Hari Prasad Cherukuri

• Chartered Accountant with over 6.5 years of experience in External audit.
• Throughout my professional experience demonstrated leadership skills that guide staff to the successful achievement of auditing goals and enable client to achieve business goals.
• Strong experience of Auditing of clients in manufacturing, trading and construction sectors reporting under IFRS framework in compliance with ISAs.
• Professional experience includes performing audit from planning to completion stage both as an individual and a team lead for major clients. Possess diversified market experience including working knowledge of US GAAP.
• Gained some core qualifications in IFRS (ICAEW) and ISAs to strengthen skills during my work experience.

• Awarded by the Onshore team for outstanding contributions and efforts in ensuring high-quality work and timely delivery.
• Received multiple spot awards for successfully managing challenging clients and meeting tight deadlines.

Manager at PwC SDC (Oct 2022- Present)

• Oversee a diverse portfolio of clients, ensuring audit engagements meet established performance metrics consistently.
• Serve as a performance reviewer for a team of 10-12 audit professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Discuss with on shore counterparts and help them to identify new audit areas where they can leverage our team in the audit that help to drive the more SDC integration.
• Develop, train, and mentor audit staff on various projects, significantly improving their skills and professional growth.
• Participated in various hiring initiatives, including campus recruitment drives, to recruit top talent.
• Demonstrated professionalism, competence, and maintained clarity of communication when interacting with OTM and clients.
• Facilitate audit conceptual training sessions, contributing to the ongoing professional development of team members.

Senior Auditor at Crowe Oman (Mar 2020 to Oct 2022)

• Audit of various clients across various sectors but majorly into Manufacturing industry, trading and construction.
• Analysis of the financial statements and preparation of audit reports.
• Interaction with the other services of the firm namely Direct taxes, Indirect taxes, specialist valuation teams to discuss on various taxation related matters and Information risk management team on performing IT General Control testing and application testing.
• Communicating risk of failures to the top management and to the engagement manager and the partner including suggesting improvements to mitigate the risk.

Senior consultant at Grant Thornton LLP  (Mar 2018 to Mar 2020)

• Independently, handled statutory audits and tax audits.
• Preparing audit programs, scope for audit and responsible for delegation of work to subordinates.
• Evaluating internal controls , preparing audit reports with a view to highlight the shortcomings and implementing necessary recommendations.
• Preparation of Audit reports and CARO, Preparation of presentations to be made to board by audit team.
• Managing/leading the field audit team for audits and being the first point of contact for clients handled
• Liaisoning with various departments of the clients audited such as Accounts & Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit, Legal Counsel and HR.
• Major clients handled: VLI, Jindal steel, Shriram constructions, and Wipro subsidaries.

Audit Associate at CNGSN & Associates ( Apr 2014 to Apr 2017)

• Pursued internship at CNGSN & Associates LLP – Chennai, India
• Sectors of exposure during internship – Majorly, Manufacturing Industry and Logistics Industry.
• Audits – Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Internal Audit
• Preparation of project reports