NMS GOPALAKRISHNA
About Candidate
Performance driven professional with around 15 years of experience in the areas of SOX compliance, internal control assessments, risk advisory services and Project Management Hands on expertise in handling Sox implementation, Internal process controls |
Education
Work & Experience
Audits including Statutory audit, Revenue audit, Stock audit of Nationalized Banks. Performed various Internal audits for which responsibilities includes verification of all accounting books & transactions and ledger scrutiny, verification of all statutory books that needs to be maintained and preparation of audit reports and relevant documentation Discussions and Final Audit Meetings with the clients on various issues and observations made during the Audit. Provided with our comments to the client. Tax audit of partnership firms, individuals as per Income Tax Act. Preparation of Income Tax returns, TDS returns, Sales Tax returns etc
Review of annual Financial Statements and work papers for a Legal Entity consistent with the requirements of the appropriate regulatory reporting framework (GAAP for the Netherlands) within tight deadlines Co-ordinated with various teams like Inter Company, accounts receivable, accounts payable etc. for the smooth closure of quarterly/ annual reporting. Liaison with both Auditors and Tax to resolve queries in an efficient and timely manner Successfully managed transition of Financial reporting & Analysis related activities from Philippines
Responsible for setting up the internal audit function and started sox implementation activity as per the directives of Komatsu Limited, Japan Taken lead as Project Manager to the Project management office that was setup for Sox Implementation Prepared Sox Scoping analysis for identification of scoping operations Identified & Assessed Entity Level controls and reported to CFO on the gaps that needs to be remediated. Training provided to the team and process owners in the areas of Sox compliance and Process related controls Owned the responsibility of Internal audit department cost centre and budgeted annual capex requirements for the department
Assisted and managed determination of account scoping for Cvent US and Cvent India entities Established a control environment with 150+ key controls for 1st year Public company Managed external auditors in resolving their audit queries of both Cvent US and Cvent India entities and ensured timely closure of audits, both for Sox and IFC Recommended Finance and HR management for & to document significant policies of their departments and reviewed Handled Oracle migration audit and submitted the report on system implementation life cycle to CFO & Global controller Recurring status updates are shared to CFO and India Controller and submitted various reports for the presentations to audit committee Assisted in adopting COSO 2013 methodology, mapping the entity level controls and involved in developing the Enterprise Risk management survey Acted as a guidance provider to India & Global finance heads on specifying the best practices on audit matters
Responsible for review of ICFR controls as per scoping plan, of Americas and EMEA regions Has been Recognized and been elevated from Job grade J to Job grade K, within a year of joining the organization Direction and guidance provided to various process owners in terms of End to End control documentation up-dation, Gaps remediation and Control Optimization initiatives Responsible for Pre & Post migration activities of SOX documentation to Audit Board Application and ensured all the control documentation are completely & accurately migrated Worked with Americas & EMEA managers, to smoothen Sox compliance program Enhanced coordination with Internal Audit, External Auditors and Corporate Risk Compliance groups