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

B
Bachelors Degree of Commerce 2001
Nagarjuna University
C
Chartered Accountancy 2005
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
C
Certified Information Systems Auditor 2020
ISACA

Work & Experience

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Chartered accountants Sep’05 - Dec’09
SURESH AND BABU

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

A
Assistant Manager Jan’10 - Jan’11
BDO CONSULTING Private Limited
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Senior Specialist Feb’11 - Apr’12
Shell India Markets Private Limited

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

D
Deputy Manager May’12 - July’14
Komatsu India Private Limited,

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

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Manager-Global Sox Compliance & Internal audit Aug’14 - Nov ’17
Cvent India Private Limited

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

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Vice President Nov ’17 - till date
BNY Mellon

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

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