Sarfraz Shekh

• Managing a POD (team) consisting of approx. 25 members, including Associates, Senior associates and Managers. Interacting with onshore teams and clients to provide quality audit procedures within best budget framework.
• Project management in terms of setting up budgets and deadlines for audit engagements based on audit plans agreed with Onshore teams, allocating team members, monitoring budgets throughout year, coaching and counseling team members within my POD. Conduct regular POD catch-ups, where important information and internal team matters are discussed.
• Conducting AI bot trainings as and when there is new automation in digital lab by conducting workshops with audit engagement teams to provide them training on navigating AI bots and how to interpret results in their audit. Integrating with teams and collecting feedback for recently introduced automations and sharing same on behalf of business to creators.
• Helped management team to develop business by performing test runs on new potential engagements and drafting easy instructions for teams.
• Help primary teams in execution phase of audit by performing substantive procedures, Control testing, analyzing data using analytical tools, validation of Financial statements, Journal entry testing, Tie outs and other general audit procedures.
• Review work performed by staffs and seniors and simultaneously guiding them on how to achieve greater efficiency.
• Certified central L&D trainer for technical trainings and helping the business with hiring process by conducting interviews.

• Leaded Barclay Group Subsidiaries (medium and low risk) Audit and effectively planned resource as well as executed end to end audit from offshore.
• In-charged Barclay Investment Bank and Group Tax account from Offshore and leaded team of 8+ members. My responsibilities included coaching team members, leading walkthrough calls, delegating work, setting up milestone for engagement and communicating queries to clients for audit issues noted.
• Worked on complex areas like Tax, MRC, Estimates, IFRS9 SPPI testing, Payroll Analysis, High Risk Journals, Group Scope Analyser, Valuation, High Risk Journals, IFRS Checklist etc.
• Certified technical Trainer in Central L&D. Reviewed and report to management on utilization of team members under supervision.

• Managing multiple Audit engagements and managing team members simultaneously,collaborating with the onshore Audit engagement team to identify critical project outcomes, work products and changes in expectations or scope.

• Building relationships with on-site and overseas colleagues, explaining issues clearly, escalate and resolve problems on a timely basis across EMEA Region.

• Identified opportunities to improve the scope of work for GDS and Use technology & tools to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery.

• Worked on Adverse Media search report for few clients to identify potential going concern issues and being appreciated by the Onshore team members to come up with something which became the base document for other clients.

• Audited financial of subsidiaries of one of the world largest Oil and Gas Company as a In-charge. Dealt with upstream entity, Holding entity, treasury entity, corporate entity and joint ventures.

• Worked as an In-charge for Auditing various Mutual Funds and private equity fund for UK&I region and performed end to end Fund Audit. Coordinated with stake-holders (Fund Administrator, Transfer Agent, Investment Manager, etc,.) in order to sort out issues and queries and to obtain audit evidences.

• Performed statutory audits, tax audits, certification audits, agreed upon procedures for group reporting under Indian GAAP for various sector like Manufacturing, Service sector, e-Commerce companies, Educational Schools and colleges and Public sector undertaking
• Preparation and E-Filing of Forms and Returns with respective authorities. Computation of Income tax of various entities.