Accounting Manager

SUMMARY

Ravi is an accomplished manager experienced in conducting high-pressure

projects in a variety of industries. He has spent seven years providing

fraud prevention, fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and litigation

consulting services to private and public companies. He is comfortable and

experienced in working with and reporting to corporate executives,

attorneys, regulatory agencies, and other third parties. He has

investigated alleged accounting irregularities, examined suspect financial

transactions, and prepared audit teams to test for potential

company/industry fraud risks. He has experience in managing high risk,

short term, global engagements. He has participated and lead the sales

process for a variety of projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Chicago, IL, August 2001 -

January 2009, Manager

Perform investigative and consulting services for a variety of industries,

including but not limited to; healthcare, manufacturing, transportation

management, electronic library services, automotive parts, consumer

electronics outlet, food production, television production, auto racing,

and real estate investment that range from small private companies to large

fortune 500 companies

Manage small (two to three people) to large teams (up to 40 people) of

diverse professionals i.e. different education backgrounds and from

different functional groups

Manage and/or act in project management office role on national and

international projects

Manage and determine project scope, project execution, related work plans,

budgets, and client communications

Manage accounts receivable of each project i.e. invoicing, gross margin

calculation, and collections

Investigate claims of accounting errors and irregularities for private and

public companies

Conduct interviews of employees and management at all levels to determine

the existence, scope, and source of accounting errors and irregularities

Determine if appropriate internal controls are in place and being properly

followed

Consult with clients on how to improve their internal controls

Research accounting and regulatory guidance to determine if financial

transactions are in compliance with applicable regulations

Work closely with legal professionals to help identify potential legal

liability and appropriate responses to accounting errors and

irregularities

Prepare reports of investigation findings for client management and legal

and regulatory representatives

Prepare expert reports for testimony for trial, arbitration, and

depositions

Prepare experts for testimony for trial, arbitration, and depositions

Perform anomaly detection testing and analysis

Work closely with Deloitte & Touche LLP audit teams to determine potential

company and industry fraud risks and design audit tests to mitigate

these fraud risks

Review and advise audit teams on companies SOX 404 documentation

Provide fraud detection training to both internal (Deloitte & Touche LLP)

and external audit teams

Lead the creation of sales materials and participated in the sales pitch

for various projects

Fraud and Forensic Accounting - 2 Selected Projects:

Client: External audit of a manufacturer of emergency and rescue vehicles

Objective: Performed shadow investigation of internal auditor procedures

in the investigation of unsupported and fraudulent journal entries

perpetrated by a corporate controller at a manufacturer of emergency and

rescue vehicles.

Key Results: Determined through forensic interview summaries, sample

testing of journal entries, and review of current process and procedures

that fraudulent journal entries and improper inventory counts were created

due to improper tone-from-the top directives from specific senior executive-

level individuals.

Client: Global chemical manufacturer

Objective: Investigated allegations of unsupported journal entries and

improper tone-at-the top as identified by this global chemical

manufacturer's auditors.

Key Results: Determined through a review of over 700,000 emails, detailed

background investigations of key accounting and finance employees, and a

review of sampled journal entries that there were no indications of

fraudulently made journal entries however there were tone at the top issues

and insufficient accounting expertise in the accounting department.

Data Analytics - 1 Selected Project:

Client: Fortune 500 retail chain

Objective: Review results of data analytics for indications of fraudulent

transactions on the company's vendor master file, employee master file,

payroll data, accounts payable data, and accounts receivable data.

Prioritize findings and help mitigate the risk of future fraudulent

transactions by working with the client and their process holders to

determine new processes and procedures.

Key Results: Through a review of potential fraudulent transactions

identified conflict of interest issues, ghost employees, and over payment

for services. Through a review of policy and procedures identified further

cost savings by combining processes, consolidating vendor services on

company level and not department level, and identifying vendor processes

that should have gone up for bidding but were not, we also identified

various areas where stricter controls were needed.

Ligation and Dispute Consulting - 1 Selected Project:

Client: Fortune 500 automotive manufacture

Objective: Calculate potential damages associated to an alleged breach of

contract by a race team sponsored by the client. Write an expert report

that details the damage calculation methodology. Prepare an expert to

testify on the damage calculation methodology and calculated amount.

Key Results: Through a review of the contract, depositions, accounting

activity, interviews with client and race team personnel, and other

documentation; we determined a calculation methodology that captured all of

the costs forgone by the race team due to their affiliation with the

client, as well as, determined the amount of sponsorship fees that were to

be refunded due to the alleged breach of contract. The court awarded the

client $16 million, which was the total amount calculated in the expert

report.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 2001

Bachelor of Science in Finance, 2001

Grade Point Average: 3.43 / 4.00

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