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Aayushi Agarwal

Summary

Outcome-oriented and committed Chartered Accountant with 5 years of post-qualification experience in auditing. Proven expertise in coaching and mentoring team members, contributing to a culture of excellence. Played a pivotal role in client-facing roles and got to work in the UK for 1 year secondment.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant manager

KPMG
11.2019 - Current
  • In-charged end-to-end large and small audits of private enterprises (including onshore and offshore-based teams) with a strong focus on delivering high-quality work through coaching
  • Collaborating and liaising with various teams in order to get the project completed and delivered in a timely manner
  • Conducted performance evaluation for junior team members, provided constructive feedback and guidance for their professional development
  • Led a team of 15-20 people comprising of junior and senior associates; facilitated effective collaboration and fulfillment of team objectives
  • Organized and conducted quarterly department meeting by coordinating with various departments, arranging and presenting slide deck as per KPMG brand
  • Acting as a quality champion by liaising with topic experts and helping the wider team with implementing new technology in the department
  • Presenting and reporting to UK directors/partner and people champions by analyzing utilization of off-shore team at KPMG
  • Conducted interviews to identify ideal candidates.

Assistant Manager

KPMG (secondment)
08.2022 - 08.2023
  • Responsible for planning, executing, and finalizing audit engagements
  • Reduced need for engagement manager oversight by leading audit engagements independently
  • Led and in-charged multiple teams of 2 to 5 associates each, successfully delivered audit work on engagements in diverse industries, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to audit standards
  • Coaching and training staff to deliver quality audits and cascading the best practices for reporting, documentation and liaising with off-shore teams, gave regular and constructive feedback
  • Coordinated between KPMG specialists' teams, Data and Analytics team, and IT Audit team to deliver audit solutions
  • Conducted a session in UK by cascading best practices to work with offshore teams and presented culture session about India at the UK

Article Assistant

S.N. Kapur & Associates
10.2015 - 10.2018
  • Conducted Tax Audits of Private Clients (Companies, Firms, Societies & Individuals) u/s 44AB of Income Tax Act,1961
  • Conducted Concurrent Audit of transactions under various areas for a bank as per the audit plan
  • Worked on Stock and Internal Audits for clients as a Team Leader

Education

Diploma in IFRS -

ACCA
08.2021

Chartered Accountancy - Accounting & Finance

ICAI
05.2019

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance

IGNOU
04.2017

Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • MS Office (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Collaboration and coordination
  • IFRS accounting
  • Performance evaluation
  • Team management
  • Project management

Accomplishments

  • Awarded with Audit quality and culture award for delivering quality work and commitment towards culture
  • Awarded with ‘Ulteamate' for a team lead with highest quality score and operational excellence
  • Rewarded with ‘Super employee' by KPMG
  • Received ‘Kudos' for delivering a project successfully by KPMG
  • Selected for the secondment opportunity to KPMG UK for 1 year
  • Appreciated by the project managers for commitment and delivering timely and quality projects
  • Received internal quality review rating of 1 (being the highest) in audit files in-charged
  • Appreciated for exceptional people management from junior team members for conducting performance evaluations with diligence, preparedness and empathy
  • Proven ability to lead and collaborate within cross-functional teams to achieve audit objectives efficiently
  • Broad technical experience in UK GAAP (FRS 101,102) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting standards)
  • Presentation, structuring and organization of quarterly department meetings(townhall) in the department
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail and a demonstrable capability to explain and pitch ideas
  • Received ‘Best article' award during articleship by S.N. Kapur & Associates in 2017

Timeline

Assistant Manager

KPMG (secondment)
08.2022 - 08.2023

Assistant manager

KPMG
11.2019 - Current

Article Assistant

S.N. Kapur & Associates
10.2015 - 10.2018

Chartered Accountancy - Accounting & Finance

ICAI

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Finance

IGNOU

Diploma in IFRS -

ACCA

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