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Work History
Education
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Software
Certification
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NATARAJA. S

Senior Accounts And Audit Associate
Hoskote,Karnataka

Summary

Desired for a challenging position and assignments in Finance and Accounts Operations in a progressive organization that will provide me exciting opportunities to utilize my skills and experience in such a way to add more value to the organization and to capture opportunities for constant learning and career development. Meticulous Audit Associate with in-depth knowledge of GAAP, GAAS and PCAOB rules and standards. Offering two-year background examining financial statements and analyzing audit and levy related issues. Proficient in job-related software such as Aura and Oracle. Ethical and communicative professional skillful in identifying risks and assessing mitigating controls. Adept at managing budgets, payroll, invoicing and all other general accounting functions. Instrumental in keeping business operations fully compliant and working within budgetary guidelines. Experienced Accounts and Audit with over six years of experience in captive and Big_4 Audit firm. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Friendly student available for weekend, evening and holiday shifts. Considered hardworking, punctual and driven.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Audit Associate

Pricewaterhousecoopers, PWC
Bangalore, Karnataka
2017.11 - Current

Line of service: Financial services Asset and Wealth Management

  • Auditing of financial statements of investment Service clients and public service client.
  • Review of Financial Statements i.e. Balance sheet, Statement of income and statement of Cash flows and Earnings.
  • Performing Mathematical Accuracy of Financial statements.
  • Analyzing Prior year financial Statements with current year numbers.
  • Internal consistency check of financial Statements.
  • Rolling forward and amendment of Financial Statements based on the decision made by Management in their Board Meetings.
  • Clearly and accurately document audit procedures and findings as defined by testing objective and risk assessment strategies.
  • Create positive team environment through strong leadership by taking the positive feedback from clients.
  • Encouraging safe learning atmosphere and facilitating open communication among the engagement team members.
  • Prepare and review the Automated disclosure checklist (ADC) by using US GAAP and IFRS.
  • Dividend and interest testing for Audit purpose using Bloomberg Platform.
  • Ensure all scheduled work is completed as per the check list and agreed deadlines.
  • Preparation and Review of Capital and Distribution activity testing.
  • Prepare and review the test realized gain and losses on investments/Derivatives testing.
  • Prepare and review the test valuation of futures contracts held testing.
  • Prepare and review the test operating expenses and accruals, provisions and other liabilities testing.
  • Prepare and review the test valuation of forward currency contracts testing.
  • Performing the 10Q and 10K statement with press release tie outs.
  • Samples testing of various securities portfolio by using builder and Bloomberg data.
  • Effective co-ordination with the analysts in problem solving and decision- making on the Financial Statements.
  • Manage various engagements with big clients such as State street, Fidelity investments, JP Morgan, Black Rock Investments, Invesco and RBC etc….
  • Perform several walkthrough of Digital tools for making the work automated.
  • Direct and educate junior team members on auditing techniques and software Team Management

Associate Accounts 2

First American Financial Corporation
Bangalore, Karnataka
2015.10 - 2017.10

Line of service: Accounts Professional in Accounts Payable (AP)

  • MBA graduate with 2 years’ experience in Accounts Payables team.
  • Batch invoice uploads into Oracle Payables using MS-Excel by using WinSCP interface Application.
  • Processing different upload frequency files, i.e Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly and Irregular.
  • Uploading invoice batches into oracle based on upload priority, TAT and SLA’s.
  • Consult with the stakeholders in determining missing information.
  • Processing the manual invoices like, General, PO and Non-PO(ANR) invoices in oracle.
  • Creation and process the PO invoices as priority.
  • Process and fulfil urgent check requests and wire transfers.
  • Reversing and Recoding of miscoded invoices and Cancellation of invoices.
  • Preparation of vendor management and solve the vendor queries.
  • Preparing consolidated statements based on daily production by end of the shift.
  • Communicate with leads and US counterparts on File status/escalations/queries as required Monthly Reconciliations.
  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.

Education

MBA - Finance

Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bangalore
2013.07 - 2015.01

B. Com - Accounting

Bangalore University
Bangalore
2011.04 - 2013.06

Project Details - A Study On Fundamental & Technical Analysis

VST Tillers & Tractors LTD

Skills

Financial records review

Finance

Bookkeeping

Flexibility

Teamwork

Time Management

Invoice Processing

Interaction with customers

Additional Information

  • Taking responsibility for planning and allocating daily assignments, reviewing work products.
  • Handling the specific client being dedicated team member for US-team and Non-US client to help and work along to complete the entire procedure of the assigned client.
  • Sharing the best practices within and across the team and rewarding the team members for the process improvements.
  • Playing a key role in delivering high quality deliverables continuously and consistently within the specified time.
  • Daily or weekly calls and discussions with US- team members for planning and feedback.
  • To train new hires on all processes and handing.
  • Errors committed by Associates are captured in Error Log and mitigated with required resolution so that the similar error is avoided in future.
  • Assisting the team members about the process queries also preparation of day to day work report and Production planning in estimating the hours.

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 10 staff members.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Adroit in Microsoft Excel, Oracle R12, Invoice entry and payment level modules
  • Trained from Pegasus Institute of Excellence, Recognized Six Sigma White Belt from First American Corporation.
  • Received multiple times of Star and Spot awards in professional life.
  • Received SPOT awards on several occasions an award given to best performer of the team.
  • Received several appreciations emails from US engagements for best quality of work within due date.
  • Received client excellence award for the best quality of work delivered.

Software

Oracle R12

Aura database

WinSCP interface

Advance Excel

Certification

• Fundamental and Technical Analysis

Timeline

Audit Associate

Pricewaterhousecoopers, PWC
2017.11 - Current

Associate Accounts 2

First American Financial Corporation
2015.10 - 2017.10

MBA - Finance

Visvesvaraya Technological University
2013.07 - 2015.01

B. Com - Accounting

Bangalore University
2011.04 - 2013.06

Project Details - A Study On Fundamental & Technical Analysis

VST Tillers & Tractors LTD
NATARAJA. SSenior Accounts And Audit Associate