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Location:
Herndon, VA, 20170
Posted:
August 24, 2017

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Pradeep K. Sahajwalla

CPA

***, ******* ******, ***

Herndon,

Virginia 20170

Phone: 571-***-****

Email: ac1zrw@r.postjobfree.com

Title:

Pradeep was a Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Assurance practice in Mumbai, India. Pradeep has recently resigned from PWC India and permanently relocated to Herndon Virginia. Pradeep is a Green Card Holder. Reasonable working skills with MS Excel, MS Word and MS Power Point.

Experience

Pricewaterhouse LLP ( PWC )* May 2001 – 7th August 2017

Pradeep has over 16 years of experience in conducting Annual Statutory Audits, Interim Reviews, Group Reporting under US GAAP, Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting ( equivalent to SOX ), Implementation of IND AS ( which is Indian equivalent of converged IFRS ) and Tax Audits as per Income Tax Act, of Listed and Unlisted Companies. Pradeep has ensured audits are compliant with the PWC Audit Methodology and are conducted in a timely manner as per the applicable regulations and have always met client expectations.

Assurance Experience and Work Profile at PWC

Ensuring Timely Conduct of Audits in accordance with SA/ISA and PWC Audit Methodology.

Ensuring Compliance with Documentation Requirements, which includes timely completion of electronic files i.e. documentation on Aura Software.

Audit files have always been rated as Compliant under ECR’s ( Engagement Compliance Reviews ), Peer Reviews and PCAOB Review ( one file was selected for PCAOB review ).

Supervision of and Mentoring Team members.

Managing of activities for ensuring completion of work within the time and cost parameters.

Preparation of Budgets and ensuring Budgets are met and achieving efficiencies.

Co-ordination with specialist such as SPA (Systems and Process Assurance ), Tax (Direct and Indirect Tax ).

Identifying opportunities for potential services within existing clients.

Co-ordination with other Lines of Services such as Advisory, Forensics and Taxation.

Discussion and resolution of Accounting and Audit Matters/Issues.

Meeting Senior Management Personnel and Promoters/Owners of the Company.

Meetings with Audit Committee Chairmen as well as Board of Directors.

Making presentations to the Audit Committee.

Raising of Technical Consultations with Technical Team.

Fee negotiations with Clients.

Business development Activities.

Earlier Employments

Dilip Classes.

June 1992 – April 2001

Senior Lecturer in Accountancy, Costing and Taxation

Premier Automobiles Limited .

January 1990 – June 1992

Internal Auditor.

Narkar & Associates ; Chartered Accountants

January 1989 – December 1989

Associate, Audit & Assurance

Kirtane & Pandit; Chartered Accountants

March 1985 to March 1988

Article Trainee

Education

Chartered Accountant ( Institute of Chartered Accountants of India )

Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy ( Mumbai University )

Certified Public Accountant (Alaska Board of Accountancy)

Professional Achievements :

Recipient of Long Service Award on Successful Completion of 15 Years by PWC.

Received the PWC Team experience Award.

Received GEM Award for successful completion of the PCAOB review of Cummins India Limited.

Subject Matter Expert of PWC for Insurance Companies.

Conversion of Indian GAAP financials to IFRS for Insurance Companies and to IND AS for other companies.

Involved in providing accounting opinions on various Indian GAAP issues.

Part of the team in PWC for imparting training on IND AS.

Was Subjected to Three Peer Reviews conducted by External Firms and received certificate of Compliance.

Developing of team members for conduct of an efficient audit which meets PWC Audit methodology.

Audit Files have consistently cleared ECR’s within the firm.

Value Additions to various clients in terms of identifying Cost Savings.

Team Member of PWC Learning & Education Activities. Have been taking training sessions for various staff members and partners of the Firm. Have been consistently receiving ratings of 4 and above. (5 being the highest rating and 1 being the lowest rating).

Have delivered various lectures in various seminars of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Have been a visiting faculty for MBA students at Symbiosis Centre for Human Resource Management and Development, Pune India. ( 2006 to 2013 )

Successful Completion of all mandatory E Learnings and CPE Hours.

Clients Serviced

( selective list )

Multinational Clients

Cummins India Limited

Cummins Generator Technologies Limited

Cummins Technologies India Limited

Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited

Bosch Chassis India Limited

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited

Birla Sunlife Life Insurance Company Limited

Ing Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited

Cargotec India Limited

Indian Clients

Bajaj Auto Limited

Bajaj Finserv Limited

Bajaj Holdings and Investment Limited

Bajaj Electricals Limited

Bharat Forge Limited

Cinemax India Limited

SBI Life Insurance Company Limited

Bisleri International Private Limited

Sir HN Hospital

Professional membership:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) ( applied for )

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI )



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