RIYA XAVIER
Bangalore
Summary
Highly motivated and enthusiastic accounting professional with proven 4 years of experience in finance controllership,auditing, business book keeping, tax accounting and financial management. Independent, creative and critical thinker with sound judgement and strategic decision making competencies as well as ability to prioritise and manage time effectively. Resourceful auditor with comprehensive experience preparing and examining financial records. Well-versed in initiating and implementing auditing practices and evaluating internal controls of accounting functions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Controller
London Stock Exchange Group
Bangalore
07.2024 - Current
- Ensure statutory, tax compliance for India and Malaysia Lseg entities by working closely with service providers.
- Work with various businesses partners to ensure legal entities are accurately, completely and timely accounted for in the enterprise systems , as well as to ensure good controls of underlying processes.
- Ensure month end close in adherence to reporting time table, perform reviews to ensure that critical accounts are reconciled with underlying documentation, that transactions are coded accurately in line with relevant accounting policies.
- Liase with auditors and ensure timely completion of statutory and tax audits.
- Participate in Balance sheet and cost reviews.
- Liase with tax and transfer pricing teams, ensuring timely and accurate completion of tax packs, booking tax provisions, review of transfer pricing calculations on quarterly basis for group books, and on annual basis for local books.
- Aid tax team in addressing tax audits.
Articled Assistant
Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants
Bangalore
08.2017 - 08.2020
- Gained experience in preparation and analysis of Financial Statements based on IFRS, Indian GAAP and US GAAP
- Handled Statutory/Internal/Tax Audits of various service, manufacture and retail entities
- Expertise in preparation of complex financial statements, including consolidation of financial statements, preparation of notes to accounts, adjusted trial balance, Auditors' Report, Engagement letters and Representation letters
- Performed walkthroughs, tested internal controls to ensure effectiveness and came out with audit findings including identification of control deficiencies and recommendations for improvement
- Performed analytical procedures, engagement planning, testing and reporting of transactions, documentation and cross reference of working papers
- Communicated results of audit to senior management through factual written reports and oral presentations
- Good exposure in ledger scrutiny and reconciliation of accounts
- Preparation of various testing sheets and reconciliations such as TDS workings, loan amortisation tables, ageing schedules, subsequent disbursements etc
Education
CA Final Group 1 -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce(B.Com) -
Madras University
CA Intermediate -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Higher Secondary -
Devagiri CMI Public School
Secondary School -
Don Bosco Auxilium ICSE School
Skills
- SAP
- Tally
- Quick Books
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statements Review
- Financial and Regulatory Consulting
- IFRS
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Indian GAAP Accounting Practices
- Financial Planning and Analysis
Timeline
Assistant Controller
London Stock Exchange Group
07.2024 - Current
Articled Assistant
Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants
08.2017 - 08.2020
CA Final Group 1 -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce(B.Com) -
Madras University
CA Intermediate -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Higher Secondary -
Devagiri CMI Public School
Secondary School -
Don Bosco Auxilium ICSE School