Rachitha D
Summary
Experienced Audit Senior at EY with extensive experience in auditing Wealth and Asset Management clients, including mutual funds, private equity, and alternative investment structures. Proven ability to manage multiple audit engagements simultaneously, lead teams, and deliver high-quality audits within stringent deadlines. Skilled in risk assessment, control evaluation, financial statement audits, and stakeholder management, with a strong focus on process optimization and leveraging technology to improve audit efficiency. Recognized for collaborating effectively with global teams, mentoring staff, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Seeking to contribute technical expertise, leadership skills, and a results-oriented approach in a dynamic and challenging international environment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Manager
EY GDS
Bengaluru
09.2025 - Current
- Along with leading multiple audit engagements, I oversee the overall engagement by identifying areas for improvement, implementing process enhancements, and driving best practices to strengthen efficiency and audit quality.
- Serve as the key liaison with onshore counterparts, driving alignment on audit requirements, resolving issues promptly, and building strong working relationships.
- Manage yearly budget planning of engagement hours, securing approvals from onshore partners and leadership, while monitoring team utilization and operational efficiency.
- Perform second-level reviews of audit deliverables, identifying issues and providing actionable feedback, while effectively communicating findings to onshore teams and clients.
- Expanded GDS scope of work to enhance integration in key audit engagements, resulting in improved collaboration and value delivery to onshore teams.
- Audited multiple SPVs with complex international fund structures in real estate, enhancing understanding of diverse investment frameworks.
- Participated in client walkthroughs to understand process and developed SCOT flowcharts to support audit planning and risk assessment.
- Mentored counselees by providing career coaching and continuous feedback, fostering their professional development and growth.
Audit Senior
EY GDS
Bengaluru
01.2022 - 08.2025
- Led multiple mutual fund engagements from the GDS front and ensured the team delivered timely, high-quality work according to EY Global Audit Methodology.
- Supported real estate engagements as well along with continuous mutual fund engagements and helped to meet clients' tight deadlines during busy season.
- Audited liquidation and merger funds in both real estate and mutual fund audit.
- Worked on planning - scope and strategy & SCOT, execution and conclusion phase of audits for all the mutual fund audit throughout tenure.
- Reviewed funds which are complex in nature. Introduced IPE checks for client and custodian documents.
- Develop an understanding of Quality and Risk Management procedures and ensure these are embedded into the engagement teamʼs work.
- Standardize review processes with the help of automation tools across Swiss Portfolios for audit procedures such as investment existence check, WHT recalculation, Outstanding interest and dividends testing.
- Conducted training sessions before busy season to enhance audit knowledge among team members through collaborative brainstorming.
- Worked on Data Snipper, an automation tool which helped to bring in efficiency in work papers.
- Discussed workflow management with assurance teams, allocating resources effectively and monitoring performance against established standards.
- Monitor utilization for oneʼs team, budget to actual, and other operational matters.
- Demonstrate professionalism, competence and clarity of communication when dealing with Global teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve the scope of work for oneʼs own engagements.
- Be responsible for various operational matters related to engagements aligned.
- Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/training. Lead by example.
- Trained APAC and EMEIA region on the solutions built using Power Query and Monarch application.
- Organized meetings and presentations on automation tools and heat map during leadership visit.
Audit Associate
EY GDS
Bengaluru
09.2019 - 12.2021
- Demonstrate basic understanding of mutual fund sector in a wealth and asset management industry and be aware of technical issues.
- Perform Cash reconciliation, realized gain/loss testing and Derivative testing.
- Verification of Dividend Income, Interest income, valuation and Existence of investments and performing analytical reviews.
- Knowledge on fund structure, evaluation and analysis of the financial statements and fund portfolio.
- Monitored current business and economic developments relevant to Switzerland engagements, informing audit strategies.
- Recognize potential review issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the immediate supervisor.
- Deal directly with onshore counterparts and familiar with major admin firms such as Northern trust, RBC investors, State Street, UBS etc., and familiar with their fund packages for audit.
- Stay informed of current business/economic developments relevant to Switzerland engagements.
- Demonstrate basic understanding of mutual fund sector in a wealth and asset management industry and be aware of technical issues.
- Trained and reviewed team members' work, ensuring quality and compliance with audit standards.
- Utilize automation tools for continuous learning, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery.
- Developed work templates using Power Query and Monarch applications, significantly enhancing efficiency.
- Experience in executing investment valuation through various internal and external valuation portals such as EY ISP valuation, Finanzen, Bloomberg, Swissfundata, IDE etc.
Education
Masters - International Business
Mount Carmel College
BengaluruBachelorʼs of Commerce -
ASC Degree College
BengaluruACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Skills
- Financial Statement audit
- Real Estate - SPV Audit
- General Ledger Analyzer
- Power Query
- Alteryx
- Power Automate
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Data Snipper
Certification
ACCA, Pursuing, Completed 5 out of 13 papers
Accomplishments
- Recipient of Exceptional client service (ECS) award
- Received 7 extraordinaire achiever award during tenure at EY GDS
- EY Bronze Badge - Wealth & Asset Management
- EY GDS user recognition award 7 times from local team counterparts (Switzerland) for delivering exceptional work
- Part of BEST team award
Timeline
Associate Manager
EY GDS
09.2025 - Current
Audit Senior
EY GDS
01.2022 - 08.2025
Audit Associate
EY GDS
09.2019 - 12.2021
Masters - International Business
Mount Carmel College
Bachelorʼs of Commerce -
ASC Degree College