Madhu Haleikkeri Sripada
Bengaluru
Summary
Indian lawyer and a chartered accountant (CPA equivalent) having 10+ years of work experience, with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Well versed with Indian and international income-tax laws. Worked with various growth stage start-ups to unicorns in sectors such as software development, healthcare, manufacturing, education & charities, e-commerce, retail trading and mining industries. Skilled in tackling problems in unique ways by developing innovative solutions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate
King & Partridge, Advocates
08.2023 - Current
- Preparation of writ petitions and appeals ....
Tax Manager
Driti Advisors LLP
07.2021 - 07.2023
- Managed entire tax function under an outsourced model, of a listed company being one of the largest cancer care hospital groups in India with over 20 subsidiaries – this includes preparation of advance tax estimates, tax provisioning workings and tax depreciation schedules, deferred tax computations, recognition of goodwill / other intangible assets, developing litigation strategy and representing before various tax authorities tax assessments / audits and appeals, defending penalty imposition, preparation and filing of tax returns
- Supervised tax and regulatory compliances of State funded public charitable institutions engaged in scientific research and healthcare- this includes preparation of detailed activity summary for approvals by the authorities, actively liaisoning with the regulators for site inspections, reviewing books of accounts to ensure that the donations and expenditures are as per the guidelines, filing tax returns, assisting in preparing periodic status summary for furnishing to the State / Central government
- Assisted clients in jurisdictions analysis for setting up overseas holding companies and headquarter entities
- Advised on restructuring on a large dairy company to streamline their Mauritius and Africa operations
- Designed employee compensation structures and reviewed tax exemption workings for retirement plans
Senior Consultant
Ernst & Young LLP
11.2017 - 06.2021
- Advised and implemented transactions such as setting up flip structures, indirect transfers, internal re-orgs, spin-offs, buy-back, liquidations
- Advised start-ups in obtaining exchange control approvals and compliances, solving unique tax issues, reviewing share subscription / purchase agreements, reviewing valuations from tax standpoint
- Issued tax opinions involving inter-play between domestic tax law and tax treaties on matters involving taxability of royalty / fee for included services, software royalty, permanent establishments, capital gains, dual residency, foreign tax credits (US and Japan)
- Extensively worked on employee stock option plans viz. RSUs and phantom stocks including those involving co-ordination with the US counterparts for US based founders
- Worked with EY audit teams for reviewing tax provisioning workings
- Liaisoned with 20+ overseas EY offices for collating proposals for end-to-end tax functions for a few India based MNCs
Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
03.2016 - 10.2017
- Assisted companies and partnership entities in routine tax compliances such as annual tax returns, withholding tax returns, calculation of advance tax etc.
- Worked on tax due diligence assignments and quantifying the potential tax exposure (for indemnity purposes)
- Prepared responses to tax audit notices, representing before revenue authorities, filing appeals
Intern
PKF Sridhar & Santhanam
09.2012 - 08.2015
- Performed internal audits and statutory audits of companies engaged in hotel / hospitality, manufacturing, service sector and retail trading
- Part of the team performing on-site capex audit of a mining conglomerate
- Assisted in designing standard operating procedures for companies across functions
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LL. B - JD Equivalent in India) -
Karnataka State Law University
Bengaluru06.2022
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
New Delhi11.2015
Bachelor of Commerce -
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
New Delhi07.2015
CPA -
Certified Public Accountant (persuing)
USASkills
- Thinking on feet
- Patient listener
Enrollment Status
April 2023, provisional, September 2023
Hobbies and Interests
- Motorcycles and automobiles
- Woodworking
- Reading / listening to podcasts (on Indian and western philosophy, humanities, cyber-crime etc.)
- Civil liberties, human rights and constitutional remedies for the protection of fundamental rights
- Current affairs and politics
- Data protection and privacy laws in the online world
- Participating and contributing to academic conferences, seminars and update sessions
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Senior Associate
King & Partridge, Advocates
08.2023 - Current
Tax Manager
Driti Advisors LLP
07.2021 - 07.2023
Senior Consultant
Ernst & Young LLP
11.2017 - 06.2021
Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
03.2016 - 10.2017
Intern
PKF Sridhar & Santhanam
09.2012 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Laws (LL. B - JD Equivalent in India) -
Karnataka State Law University
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
Bachelor of Commerce -
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
CPA -
Certified Public Accountant (persuing)
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