Ashwin Ravichandran

• Awarded Shukran Star recognition thrice during my 2.5 year tenure for quality and technical excellence.

• Managing a USD 1.5 million portfolio of audit clients hailing from a wide range of industries including Retail,Banking & Financial Institutions, Consumer Products & Pharmaceuticals
• Managing a team of 30+ Assistant Managers, Audit Senior Consultants and Associates, with continued focus on monitoring team productivity and performance to support firm wide KPIs.
• Serving as an Ambassador (EMEIA wide) for Digital Audit Outreach and AI Integration Program
• Managing Audits, Quarterly Reviews as well as Agreed-Upon-Procedures of Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS, US GAAP as well as jurisdictional reporting requirements
• Providing Advisory Services to clients with respect to Internal Controls.
• Leading teams and group audits of conglomerates and complex group structures, with
considerations to transfer pricing•

Served in the Financial Service Industry, specializing in Asset Management entities, Financial Intermediaries and Trading Firms along with handling a size-able non-FS portfolio, inclusive of Oil & Gas, Aviation and Pharmaceuticals
• Audited and achieved successful sign offs of 20+ financial statements on an annual basis
• Provided advisory services with respect to the implementation of UAE Corporate Tax Laws under
Federal Decree-Law No 47 of 2022
• Reviewed Consolidations of subsidiaries in accordance with IAS 27 and IFRS 10

·Awarded Exceptional client service for the March 2021 quarter.

Performed statutory audit for subsidiary of Listed entity

·Worked as a dedicated senior for one of the Sweden office and performed various end to end audit.

· Review of statutory audit of Private limited entity

· Skilled delivery of Data analytic program for Revenue and receivables, and Payroll expenses

· Project management- to keep track of Budget vs actual hours charged

· Ensure proper resourcing so that the task is delivered within the agreed timeline.

· Performed the role of counsellor by acting as a mentor and actively participate in their upliftment within the organization by giving guidance and support

· Performed the role of SPOC for UK and Ireland region, coordinating around 300 people on a regular basis for smooth flow of audit and ensure that there is client satisfaction. Acted as a liaison between the client (onshore team) and UK&I region resources.

· Worked engagements in various sectors such as Manufacturing of automobile etc, Government and Public sector audit of UK, Construction contract (service), Shipping Industry

• Awarded rising star of KPMG for the quarter ended September 2018.

· Statutory Audit: Performed statutory audit as per Companies Act 2013 for various unlisted public companies
and private companies.

· Performed various Analytical review procedure of financial information and statements to assess the going concern nature of an organization and supported management in framing strategic financial decision.

· Engaged in the process of first-time adoption of IND AS for a private limited company.

· Preparation of financials statement as per schedule III with adoption of IND AS and under IGAAP.

· Preparation of audit report with CARO and IFC applicability.

· Performed limited review for subsidiary of listed entities.

· Performed group audit for various entities as per IFRS.

· Performed Internal Financials Control audit as per the requirement of ICFR

· Performed walkthrough procedure for various captions in the financial statement to test the entity level

controls and to test the significance of risk associated with each caption.

· Engaged in preparation of various certifications as per companies Act 2013 (Unhedged certificate &DPT – 3)

· Performed tax audit and prepared tax audit reports as per income tax act.

· Acted as an In-charge for various statutory audit assignments.

· Regularly liaised with senior management to discuss issues.

· Worked engagements in various sectors such as Manufacturing of automobile etc, Construction contract (service), Shipping Industry

· Performed Statutory and tax audit in industries including Oil and Gas,Retail and Manufacturing and Banking Sector.

· Preparation of standalone financials statement as per Schedule III.

· Income tax return filing for firms and individuals.

· Exposed to representation before tax authorities.

· Engaged in preparation and filing of statutory forms MCA for private limited companies