Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Led comprehensive risk assessments and planning processes for Internal Audit, developing detailed audit plans, conducting walk-throughs, performing testing, and ensuring thorough reporting to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Planned and oversaw audits to assess controls, operational & financial efficiencies and compliance with all policies, procedures and regulations. Ensuring meticulous documentations on audit plans, work papers, findings and follow-up audits.
• Proactively informed senior management of significant risks or exposures related to internal controls, compliance, and governance, ensuring prompt attention and corrective actions.
• Developed and drafted issues and recommendations related to identified control gaps, providing comprehensive audit conclusions based on control strengths and weaknesses. Presented summary updates to leadership on risk areas, control deficiencies, and remediation status.
• Conducted comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential control gaps and developed effective mitigation strategies. Implemented best practices and continuous process improvements to enhance SOX compliance and operational efficiency.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams, including FP&A, Enterprise Billing, Engineering, BPA, and Finance Systems, to implement projects and drive continuous process improvements.
• Mentored and provided technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of compliance and excellence.
• Managed the re-design, documentation, and testing of SOX controls for the implementation of a new ERP systems, new systems, products, processes and ensuring robust internal controls.
• Stayed up to date on accounting, finance, and emerging audit trends and best practices to ensure the organization's audit processes remain current and effective.
• Identified trends and insights to continuously seek opportunities for process improvement and control enhancement.

Jun 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

• Leading Sarbanes-Oxley processes. Partnering with outsourced SOX audit team and external auditors for scoping, supervision, and review of operating effectiveness testing to support SOX compliance.
• Execution lead of upcoming product launches, testing and development of the Account mapping flows, documentation of end-to-end process, operational assessments and Reporting requirements.
• Planning and overseeing audits to assess controls, operational & financial efficiencies and compliance with all policies, procedures and regulations. Ensuring quality documentations on audit plans, work papers, findings and follow-up audits.
• Planning and organizing project management, controls the activities of project team members. Oversees the development and implementation of a project plan.
• Ensuring timely identification, development and quality documentation of audit issues, findings, root cause identification and negotiation of effective solutions.
• Providing effective updates to the Sr. Director-Internal audit/controls on the projects involved. Preparing presentations for SOX steering and audit committee. Understanding of NYSE corporate governance, ISO27001, COSO.
• Reviewed processes and provided assurance that proper financial controls are in place for any new product launch and technology initiatives. Also, voiced internal audit opinion in ensuring appropriate controls are designed and implemented on a proactive basis to help improve efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Collaborating with key internal partners FP&A, Enterprise billing, Engineering, BPA and Finance systems for project implementation, best practices, automation and continuous Process improvements.
• Developed financial systems solutions (Workiva, Blackline, Oracle BI, looker).
• Acted as Mentor, and technical lead for junior team members across the organization, globally.

Jun 2014 – Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Evaluate internal control system with a view to highlight shortcomings, surprise checks, risk management procedures.
• Recommend process improvement opportunities, identifying area of potential cost saving, and check adherence to standard operating practices.
• Communicate audit and review findings to Chief internal auditor, Divisional Vice-presidents and Senior Management.
• Help clients in development of standard operating policies and procedure.
• Key player in Implementation of ICOFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) – development of Process narratives, Preparation of Risk Control Matrix, Validation of Risk Control across the entity and helped client to establish the mitigating controls to cover the identified gaps.