podcast with Bakhtiyar

Host (3 yrs 4 mos)

komyunity

Member (3 yrs 5 mos)

Toastmasters International

VP Public Relations, BDO RISE TM (5 mos)

LEARN91

Brand Evangelist (9 mos)

Learn91

Guest Speaker (0 mo)

Investment Bankers Forum

Guest Speaker (0 mo)

EY

Assurance Consultant (5 mos)

Akhil Kumar & Co.

Senior Article Assistant (Apprenticeship) (2 yrs 7 mos)

SN Kapur & Associates

Article Assistant (Apprenticeship) (3 mos)

Education

Startup School at Y Combinator

Master of Business Administration - MBA at T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal

Auditing at ACCA

Auditing at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor of Commerce at Lucknow Christian College

Higher Secondary School at Christ Church College

Bakhtiyar Khan

Operations Associate

India7 yrs 2 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in US GAAP and IFRS audits.
Led global audit engagements at EY.
Innovative use of data analytics in auditing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Services and Audit professional with expertise in data analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

AuditingData AnalyticsVenture CapitalPrivate Equity

Other Skills

People ManagementCommunicationTermsheetinvestment cycleInvestment thesisCapitalisation tableValuationMicrosoft Power BIMicrosoft ExcelAltreyxTask ManagementStartupsManagementLeadershipStatutory Audit

About

Experience

7 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Techstars

Venture Capital Fellow

Mar 2026 – Present · 2 mos · Remote

Termsheetinvestment cycleInvestment thesisCapitalisation tableValuationVenture Capital

Ey

Assistant Manager

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Managed audit engagement for financial services client, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables.
Oversaw workflow management, resource allocation, and team performance, focusing on compliance with EY’s Global Audit Methodology.
Perform Helix Data Analytics Analyzers. Complete the analysis and share results with the local team.
Mentored and coached team members, fostering talent development and driving continuous improvement across engagements.

AuditingData AnalyticsPeople ManagementCommunication

Mckinsey & company

McKinsey Forward Program Fellow

Apr 2025 – Jul 2025 · 3 mos · Remote

The McKinsey Forward Program is a free, global, online learning initiative by McKinsey.org designed to equip early-career professionals with essential skills for the modern workplace. It is particularly beneficial for individuals in India, including those based in Bengaluru.

Bdo rise private limited

4 roles

Assurance Senior Associate

Dec 2024 – Aug 2025 · 8 mos

Bakhtiyar is part of the BDOADVANTAGE team, which transforms how audits are traditionally performed.
BDOADVANTAGE is part of BDO RISE, and around 125 people from BDO USA and BDO RISE work together to enhance auditors' experiences by providing them with the correct tools, technologies, analytics, and AI.
He is an audit professional, and by applying emerging analytics techniques to traditional audit processes, he focuses on:
Risk Assessment & Fraud Detection: Using data analytics to identify potential risks and red flags earlier in the audit cycle, helping to safeguard financial integrity.
Efficiency & Precision: Streamlining audit workflows by automating data-driven checks, improving audit procedures' efficiency and precision.
Insightful Reporting: Enhancing audit reports with data visualisations and dashboards, making complex information more accessible and actionable for stakeholders.
Through continuous learning in analytics tools and techniques, he is committed to advancing the audit field with a data-first approach.

Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft ExcelData AnalyticsAltreyxTask Management

Audit Senior Associate

Sep 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

Bakhtiyar was responsible for executing a full-fledged Audit of US-based private equity funds clients (US GAAP). This included performing planning procedures (like risk assessment, materiality, analytical methods, preparing the audit plan and strategy, and performing walkthroughs), performing substantive procedures and control testing, and finally concluding the audit.
Worked on various areas of partners' capital, contributions, distributions, realised gains, unrealised gains, management fees, and investments. Prepared financial statements also. Performed recalculations of NAV and management fees and carried interest—knowledge about waterfall calculations, hurdle rate, and catch-up.
Bakhtiyar worked with clients in the private equity industry in the New York, Boston, and San Francisco regions.

Venture CapitalPrivate Equity

Audit Experienced Associate

Jan 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

Senior Audit Assistant

Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 · 3 mos

Toastmasters international

President, BDO RISE TM

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Eneur : e-cell of kirori mal college

Mentor

Jun 2023 – Mar 2024 · 9 mos · Remote

The podcast with bakhtiyar

Host

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Komyunity

Member

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Toastmasters international

VP Public Relations, BDO RISE TM

Jul 2022 – Dec 2022 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

VP Public Relations at BDO RISE club.
Responsible for promotional activities of club.
Responding to queries on social media platforms.
Driving social media engagement and increasing members count.
Creation of marketing campaigns of the club.
Promoting club on WhatsApp groups.
Handling meeting arrangements.
Deciding theme of the meeting.
Publishing posters and award certificates.

Learn91

Brand Evangelist

Feb 2022 – Nov 2022 · 9 mos

Written content for Learn91 for social media platforms.

Learn91

Guest Speaker

Dec 2021 – Dec 2021 · 0 mo

Video posted on Learn91 YouTube channel.

Investment bankers forum

Guest Speaker

Sep 2021 – Sep 2021 · 0 mo

Bakhtiyar is the Youngest Speaker at Investment Bankers Forum.
This was a non compensatory role, without any financial interest.

Ey

Assurance Consultant

Dec 2020 – May 2021 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Team member for year end and quarterly audits of :
Various real estate / alternative investment funds, investment bank, listed asset management company.
Listed enterprise asset management and business software solutions company.
One of the largest airline catering company.
Ultra low cost airline carrier.
One of the largest vaccine manufacturing company in United States.

Akhil kumar & co.

Senior Article Assistant (Apprenticeship)

Jul 2017 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Experience in filing Income Tax returns of individuals, HUF, partnership, trust, society & companies.
Experience in preparation of financial statements preparation of companies, sole proprietorship, HUF, trust, society, partnership.
Financial Statements analysis.
Statutory audits of banks.
IT appeals & revision.
Preparation of provisional financial statements.
Worked for loan approvals from banks, financial institutions and government bodies.
Experience in accounting on both excel and tally.
Worked with team on Startup Project - Doctor CFO (available on Play Store)

Sn kapur & associates

Article Assistant (Apprenticeship)

Mar 2017 – Jun 2017 · 3 mos · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Experience in internal audit of listed retail chains and listed consumer goods company.
Experience in stock destruction audit of listed pharmaceutical company.
Experience in statutory, concurrent, information systems & stock audits of banks.
Experience in Statutory Government Aided projects and internal audit of Government Funded Programs.
Worked with Central Statutory Audit team.