Karthika Vidhyadharan ACCA
Sharjah
Summary
Regional Internal Auditor with over eight years of progressive experience spanning internal audit and external audit. Currently leading commercial and process audits across various business operations in Middle east and Africa region with Avolta. Served as an Audit Senior for five years within Ernst & Young’s US Financial Services practice, managing audit engagements for leading Wealth and Asset Management clients, including mutual funds and private equity portfolios in Boston. Demonstrated strong analytical acumen, consistently delivered high‑quality audit work, and maintained a proactive commitment to ongoing professional development.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Internal Auditor
Avolta (Dutyfree)
Sharjah
09.2024 - Current
- Conduct independent commercial and process audits across multiple business units in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
- Support the development and implementation of internal audit plans, risk‑based methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Perform comprehensive risk assessments to identify emerging risks, control gaps, and operational inefficiencies.
- Control evaluation visits to warehouses and business units to assess key operational procedures, including POS controls, cash handling, shift change processes, inventory management, and security controls.
- Handled reviews and testing procedures, including inventory counts and spot checks, to assess operational effectiveness and compliance.
- F&B audits through physical inspections covering operational safety checks, food safety requirements, cleanliness standards, and additional areas such as wastage control, pricing accuracy, and overall compliance with F&B procedures.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand operational realities, gather relevant data, and present audit findings clearly.
- Prepare detailed audit reports outlining key observations, process‑improvement opportunities, and risk‑mitigation recommendations.
- Stay current with industry best practices and emerging audit technologies, including SAP, GAMMA, AI, and other advanced analytics tools.
- Maintain strong communication with senior management, business unit leaders, and cross‑functional teams to support informed decision‑making.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory standards while identifying opportunities for process optimization.
- Deliver training and onboarding sessions for new employees on company tools, systems, and audit techniques to strengthen team capability.
Internal Auditor
Deriv
Dubai
03.2023 - 03.2024
- Internal audits with comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential operational and financial risks associated with front office activities.
- Leading compliance audits to ensure adherence to industry regulations, internal policies, and external standards.
- Preparation of audit plans, finalising scope, drafting audit memos, analysing flowcharts, data analysis, fieldwork, testing procedures, and submission of audit reports and findings.
- Engage in continuous knowledge development regarding the sector's rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques, and performance standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, streamline operations, and enhance controls.
- Collaborate with management to implement best practices and efficiency measures.
Audit Senior
Ernst & Young GDS India LLP
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2018 - 01.2023
- Leading financial audits of US GAAP Mutual Funds and Private Equity Clients of Financial services in Wealth and Asset Management.
- Conducting the audit as per EY Methodology with strong Expertise in Automation techniques.
- Reviewing of complex audit working papers prepared by associates with respect to US GAAP Standards.
- Proven Experience in SOC Audits in the areas of Control testing and identifying the deviations.
- Handled critical and voluminous areas of audit such as Income testing, Financial Statements Audit procedures for all audit cycles.
- Coach and Mentor Audit Associates, facilitate trainings and performance evaluation.
- Achieved Progression to Advanced and Lead Associate in the consecutive years of 2019 and 2020 and promotion as Senior Auditor in the year 2021.
- E&Y is among the big 4 companies, specialized in public accounting and various other services globally.
Education
ACCA Member
01-2026
B.Com - Corporate Secretaryship
Bachelor of Commerce
Dr GRD College Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu01-2018
Skills
- Internal Audit
- External Audit
- Financial Analysis
- Regulatory compliance
- IFRS
- US GAAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- SAP
- GAMMA
Accomplishments
- GDS WINNING EDGE - 2021 AND 2022, As a part of GDS User Recognition program acknowledging the efforts to demonstrate the GDS Winning Edge.
- 3rd Rank in B.Com CS (2015 - 2018), Secured Rank 3 in Bachelor of Commerce - Corporate Secretaryship in G. R. Damodharan College of Science 2015 - 2018 Batch.
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
linkedin.com/in/karthika-vidhyadharan-76533818b
Timeline
Regional Internal Auditor
Avolta (Dutyfree)
09.2024 - Current
Internal Auditor
Deriv
03.2023 - 03.2024
Audit Senior
Ernst & Young GDS India LLP
05.2018 - 01.2023
ACCA Member
B.Com - Corporate Secretaryship
Bachelor of Commerce