JITESH KAMDAR

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Seattle – WA – 98121

Tel : 1-206-***-****

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging and an intellectually well rewarding job in a growth oriented dynamic organization, which will expose me to the greater heights of growth and career development.

CAREER PROFILE

- A result oriented experienced auditor with a forte in identifying problems and providing workable solutions. Possesses excellent multi-tasking abilities, priority setting skills, analytical skills and business acumen - analyzing risk, understanding business operations and processes, evaluating procedures, developing recommendations. Thrives in a team environment yet also works well independently. Effective communications skills and is committed to exceeding the needs and expectations of the client.

- I have over 7 years of audit experience in public accounting, out of which served over 5 years with the Assurance and Business Advisory practice of Ernst & Young, India (since April 2004), covering all aspects of audit like Statutory Audits, Tax Audits, Quarterly Reviews, US GAAP audit, IFRS audit, Financial Due Diligence, Public Offerings and agreed upon procedures.

- Of this, worked with the assurance practice of Seattle office of Ernst and Young LLP in United States from January 2005 to March 2005 and July 2008 till date.

- Ernst & Young is one of the Big 4 professional service firm in the world. The clients included some of the biggest blue chips corporations in the Indian corporate world. I worked as an audit manager / supervisor in the Indian practice and in charge of statutory audits of Multinational Corporations, Project offices of Foreign Companies and other large business organization listed on Indian Stock exchanges in different industries. During my stint at US I worked on the integrated audit of various SEC clients.

- I have significant experience in transactional due diligence and audit type of work and have expert knowledge of International and Indian GAAP. Handling US GAAP audit in India coupled with my stint at US has given me a good exposure of US GAAP, SEC reporting and I have a working knowledge of IFRS as well.

- Three years articleship (from August 1998 to December 2001) and served as an audit in charge (April 2002 to March 2004) with M/s Khandelwal Jain & Co. Chartered Accountants (reputed firm of Chartered Accountants located in India).

PROFESSIONAL ATTAINMENTS

- Passed the Chartered Accountancy examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India in May 2002.

- Graduated in Commerce (B. Com.) from the University of Bombay in April 2000 with a first class (75 per cent).

- Passed the Uniform CPA examination of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants aggregating 90% percent (licensing application in process).

OTHER ACADEMIC ATTAINMENTS

Degree Year Institution Per cent

Bachelor of Commerce April 2000 University of Mumbai – India 74.71

Secondary School Certification March 1995 Maharashtra State Board – India 85.57

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

- Responsibilities include running client engagement from start to finish, including planning, performing, leading and completing engagements in a timely cost efficient manner.

- Being the face of the firm, continuous and result based interaction with clients and being part of the core team, constantly monitor the resources, time and budget.

- Maintain a strong client focus, be responsive to client’s requests, and develop/maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.

- Develop people through teamwork, integrity and leadership. Collaborate with team members to set goals & responsibilities.

JOB PROFILE

- Lead / Supervised audit engagements in a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, engineering, infrastructure / real estate, telecommunications, technology, chemical and pharmaceuticals.

- Proficiency in applying U.S. GAAP and GAAS standards and knowledge of SEC and PCAOB rules.

- Working knowledge of IFRS.

- Implemented the risk based audit approach as per the EY Global Audit Methodology (GAM).

- Identifying business, control and audit risks and evaluating, and documenting procedures and controls.

- Experience in managing multiple engagements and supervising staff.

- Possess excellent analytical, technical accounting and auditing skills.

- Excellent organizational, client service, communication and supervisory skills.

AUDIT EXPERIENCE

The E&Y global audit methodology in addition to audit procedures involves understanding the business, industry and client procedures/processes in a fair amount of detail to provide recommendations as to their improvements as appropriate.

As an auditor, I have not only gained auditing and accounting knowledge and practical experience but it has greatly contributed to my leadership skills, engagement management skills and business skills (including client relationships). My audit experience has contributed significantly to my knowledge of several industries (manufacturing, construction, engineering, infrastructure and real estate, telecommunications, technology, chemical and pharmaceuticals) and the economy in general.

Specific experience in this area comprises

April 2004 to June 2008 - Ernst and Young, India

Statutory audits (including group reporting, quarterly reviews and annual statutory audits) of

- ITD Cementation India Limited (ITD) as per Indian GAAP and GAAS - a publicly listed Indian subsidiary of a large multinational in the construction industry. While having a quasi managerial role, I was instrumental in suggesting significant improvements in the contract accounting and revenue recognition process along with recommendations in the financial statement close process of the client. These recommendations assisted the client to prepare the financial statements more accurately and timely.

- Rights issue offering and Structured Rights issue offering of ITD covering the various facets of public offering including the issue of Comfort Letter to the Merchant Bankers. I was an acting manager running the entire engagement from start to finish and supervising a team of 5 audit executives. I assisted the client in determining the attestation and financial statements disclosure requirements in the offer document. This also entailed coordination with the external lawyers and merchant bankers for timely filing of the offer document with the stock exchange.

- Prepared / Attended audit committee presentations for public companies.

- US GAAP audit and group reporting of Franks International Inc subsidiaries in Middle East and West Africa – providing a broadest range of tubular technologies for drilling worldwide. In this audit, I suggested various improvements in client’s business process and highlighted critical and significant taxation risks in the area of expatriate employee taxation and taxability of intercompany transactions, which the management was not cognizant of. This resulted in the management taking steps to ensure compliance with the taxation requirements and with this also managed the risk of the firm.

- Statutory audit and IFRS group reporting (again as a managerial role) of Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd a subsidiary of DP World Port - a leader in international marine terminal operations and development. I was instrumental in pointing out significant errors in the prior period financial statements audited by one of the other BIG 4, which resulted in management revising the prior period financial statements to ensure correct presentation and disclosure of financial performance. Also assisted the client for converting their domestic financial statements to IFRS for group reporting purpose.

- Independently handled the statutory Audit (including group reporting) and Tax Audits of other small and medium sized clients.

Others

- In addition have been involved in providing assistance to overseas engineering consultancy company, IHI Corporation Japan with offices in India in the preparation and audit of their financial statements for Indian Income-tax purposes and to ensure compliance with Foreign Exchange Management Act and Reserve Bank of India requirements. This involved understanding the processes of these companies abroad and ensuring that only the transactions related to the Indian operations were included in the relevant financial statements. This included travel to the head office in Tokyo to discuss the Indian project office financial statements issues with the management. For this client obtained an all 5 out of 5 Audit Service Quality (ASQ) point rating under various parameters of audit quality and client service.

- Accounting and financial due diligence of Reliance Communications – one of the India’s leading integrated telecom company.

- Participation in the annual audit quality review program ensuring compliance with Global audit methodology of Ernst & Young.

- Have also attended various training programmes conducted by the firm and gave presentations at external professional bodies outside the firm :

- E&Y Induction trainings on Accounting Standards for new staff.

- Presentation on “Initial Public Offering” in the Study Circle Meeting of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in India.

July 2008 till date - Ernst and Young, US

- Integrated audit (including SOX compliance) and quarterly reviews of Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc – a largest private timberland owner in the US and listed on New York Stock Exchange.

- Debt covenant compliance certifications for the various public and private debt held by the Company.

- Employee Benefit Plan audit (including 401K and Cash Balance Plan) of Tektronix Inc.

- USGAAP audit of other small and mid size private company.

- Yearend audit of Expedia Inc and Watchguard Technologies Inc (January 2005 to March 2005)

Other experiences outside Ernst and Young

- Due Diligence of housing loan portfolio of Vysya Bank Housing Finance Limited for a proposed acquisition.

- Audit of Custodial operations of ICICI Bank Ltd – one of the largest private banks in India.

CO-CURRICULARS

Reading accounting, tax, finance and economy related articles and holding in-house discussion meetings. Updating myself with latest changes in field of accounting, auditing, company law and taxation matters. Enjoy team sports like volleyball, cricket and badminton.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

- Received Distinction Class in the Sate Level Examinations in both 10th & 12th Grades

- Won 1st Merit Prize in R.R.M.I. All India General Knowledge Test. (Junior Category -Year 1993)

- Scored 99/100 marks in Mathematics & Statistics in Higher Secondary School examination

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