FIROJ AKHTAR
Chartered Accountant
Palam Colony, New Delhi
Summary
- To practice a challenging and growth-oriented career in the organization that offers opportunities to be trained and develop, where I get to learn and obtain more skills. CAREER PROFILE Dynamic, Growth-oriented professional (Chartered Accountant) with over 8 years of experience in the area of Statutory Audit, Direct & Indirect Taxation, and Accounts, Internal Audit, Financial Reporting, Ind-AS, IFRS, Budgeting & Preparation of CMA Data. Currently associated with S.R. Dinodin & Co. LLP., New Delhi
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Deputy Manager
S.R. Dinodia & Co. LLP.
Delhi
05.2022 - Current
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
- Functioned as point of contact for project administrators and managers focused on timely and successful completion of full lifecycles of assigned projects.
- Stayed up to date on changing product and service options to provide top-notch support to customers and employees.
- Provided strategic allocation of resources to various departments and managers in alignment with needs.
- Analyzed complex client problems and generated targeted solutions that resolved outstanding issues while enhancing client business positions.
- Conducted strategic and technical reviews to verify compliance with quality control standards, schedule constraints and budget parameters.
- Interviewed business owners to understand needs and explain audit scope.
- Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability, and profitability of business operations.
- Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
Senior Audit Associate
K PATOdiA AND ASSOCiATES
Guwahati
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Preparation and Finalization of Books of accounts;
- GST Audit (GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C) of a client having T.O
- Of more than 900.00 Crores in the group having more than 25 divisions;
- Monthly GST Returns of the Group and other clients;
- Stock Audits, Tax Audit and ITR filings, Due diligence for the banks
- Preparing replies to GST Department and Income Tax Department for SCN and other notices
- Key Assignment while in S.K. Patodia & Co.
- Delegated work to team members and student interns to share workload and continue meeting audit goals.
- Employed expertise in auditing, accounting and generally accepted principles to accurately assess records.
Financial Advisor
The Industrial Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
02.2016 - 09.2021
- Finalization and Closure of Books of Accounts of the Bank and Preparation of Balance Sheet & Director’s Report of the Bank;
- Quarterly Review of Operation and presentation at Board of Director’s Meeting; Monthly MIS Report to MD;
- Liaisoning with RCS and RBI for conducting Statutory Audit and Inspection Audit of the Bank, Tax Audit and Filing of ITR of the Bank;
- Balance Sheet analysis, Loan file appraisal, assessment of credit worthiness;
- Filing of Return in XBRL to RBI and Income Tax for the Bank (OSS 1 to OSS 8, ALM Returns, SFT, DEA Fund Returns, CRR & CRAR Calculations);
- Statutory Compliances and represented before Income Tax Office, RBI, GST Office and other statutory statute;
- Fund management of the Bank like maintenance of CRR, buy & Sell of Government Securities, SDL, Call Money and negotiation for Investments;
- Appraisal of advances for renewal and new files;
- Filing of TDS, Filing of GST monthly returns, GST Annual returns (GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C)
- Key Assignment while in
Partner
NSB & ASSOCIATES
New Delhi
12.2018 - 01.2021
- Key assignments:
- Preparation and finalization of Balance Sheet, Books in Tally, Internal Audit as team leader of more than 6 members;
- Filing of Form 15CA/CB, ROC and XBRL Filing, GST Audit, TDS/TCS, Tax Planning, Grants Audits, Due Diligence Report; CMA Data, Preparation of various Budgets, Project Report;
- Risk Management, Operational Restructuring, ABC Costing, Internal Audit;
- XBRL filing of for NBFCs (Annual and Quarterly) and all the Legal and Statutory requirement of RBI;
- Statutory Audit:
- NBFC-MFI and NBFC-LC;
- Statutory audit of Leading NBFC-MFI having 35 branches in northeast
- Bank Branch Audit;
- PSU Bank Branch Audit for more than 3 years as team leader of 5 members having Advances of more than Rs
- 750.00 Cr
- Manufacturing Company;
- Statutory audit of a leading Tea Growing and Manufacturing company in Assam
- Producer Company;
- Statutory Audit of producer companies (Poultry Firm) run and/or grant provided by Tata Trusts in Assam
- TRUSTs & NGOs;
- Statutory Audit of Trusts and NGOs in Assam.
Senior Audit Executive
NSB & ASSOCIATES
New Delhi
08.2013 - 12.2015
- As paid staff (, ) : 2 Year 5 Months
- Key Assignment/ Responsibilities:
- Statutory Audit;
- NBFC-MFI;
- More than 5 reputed NBFC-MFI companies having more than 100 Cr
- Of Portfolio
- NGOs & Societies;
- Statutory audit of NGOs and Societies
- Section 8 Company & Trusts;
- Finalization of Books of Accounts & Preparation of Balance Sheet and Audit Report
- Other key assignments;
- Preparation of Project Report & Budgeting for Valuations, Feasibility Analysis and CMA Data for Project Financing
- ROC filing, Income Tax Returns, TDS Returns, Service Tax Returns, Tax Audits
- Balance Sheet Management, Accounting & Book keeping
- Grants Audit (Donor: PRADAN) in the remote area of Jharkhand
- Concurrent Audit, Collateral Inspection and Stock audit, Factoring Audit
- Tax Advisory, Appear before Income Tax and other Statutory Body
- PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
Education
ISA - Information System Audit
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Guwahati, Assam 06.2019 - 05.2019
Chartered Accountant - Accounting And Finance
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
New Delhi 02.2007 - 05.2013
BBS (A&F) - Accounting And Business Management
Tribhuvan University
Birgunj, Nepal 11.2002 - 11.2006
Skills
Consolidation of Corporate Accounts -Team LeadershipExpert Knowledge inMS Excel -MS Office AutomationMS Word, Power Point, Tally, ERP -Web J-Core (Banking)CompuTax Software, Clear Tax - Risk Assessment
Cost analysis and savings
Cost analysis and savings
Budgeting
Strategic planning
Business planning
Financial Management
Business Development
Accomplishments
- XII (HSEB of Nepal): 2002 from Hari Khetan Multiple Campus, Birgunj, Nepal
- X (HMG Board of Nepal) from Shree Gadhimai Mahendra Higher Secondary School
I hereby, declare that the complete exacting mentioned herein is factual & fair to the best of my understanding & confidence
- Place: New Delhi (Firoj Akhtar, FCA)
- Date:
Timeline
Deputy Manager
S.R. Dinodia & Co. LLP.
05.2022 - Current
Senior Audit Associate
K PATOdiA AND ASSOCiATES
10.2021 - 03.2022
ISA - Information System Audit
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
06.2019 - 05.2019
Partner
NSB & ASSOCIATES
12.2018 - 01.2021
Financial Advisor
The Industrial Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
02.2016 - 09.2021
Senior Audit Executive
NSB & ASSOCIATES
08.2013 - 12.2015
Chartered Accountant - Accounting And Finance
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
02.2007 - 05.2013
BBS (A&F) - Accounting And Business Management
Tribhuvan University
11.2002 - 11.2006