CA Kinjal Ghia
Pune
Summary
Detail-oriented Chartered Accountant with over 10 years in UK accounting and financial analysis. Led end-to-end accounting processes, enhanced internal controls, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency. Experienced in month-end close, accruals, project costing, and automating processes using BI tools.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Controllership Specialist
Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
05.2024 - Current
- Monitored qualified trust and plan administration with trustee and recordkeeper to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Analyzed business processes to identify areas for improvement and efficiency.
- Ensured compliance with applicable regulations and internal controllership standards.
- Acted as a key point of contact for external auditors, preparing PBCs, responding to audit queries, and supporting timely audit closure.
- Performed balance sheet reconciliations, and reviewed journal entries to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Coordinated with trustees, payroll teams, recordkeepers, and internal stakeholders to resolve data gaps and discrepancies.
- Improved audit efficiency by proactively identifying issues and resolving them before escalation.
- Assist in the annual audit of the Profit Sharing, 401(k), and Retirement Plans and Trusts, which involves planning and preparing financial statements, audit reports, 5500 information, and participant testing.
- Interface with outside vendors, such as trustees, recordkeepers, auditors, attorneys, actuaries, benefits consultants, insurance brokers, investment fund managers, investment advisors, treasury, controllership, and payroll groups, to ensure Accenture's Trusts and Plans maintain compliance in all areas.
- Prepared financial statements, journal entries, and reconciled Trusts and Plans to maintain accurate financial reporting.
- Analyzed and reported on areas of expertise upon request, presenting findings to diverse audiences to inform decision-making.
Financial Controller
MSBC Group
Ahmedabad
04.2023 - Current
- Reviewed contract terms for UK and US clients to ensure correct revenue recognition for software development and service engagements.
- Proactively reported changes in expected revenue to the CFO, improving visibility, and reducing year-end surprises.
- Enabled incremental billing for out-of-scope work, resulting in additional revenue recovery, preserving project profitability.
- Designed and maintained a sales tracker based on Statements of Work (SOWs) to forecast annual revenue, and monitor deviations.
- Built project-wise profitability models linking actual hours, employee costs, fixed costs, and project revenue, enabling margin analysis, and management decision-making.
- Identified instances where actual project hours exceeded SOW-approved hours through detailed time and cost analysis.
- Prepared clear documentation comparing budgeted vs. actual hours, and supported transparent client communication.
- Identified data gaps impacting project cost accuracy, and partnered with software developers to enhance data capture and reporting logic.
- Led resource-based headcount costing by employee and project, using Power BI and SharePoint data.
Account Manager
MSBC Group
Ahmedabad
09.2021 - 03.2023
- Owned UK accounting from bookkeeping to year-end finalization, including month-end close, accruals, VAT filings, and statutory reporting.
- Prepared financial statements, including monthly and annual accounts.
- Supported group consolidation for a multi-entity structure (India parent with UK and US subsidiaries), aligning subsidiary reporting with group accounting policies.
- Advise on tax and treasury issues.
- Communicated with external auditors to coordinate scheduled audits and compliance reviews.
- Prepared quarterly VAT returns (UK), and reviewed submitted documentation with the CFO.
- Maintained robust financial records for the business for regulatory reporting and taxation.
- Produced reports and recommendations following internal audits, or ISO audits.
- Trained and helped less-experienced staff manage workloads and assignments, facilitating fulfillment of organizational objectives.
- Reconciled bank accounts and credit card statements to address financial expenditures.
- Sales and Purchase Ledger duties.
- Maintained documentation and records for payroll processing from Power BI and SharePoint.
Chartered Accountant, Trainer, Branch Incharge
SKS BUSINESS SERVICES PVT LTD
Bhavnagar
12.2017 - 09.2021
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements, UK year-end accounts from incomplete records for limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders.
- Trained new joiners related to Sage YE accounts preparation, UK accounting processes, CCH/Accounts Production software, best practices for schedule preparation and review documentation, and corporate taxation (FRS 102 (1A) and FRS 105).
- Standardized templates and review processes, enhancing team efficiency and minimizing audit queries.
- Improved audit traceability by linking debit/credit entries to documented assumptions and calculations.
- Offered clear, practical commercial advice to various clients across accounting and taxation compliance.
- Designed fully linked working papers and centralized One tab system, ensuring journal entries flowed directly from supporting schedules and eliminating standalone manual adjustments.
- Preparation of compliance packs once accounts are finalized, and forwarding to the UK team.
- Communicated with the UK team in a positive and constructive manner.
- Resolved client queries by communicating effectively with the UK team. and resolve them, through coordination with the UK team as necessary.
- Coordinated with supervisors, team leaders, and employees.
- Assisting team members with work-related issues faced during the preparation of accounts, returns, etc.
- Translated complex accounting matters into simple explanations for non-finance clients, accelerating turnaround time for obtaining missing information.
- Reduced dependency on individuals, and ensured seamless handover when team members were unavailable.
Asst. Manager
Doshi Jain & Co
Mumbai
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Handling Submission and Settlement of Claims for various Branches of Pharmaceutical Distribution Company
- Preparation of Monthly Internal Audit Report
- Coordinate with other departments for discussing and resolving issues related to Accounts department.
- Preparation of MIS for various Branches in fields of Risk Advisory
Chartered Accountant
Darshan Bakul & Associates
Ahmedabad
10.2015 - 06.2017
- Computation & Filing E-Returns of Companies, Firms and Individuals
- Conducted tax, statutory, and internal audits to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Developed detailed financial reports to provide insights on financial statuses and data.
Education
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
New Delhi, DL05-2015
B.COM -
KPES , Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar, GJ10-2015
Skills
- Month-end and year-end close
- Accruals, provisions, and deferrals
- Financial analysis
- Profit and loss management
- Balance sheet management
- Management accounting
- Revenue recognition and project costing
- UK GAAP & UK VAT compliance
- Process improvement and automation
- Stakeholder and CFO-level communication
- Internal controls and audit support
- Sage UK
- CCH Accounts Production
- Iris accounts production
- QuickBooks UK
- Xero, UK
- Tally
Timeline
Controllership Specialist
Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
05.2024 - Current
Financial Controller
MSBC Group
04.2023 - Current
Account Manager
MSBC Group
09.2021 - 03.2023
Chartered Accountant, Trainer, Branch Incharge
SKS BUSINESS SERVICES PVT LTD
12.2017 - 09.2021
Asst. Manager
Doshi Jain & Co
07.2017 - 12.2017
Chartered Accountant
Darshan Bakul & Associates
10.2015 - 06.2017
Chartered Accountant -
ICAI
B.COM -
KPES , Bhavnagar University