Rekha Agarwal
Bhubaneswar
Summary
Fellow Chartered Accountant with 12+ years of post-qualification experience, currently serving as a Partner in a Chartered Accountancy firm. Extensive expertise in Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Direct & Indirect Taxation, GST compliance, TDS, and Income-tax matters. Proven ability to manage client portfolios across industries, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide strategic tax and audit advisory.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Partner
Kothari Rathi & Co
Bhubaneswar
05.2018 - Current
- Leading Statutory Audits for private limited companies, LLPs, partnership firms, trusts, and societies
- Conducting Tax Audits under Section 44AB and issuing audit reports
- Managing Income-tax compliance including return filing, scrutiny assessments, appeals, and rectifications
- Handling GST registrations, returns (GSTR-1, 3B, 9, 9C), audits, and departmental notices
- Overseeing TDS compliance including return filing, reconciliations, and assessments
- Advising clients on tax planning, restructuring, and regulatory compliance
- Supervising audit teams and ensuring adherence to auditing standards and timelines
- Representing clients before Income Tax, GST, and other statutory authorities
Finance Functional Consultant
KPIT Technologies Limited
03.2016 - 05.2018
- Following are the projects in which I took part in the successful completion as a member of various teams.
- Toshiba Machine (Chennai) Private Limited – GST Implementation and Staff Augmentation
- Spirax_Sarco India Private Limited - GST Implementation and support
- Stanadyne India Private Limited, Chennai – Rollout of the US model to the Indian subsidiary and configuring consolidated reporting, of Indian enterprise’s transactions, as per US GAAP
- Morgan Ceramics, Singapore – Fixed Asset Implementation, Accounting of Foreign Currency & Alternate Currency receipts and gain/loss on such exchange currency fluctuations and monetary account revaluations of foreign currency transactions.
- Stryker Corporation, APAC Region – Rollout of Australian model to 8 Asian countries and accommodating the local applicable tax laws for the respective countries viz., India, China, Hongkong, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan.
Assistant Manager
MPA Financial services Ltd
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Project advisory & capital structuring
- Responsible for Planning, budgeting and forecasting project cost.
- Responsible for Analyzing of proposal and its Risk parameters for both short term and long term borrowing.
- Preparation of Business Model of different Clients, working capital cycle, Analyzing of financial statements & CMA Preparation.
- Assisted in valuing the share price of various Companies.
- Providing assistance to team responsible for capital structuring & debt Syndication.
- Automation of various manual reports.
Working Partner
SBN & Associates, Chartered Accountant Firm
03.2014 - 05.2015
Article (Trainee)
Udaypuria & associates, Chartered Accountant Firm
03.2011 - 02.2014
Education
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
11-2013
M.Com -
Ravenshaw University
Cuttack01.2014
B.Com -
Ravenshaw University
Cuttack01.2012
Higher Secondary (12th) -
Council of Higher Secondary Examinations (CHSE)
01.2009
Secondary (10th) -
Odisha of Board Secondary Education (OBSE)
01.2007
Skills
- Income Tax & GST Portals
- Tally, Excel, and Accounting Software
- Audit & Compliance Tools
- MS Office Suite
- Quick Book, Zoho, Jde Software
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Oriya
Hobbies and Interests
- Listening to Music
- Dancing
- Reading Novel
- Meditation
Timeline
Partner
Kothari Rathi & Co
05.2018 - Current
Finance Functional Consultant
KPIT Technologies Limited
03.2016 - 05.2018
Assistant Manager
MPA Financial services Ltd
06.2015 - 03.2016
Working Partner
SBN & Associates, Chartered Accountant Firm
03.2014 - 05.2015
Article (Trainee)
Udaypuria & associates, Chartered Accountant Firm
03.2011 - 02.2014
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
M.Com -
Ravenshaw University
B.Com -
Ravenshaw University
Higher Secondary (12th) -
Council of Higher Secondary Examinations (CHSE)
Secondary (10th) -
Odisha of Board Secondary Education (OBSE)