Madhu Krishna Pothula

- Led a team of auditors in planning, executing, and finalizing audit engagements for a diverse portfolio of clients.

- Conducted risk assessments and developed comprehensive audit plans, resulting in improved efficiency and accuracy of audits.

- Reviewed workpapers, identified discrepancies, and provided constructive feedback to team members, maintaining high audit quality standards.

- Collaborated with clients to address concerns, provide recommendations, and enhance internal controls, leading to risk mitigation and process optimization.

- Analyzed financial statements, internal control systems, and operational processes, identifying potential weaknesses and proposing remedial actions.

- Ensure timely invoicing to clients and collections of invoices relating to audit.

- Worked as an in-charge and have independently handled the clients end to end from Planning, Understanding Entity's environment, Risk Assessment, Assessment of Materiality, Managing the team, Preparation of deliverable's like Audit report's, Financial statements, reporting to the Partner-Director-Manager group.
- Major Clients includes: ENOC Supply and trading LLC, Coral Energy DMCC, Kaizen paints MENA LLC, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, Corrosion Technology Services LLC - group.
- Maintained communication clients throughout auditing process to deliver status updates.

- Coordinated with auditors for preliminary and year-end auditing activities.

- Trained new audit personnel to perform duties according to regulations and established procedures.

- I have worked as an Assistant manager for two major listed clients, Titan Company Limited ( $2.8 Billion Turnover) and Britannia Industries Limited ($1.6 Billion Turnover) leading the team of 7+ team members.
- I have involved in the Supervising of the audit work, preparation of Deliverable's, Press Releases, Audit committee packs etc. I have worked on the major Substantive procedures like Revenue, Liabilities, debtors, deferred revenue, Advertisement and sales promotions, Direct and Indirect Taxes, Consolidation of inter company books.
- I have worked as a lead team member in the implementation of IND AS 116 (IFRS16) for the first time at Britannia Industries Limited.
- Other Major clients i have worked as an in-charge includes: Ball Beverage Packaging India Private Limited ( General Manufacturing), Duroflex Private Limited ( Retail Market), Lectra Technologies India Private Limited ( Software and hardware Services), Grab Greco LLP ( Software Development).
- I have independently conducted tax audits of the various clients which includes Planning Approach, Preparation of deliverable's being Form 3CA/ 3CB and review of Form 3 CD, Reporting to the partner, XML filings etc.
- I have satisfactorily resolved the comments of Second Line of Defense review of audit files for the listed clients i have worked and appreciated by partner group. I was honored with Raising Star Award in 2018, Above and Beyond award in 2019 and Kudos award in 2020 for my work as an in-charge on the listed clients and achieving the quality work within the deadlines as planned.

- I was involved in the statutory audit of various Manufacturing companies, nationalized banks, Trusts, C&AG Audit of public sector company. I have been majorly involved in the preparation of workpapers, Analysis of Financial statements and ensuring compliance with the Accounting Standards and Companies Act rules and to check existence and effectiveness of Internal Financial Controls.
- Performed various Tax audits and VAT audits.
- I was involved in internal audit reportings and various stock counts.