Accounting Manager

Swati Sharma

Senior Internal Auditor / Individual Contributor

Professional auditor with over six years of experience. Expert in

assessing business risks, understanding internal controls, planning and

delivering quality audit work for clients from a variety of industries

including:

Agriculture

Construction

Education

Finance

Health and beauty

Hotels

Insurance

Mining

Real estate

Key strengths:

. Sound theoretical/technical knowledge of accounting and auditing

. Well-developed oral and written communication skills

. Able to quickly grasp company operations and business drivers

. An individual contributor or a team leader depending on project

requirement

. Leadership in client meetings, raising issues, managing conflict and

ensuring full agreement on audit findings and recommendations raised

. Key driver in raising internal audit department profile through

genuine interpersonal skills that ensure stakeholder satisfaction

Professional Experience and Accomplishments

Guoman Management (UK) Ltd. Feb 2009 - Jun 2010

London, UK

Guoman Management (UK) Ltd. is a British company operating 37 luxury hotels

throughout UK under the brands of Guoman and Thistle Hotels.

Group Operational Auditor

. Assist the Group Head of Audit in reporting to the Audit Committee by

preparing material on projects completed, risk based audit plans and

explicated budgets

. Perform operational audits and special investigations based on whistle

blowing

. Re-design audit programs to ensure accurate risk assessment for new

and existing business processes, identifying control gaps, creating

action plans to address risks and completing field work

. Develop objectives, identifying control gaps and designing control

tests as part of special investigations and ensuring greater ownership

from process leaders and then communicating findings throughout the

group

. Build and maintain professional working relationships at all levels of

the business

. Being an ambassador for the department and assisting in transforming

the department to a modern, professional and value adding function

Alliance Boots Jun 2008 - Oct 2008

Prague, Czech Republic

Alliance Boots, based in UK is a retail pharmacist and pharmaceutical

wholesaler in several European countries. It has revenue in excess of 22.5

billion and over 115,000 employees.

Group Internal Auditor (consultant for Prague, Czech Republic audit)

. Independently perform a specialist audit review for the Alliance Boots

Czech Republic Head Office in Prague

. Assess control risks, defining scope of the project, creating a

finance key control audit programme within defined resource

availability

. Achieve the audit objectives and communicate audit findings and

recommendations in an audit report to Group Audit Manager for Group

distribution

WHK New Zealand Feb 2006 - May 2008

Auckland, New Zealand

WHK is the fifth largest accounting firm in Australasia, based in New

Zealand

Senior Auditor

. Supervise field audit engagements and perform some independent audits

. Work on the design of the approach to audits

. Perform accounting of complex areas of a clients' balance sheet and

income statements

. Oversee the completion of clients' annual reports and interact with

clients to discuss field audit issues

Ernst & Young Group Ltd. Mar 2004 - Feb 2006

Auckland, New Zealand

E&Y is one of the Big Four accountancy and professional services firms.

Role progressed from Junior Auditor to Experienced Auditor

. Perform analytical review and test audit documents under various audit

sections such as Bank/Cash, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable,

Inventory and Tax

. Review client accounting and operating procedures and systems of

internal control; design and perform tests of internal control;

provide recommendations for improved controls

. Identify accounting issues under GAAP and IFRS; perform research to

solve issues

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant (equivalent to CPA) - October 2006

New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants

Graduate Dip in Commerce (Human Resource Management) - December 2003

The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) - January 2003

The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Community involvement

. Private Tutor for refugee status high school students as a volunteer

for Sai Youth Group

. Volunteer dog caregiver at SPCA

. Regular blood donor

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