Puneet Ahuja
Gurugram,
Summary
Experienced Chartered Accountant with over 8 years in Auditing and Assurance, focusing on ISQM standards implementation and enhancing quality management systems. Led financial audits to ensure compliance and designed internal controls aligned with global methodologies. Drove quality transformation initiatives, including control design, policy updates, and continuous improvement programs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assurance Manager
EY
01.2020 - Current
- Assurance Manager (April 2022 - Present)
Assistant Manager (October 2020 - November 2021)
Senior (January 2020 - September 2020) - Drove structured project planning and execution for Placemat development, coordinating inputs from process owners, leading review loops with workstream leaders, and securing leadership approvals; achieved a 10% reduction in rework cycles and ensured consistent status reporting and communication to other teams.
- Managed the end‑to‑end RAP update process, including high‑level change discussions, QO–QR template preparation, data validation, and quality reviews for 750+ control updates; developed consolidated RAP workbooks, reconciliations, appendices, and leadership‑ready memos/packages—improving documentation and ensuring 100% compliance with global standards while boosting process efficiency by 20%.
- Managed the full lifecycle of Design Attestation, including analysis of 100+ observations/exceptions, assessing design impacts on next‑year RAP, updating control language, preparing exception reporting templates, and drafting communications for review teams and leaders; improved accuracy of attestation documentation by 30% and strengthened global SQM policy alignment.
- Managed end‑to‑end certification workflows, including owner/operator identification for 750+ controls, data updates in the SQM Documentation Tool, SMT publication, and coordination with other team for certification distribution; strengthened tracking accuracy by 25%.
- Performed detailed analysis of Transparency Reports for 100+ firms globally, evaluating assurance opinions, risk ratings, control cycles, and SQM disclosures, and summarizing results into a leadership‑ready workbook -enhancing intelligence for global SQM decision‑making.
- Provided regulatory support to multiple EY Member Firms worldwide by analyzing regulator questionnaires, drafting consistent global responses, reducing response turnaround time by 25% and ensuring 100% alignment with global standards.
- Provided technical support to 20+ Member Firms on RAP interpretation, resolving complex queries and incorporating GF/SL expertise where required; ensured quality through leader's review and improved response consistency by 30% across jurisdictions. Also, designed and delivered 10+ RAP/SQM learning sessions for GF/SL stakeholders.
- Developed a comprehensive ITGC scoping file across 150+ tech resources documenting control mappings, scope rationale, and missing‑control justifications and drove multi‑level reviews, enhancing scoping accuracy and alignment with global SQM requirements.
- Assessed alignment gaps between ISQM 1 and QC1000, identifying new quality risks and drafting controls to address gaps; collaborated for iterative review cycles, delivering a fully aligned control set that strengthened quality governance and enabled a smoother transition to QC1000 requirements.
- Led the rationalization and simplification of responses to Quality Risks, streamlining language, removing redundancies, and standardizing structure; achieved a 10% reduction in response complexity to date, with ongoing work projected to further enhance clarity and global consistency.
Senior Associate 2
PwC
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Analyze data, identify issues, articulate findings, and draw informed conclusions for audits.
- Mentored junior associates, providing guidance on best practices and methodologies.
- Build relationships with onshore counterparts and clients, providing visible challenge during the audit.
- Present audit findings to senior management and make recommendations to improve financial processes and controls.
- Diligently maintained audit documentation to adhere to both firm-specific and regulatory compliance benchmarks.
Audit Senior Assistant
Deloitte
12.2017 - 12.2019
- Audit Senior Assistant (June 2018 - Dec 2019)
Audit Assistant (December 2017 - March 2018) - Performed various test of controls to verify its Design & Implementation along with Operating Effectiveness.
- Performed substantive procedures to test various accounts balance of Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
- Prepared audit working papers to document audit evidence and conclusions.
- Assisted with the review and audit of the 10-Q and 10-K SEC filings.
Education
Chartered Accountancy -
INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTNTS OF INDIA
01-2017
Bachelor of Commerce -
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY
01-2015
Skills
- AUDITING
- INTERNAL CONTROLS
- FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
- ACCOUNTING
- US GAAP
- IFRS
- IND AS
- ISQM
Websites
Certification
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FinTech
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Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Accomplishments
- User Recognition Award
- Spot Award
- Exceptional Client Service Award
- R&A Champion Award
Language
- Hindi
- English
- Punjabi
Previous Experience
- Branch Credit manager at IIFL (September 2017 - November 2017)
- Assistant Audit Manager at M/S Gandhi Minocha & Co (August 2017 - September 2017)
- Direct Tax Trainee at M/S Rakesh Vedansh & Co (November 2016- April 2017)
- Audit Assistant at M/S Gandhi Minocha & Co (August 2013 - August 2016)
Timeline
Senior Associate 2
PwC
11.2021 - 03.2022
Assurance Manager
EY
01.2020 - Current
Audit Senior Assistant
Deloitte
12.2017 - 12.2019
Chartered Accountancy -
INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTNTS OF INDIA
Bachelor of Commerce -
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY