Summary

• 4 + Years of cross functional experience in the areas of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, Taxation (North American Taxes),
• Analytical problem solver; Responsible team player
• Enthusiastic, Self-starter, Excellent communication & leadership skills
• Knowledge of GAAP, SOX, Internal Audit and Internal Controls

Education U.S. Education equivalence evaluated by World Education Services, New York

• Bachelors & Masters Degree
• Undergraduate Level GPA of 3.39
• Graduate Level GPA of  3.16

Pursuing the Uniform C.P.A. examination from AICPA, USA

Passed the Chartered Accountants (C.A.) Program from ‘The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’ (2006)

Master of Commerce (M.Com) - M. S. University, Baroda, India
2 Years Full Time Post-Graduate Program, with specialization in:

• Taxation & Audit’ and ‘Financial Management Accounting’
• Advanced Financial Accounting’ and ‘Advanced Cost Accounting’
• Direct Tax and MIS

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) – M. S. University, Baroda, India
3 Years Full Time Graduate Program, with specialization in:

• Accounting and auditing,
• Business economics and Statistics,

Skills    Computers

• Application programs – Pro series, QuickBooks, Tax wise, Creative Solutions Accounting and Tally, Tax exact, Account exact,Lecerte,drake,etc
• Good knowledge of MS Office – MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint & Internet

Languages Known

• English, Hindi & Gujarati

Experience  Senior Functional Expert
      

Actax InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., Baroda, India
• Handling North American taxation Modules for Form 1040, Form 1065 and Form 1120
• Hardcore involvement in functional analysis and software development for US Taxation (1040-1065-1120) ( Research and development for  American taxation )
• Testing software compliance with IRS tax laws and recommending improvements as and when required
• Shouldered responsibility to deliver the federal and state packages on a timely basis
• Filling the tax returns (IRS) as well as worked on quick book  ( maintenance of books of accounts of various clients of USA) , sales tax, payroll processing and relevant filling requirements 

         

Consultant   
Various Clients, Baroda, India
Served various clients as an independent consultant / auditor and helped them deal with a variety of financial and taxation procedures
• Meeting tax authorities and finalizing tax assessments on behalf of client
• Conducting internal audit of GECL (A listed company in India)
• Conducting inventory valuation and verification for manufacturing firms

            

Audit Assistant        
M/s. D.K. Pansuriya & Co., Chartered Accountants, Baroda, India
• Conducted revenue and concurrent audits of various nationalized and private banks
• Supervised daily financial and accounting operations
• Analyzed and prepared the financial statements and records, as per relevant accounting standards, policies, and principles.

Trainee         
A.A. Sheikh & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Baroda, India         
Suresh Thakkar & Co., Chartered Accountants, Baroda, India                   
I have worked as a trainee with the above two firms during my Chartered Accountancy program. My work profile was –
• Examining journal and ledger entries, bank statements, inventories, expenditures and  finalization of financial statements/records
• Conducting audit of banks, partnership firms, private and public limited companies
• Preparing and filing Income Tax returns for individuals and partnership firms
• Audits from stage of preparing audit plan to finalization of audit reports
• Tax audits of various companies under Income Tax Act and relevant guidelines
• Assisting in preparations of scrutiny submissions, rectification petitions and Grounds for Appeals