Girish Patel S
Bangalore
Summary
With 8 years of extensive experience in Accounting, Fund Auditing, Internal Auditing, and Financial Reporting, control with SOX control I have developed a deep specialization in Wealth and Asset Management. My expertise encompasses Investment Services and Alternative Investment Services, including Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity, gained through my roles at PwC, EY, and NatWest. I am now seeking new opportunities to leverage my skills, enhance my technical knowledge, and continue growing in this dynamic field.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance control Associate -7
NatWest Group
05.2023 - 11.2024
- Prepared and analysed financial statements for FRS 101 banking entities on a quarterly and monthly basis.
- Managed relationships with stakeholders, including financial controllers, company secretaries, and auditors, ensuring timely resolution of issues and high-quality management of financial statement work papers.
- Gained in-depth understanding of banking business models to enhance processes, and provide necessary support.
- Tagged group companies with appropriate section descriptions and submitted documentation to group tax.
- Controlled financial ledgers and performed detailed analysis of financial numbers.
- Support systems testing, such as user acceptance testing, and system or process improvement initiatives.
- To manage ad hoc work received, and make sure to deliver it on time.
- Assessed the accounting impact of activities, identifying and highlighting issues or gaps for review.
- Investigating and probing issues with cross-business impact.
- Conducted financial controls analysis to enhance accuracy and compliance.
- Understanding IFRS regulations changes with respect to disclosures in the accounting policies and procedures.
- Analysing the requirements for risk management and internal controls.
- Advised management and the SOX team on best practices related to COSO internal control frameworks.
- Performed SOX control testing for the work papers.
Senior Analyst (EY Comply)
EY Global Delivery Service
12.2018 - 04.2023
- Advisory service for the investment service client.
- Financial controls testing, reporting, and internal auditing of financial statements.
- Performed fund audits of US GAAP Financial Statements, including 10K and 10Q reports, quarterly.
- Financial reporting of the variance caused by lack of supporting documents.
- Auditing and reporting of financial data, with the supporting documents and financial statements.
- Training the new joiners in the team with the process updates and improvements.
- Auditing of cash flows, adjusted journal entries in private equity, and hedge fund reports.
- Auditing and reporting on the NAV reports, with financial statements of US and Canadian clients.
- Reviewing stakeholders' comments on a quarterly basis, based on the funds audit.
- Manage the team with relevant training and work allocation.
- Working with onshore for comments consolidation and updating SOPs.
- Working knowledge of the EY Portal for financial reporting audit.
- Documentation of the client's comments on the process updates.
- Analysing various risks attached to funds' performance.
- Conducted total expense ratio audit and reporting with prospectus.
- Testing of audit procedures on the portal for automation purposes.
- Analysis of Cayman-Bermuda, Canadian, private, and partnership funds' financial statements.
- Worked on the financial checklist provided by the client to perform audit procedures.
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills in meetings with control owners and external auditors.
Assurance Associate 1
PWC Service Delivery Centre
08.2017 - 11.2018
- Auditing of financial statements of investment Service clients
- Performing Mathematical Accuracy of Financial statements
- Analyzing Prior year financial Statements with current year numbers
- Internal consistency checks of financial Statements
- Reviewed and evaluated walkthrough documentation, conducted tests of effectiveness, and assessed control issues through document review, meetings with control owners, and issue reporting.
- Audit and assurance services for US, Australia, and Canada Clients
- Fund Audit of IFRS and US GAAP Financial Statements
Account Executive
TESCO Bengaluru
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Account process execution.
- Stakeholder management.
- Posting to the journal periodically.
- Balance sheet reconciliation periodically.
- Preparing accounting reports on a weekly basis.
- Monitoring the control of account balances.
- General Ledger balance monitoring.
Education
Certified Public Accountant Pursuing -
Miles Education
2026
Master of Business Administration - Financial Management
Christ University
01.2016
Bachelor of Commerce -
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore University
01.2014
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Hedge funds
- Mutual funds
- 10 K reporting
- 10-Q reporting
- SOX control
- Stakeholder Management
- Internal auditing
- Process Automation
- Net Asset value
- Financial services
- US GAAP, IFRS
- SEC reporting
- Fund accounting
- Fund auditing
- Financial control
- General ledger
- Accounting
- SOX compliance knowledge
- SOX audits
- Financial statement preparation
- Financial statement review
- Financial statements analysis
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking
Certification
- Certified investment Banking Professional from Imarticus institute in 2017
Education
other
Accomplishments
- Part of Blood Donation drive by EY GDS in 2019 and a active blood doner.
- Awarded with Spot award for April 2019, May 2020, June 2021, and December 2022 from EY Global Delivery service.
- Worked on Automation testing to improvise the Process and reduce manual Process at EY.
- Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant documentation that resulted in more effective and timely completion of work papers.
Additional Qualifications
- Good understanding of financial markets and its products and Services with Alternative Investments.
- Hands-on experience and knowledge on software like Oracle Financial Analyzer, FCCS, Oracle 11i, SQL, Nexus, Main Frame systems, Toad, Oracle Retail Merchandising Systems, EY Comply Portal.
- Hands-on experience and knowledge on software like Aura, Envoy, Bloomberg, Factiva, and Smart Audit.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Siddaramaiah B
- Mother's Name: Nagalambika M S
- Spouse's Name: Sowmya TR
- Date of birth: 09-06-1993
- Marital status: Married
Timeline
Finance control Associate -7
NatWest Group
05.2023 - 11.2024
Senior Analyst (EY Comply)
EY Global Delivery Service
12.2018 - 04.2023
Assurance Associate 1
PWC Service Delivery Centre
08.2017 - 11.2018
Account Executive
TESCO Bengaluru
06.2016 - 06.2017
Master of Business Administration - Financial Management
Christ University
Bachelor of Commerce -
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore University
Certified Public Accountant Pursuing -
Miles Education
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