CA Shraddha Halpatrao

• Supported procurement cost-control and governance reviews for monthly performance presentations across global and regional procurement teams covering intermediates, commodities, technicals, co-formulants, contract manufacturing, raw materials, and packaging across Africa, Europe, APAC, China, Brazil, LATAM, and NAM.
• Reviewed procurement KPIs including credit note/days (CNOD), purchase price variance (PPV) versus budget, inventory, slow-moving inventory, payable days, procurement savings, and top negative variances while flagging discrepancies and data-quality issues.
• Checked procurement data and accounting entries in SAP, investigated mismatches, and worked with procurement teams to resolve issues related to PPV, CNOD, payables, inventory, savings, and SAP transactions.
• Served as SPOC for procurement analytics and Qlik dashboards during rollout of approximately 10–12 dashboards covering PPV, CNOD, inventory, spend, payables, sourcing round analysis, share of business, and PR-to-PO cycle time.
• Helped collect business requirements and define dashboard layout, converting leadership needs into automated analytical views with tables, charts, parameters, filters, and drill-downs.
• Carried out extensive user acceptance testing for Qlik dashboards, checked outputs against source data, identified discrepancies and bugs, and coordinated corrections with follow-up testing.
• Prepared and supported annual procurement department budget using leadership inputs and checking SAP postings for expenses booked under procurement cost centers and heads.
• Supported procurement savings initiative with McKinsey through savings dashboard covering multiple savings levers and assisted regional procurement teams with data and analysis.
• Prepared monthly MIS reports for senior procurement leadership and handled ad-hoc analytical requests using SAP/Qlik-based data analysis and presentations.

• Prepared Computation of Income and filed 100+ Income Tax Returns; conducted audits u/s 44AB and filed 25+ Tax Audit Reports in Form 3CA/3CB-3CD.
• Assisted in replies to Income Tax notices and drafting appeals before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for cases involving tax litigation of INR 20 lakhs to INR 2 crores; handled TDS returns and Form 15CA/15CB.
• Handled GST registrations/cancellations; filed GSTR-3B, GSTR-1 and GSTR-4 for 25+ clients monthly, performed GSTR 2A/2B/3B reconciliations, prepared 5+ GST Annual Returns/GST Audits and GST refund applications.
• Analysed draft financial statements, scrutinised TDS and Accounting Standards compliance, performed 26AS reconciliations, reviewed ledgers and debtor/creditor balances, and ensured deferred-tax compliance.
• Executed stock audits and fixed-asset physical verification; contributed to concurrent audits of 4+ bank branches covering NPA provisioning, loans & advances, cash verification, vouching and statutory items.
• Prepared projected financial statements for cash-credit limits and CA certificates including Net Worth and Turnover certificates; researched landmark Supreme Court and High Court judgements for proceedings.

• Handled direct and indirect tax assignments, statutory audits, bank audits and accounting work across individual, firm and company clients.

• Supported preparation of tax computations, income-tax returns, GST returns and audit documentation, along with ledger scrutiny and financial-statement finalisation.

• Participated in stock audits, fixed-asset verification and concurrent bank audits, including review of loans & advances, NPA provisioning, cash and statutory items.