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 )