KARTHIK PATIL
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished Senior Associate at KPMG with 3+ years of IT audit expertise, focusing on SOX, SOC, and Business Process Controls testing. Proficient in executing thorough risk assessments and leading teams across various IT service areas, delivering compliance for large-scale clients including public key infrastructures (PKI). Demonstrated success in managing assessments that adhere to SSAE 18 and SOC standards. Aiming to advance risk consulting strategies within the dynamic technology sector.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate
KPMG Global Delivery Centre
Bengaluru
10.2024 - Current
- Managing Execution, Testing and reporting of SSAE18 (Previously SSAE16) engagements based on AICPA standards for SOC1 reporting for Global clients as well as performing SOC Type I and Type II assessment for SOC 1 and SOC 2 engagements.
- Project coordinator for several engagements in different industries like IT cloud, Healthcare, Insurance, Banking etc.
- Helping create a risk control matrix (RCM), Document request list (DRL) which helped in the kickstarting the engagements.
- Performing Quality Review of work delivered by the team members and my peers to ensure quality of work is not compromised before the work is delivered.
- Taking part in Risk Assessment and Planning Discussion with the Engagement Team and Clients.
- Conducting and leading walkthroughs for Internal and External audit clients for multiple GITC controls as part of Secondment with US Clients.
- Conducting multiple assessments through usage of BOTS which helped our teams in conducting assessments faster and more efficiently.
- Play a vital role in Internal and External client relationship and communication. Demonstrated strong people Management & Networking skills.
- Conducting continuous Knowledge enhancement & Knowledge sharing sessions and preparing / reviewing / updating the knowledge documents.
Associate 2
KPMG Global Delivery Centre
Bengaluru
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Supported engagement teams in assessing, testing and documentation of the design and operating effectiveness of organization’s internal control such as Physical Access, Logical Access, Change Management and Computer Operations for SOX and SSAE16 compliance to provide reasonable assurance over reliability of controls.
- Evaluating the design, operating effectiveness, and test of design.
- Part of responsibilities included reviewing the test work of Junior staff on the engagement and help ensure that controls were appropriately tested and adequately documented.
- Provided ad-hoc analytics support for IT and financial audits, and SOX testing.
- Participated in integrated audits - carrying out ITGC testing in support of financial statements audits.
- Assisting team in conducting Process understanding discussions with the Clients as part of assessing risks arising from their use of Technology and identifying control gaps within their processes.
- Assisting team in evaluating and documenting the design and operating effectiveness of technology controls (GITCs and ITACs) pertaining to Client's Internal Controls over financial reporting.
- Assisting team in completing a quality audit and track deliverable status efficiently.
- Managing the engagements by establishing communication channels onshore by scheduling status calls and providing updates on a regular basis.
- Oversight and management of IT controls processing to ensure efficient delivery in time with implementation of quality framework for managed services.
- Responsible for performing risk management for External Auditing following standards including SAS 70, SSAE 18.
- Mentor to multiple new team members and helped them transition into the Processes and procedures followed as well as provide knowledge transfer session on a periodic basis.
- Worked on the testing of Access to data controls, change management controls, SOD controls, controls related to PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to ensure the quality and integrity of data.
- Conducted IT security assurance and third part attestation engagements including SOX 404 and Service Organization Controls (SOC1 and SOC2) Type I and II examinations for international clients.
Analyst
KPMG Global Services
Bengaluru
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Conducting external audit in accordance with the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) Auditing Standards
- Assisting the team in process understanding discussions with the clients as part of assessing risks arising from their use of technology and identifying control gaps within their processes
- Evaluating and documenting the design and operating effectiveness of technology controls (GITCs and ITACs) pertaining to Client's Internal Controls Over financial reporting
- Performing SOC 1 and SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls) SSAE18 assessments in accordance with the attestation standards established by the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
- Assisting in completing a quality audit and tracking deliverable status efficiently
- Testing General IT Controls (GITCs) across the following domains: Access to Programs and Data, Program Development & Changes, and Computer Operations across various platforms (OS, Network, DB, Application)
- Testing Automated Controls (ITACs), and frameworks such as COBIT, COSO, HIPAA, etc
Education
B.Tech -
REVA University
Bengaluru06.2021
Pre-University -
CMR National PU College
Bengaluru06.2016
10th Grade -
New Indus Valley Residential School
Bengaluru04.2016
Skills
- Excel
- Java
- SQL
- Powerpoint
- Python
- Power BI
- Shell Scripting
- IT Security
- ITGC
- ITAC
- SOC 1 (Type 1 & Type 2)
- SOC 2 (Type 1 & Type 2)
- SOX Compliance
- BOT Usage
- Alteryx
- Project coordination
- Team leadership
- Training and mentoring
Certification
- Certified in Object Oriented Programming in Java, University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
- Certified in Machine Learning and its application, University of Washington
- Microsoft's 98-388: MTA: Introduction to Programming with Java, Microsoft
- Google Analytics Individual Qualification, Google
- Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence, Udemy
Timeline
Senior Associate
KPMG Global Delivery Centre
10.2024 - Current
Associate 2
KPMG Global Delivery Centre
01.2023 - 09.2024
Analyst
KPMG Global Services
06.2021 - 12.2022
B.Tech -
REVA University
Pre-University -
CMR National PU College
10th Grade -
New Indus Valley Residential School
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