Advanced Excel - VBA
Baskaran Annamalai
Senior Auditor
Chennai,Tamilnadu
Summary
Auditor with over 4 years' experience specializing in review of financial statements, identifying reporting and control Issues and suggesting mitigating actions. History of Improving effectiveness and efficiency using innovative techniques to provide seamless service delivery to clients. Managed automation projects that saved 0.32 million hours for EY. Curious to learn and apply financing concepts to real world applications to drive financial excellence.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Auditor
EY GDS
Chennai
09.2020 - Current
- Led a team of 10 to strategically plan, executed and finalized the statutory audit of a technology company with revenues exceeding 100$ million.
- Conducted detailed analysis over revenue, receivables and payroll of a publicly traded advertising company generating 1.2B SEK in revenues.
- Provided trainings to 100 + new employees on MS Excel and various audit procedures.
- Managed and assessed feasibility of automation ideas that drive business efficiency. Led automation projects that saved 320,000+ hours.
- Supervised 30+ staffs, including assigning tasks, reviewing work and providing guidance on
accounting and auditing principles. - Performed detailed review of quarterly and annual reports for NORD clients and communicated results with onshore audit teams.
- Performed extensive audit procedures over balance sheet and Income statement accounts.
- Interacted with global engagement teams on a regular basis and developed productive working relationships.
Associate Auditor
EY GDS
Chennai
09.2017 - 08.2020
- Executed substantive procedures for a real estate client with 250+ condominiums and optimized audit procedures that improved audit efficiency by 15%.
- Re-performed payroll reporting process for 9 subsidiaries of a license management company generating 150 million SEK in payroll costs and communicated on deficiencies.
- Analyzed quarterly and annual reports of NORD clients for accuracy and consistency of data.
- Assisted In primary substantive and control testing procedures for various engagements in accordance with statutory requirements.
- Reviewed transactions, documents, records and reports for accuracy and effectiveness.
- Executed procedures in line with engagement objectives and suggested improvements in the process.
Accomplishments
- Extra Miler award for exceptional service to clients.
- Innovation award – Departmental level
- Gold standard award, Innovation - All India level, Issued directly by EY partner.
- Featured in EY newspaper for tremendous contributions to audit, Innovation and performance optimization techniques.
- Developed automation solutions that optimized performance of repetitive admin tasks,impacting 6,000+ resources resulting in savings of 0.3 Million hours per annum.
Education
B.Com - Commerce
RKM Vivekananda College
India 06.2014 - 05.2017
ACCA - Accounting And Finance
Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants
UK 01.2018 - 12.2020
Skills
Performance Analysis
Financial Analysis
Leadership
Advanced Excel – VBA
Trend forecasting
Financial Reporting
Financial Modelling
Optimizing Performance
Automation
Account level analysis
Financial statements
Risk Assessment
Investment Auditing
Balance sheets
Root-Cause Analysis
Risk management
Client relationship management
Software
Microsoft Office
Certification
ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Timeline
ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
12-2020
Senior Auditor
EY GDS
09.2020 - Current
White belt lean six sigma
09-2018
ACCA - Accounting And Finance
Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants
01.2018 - 12.2020
Associate Auditor
EY GDS
09.2017 - 08.2020
B.Com - Commerce
RKM Vivekananda College
06.2014 - 05.2017