KANIKA NARANG
E-Mail: **************@*****.***
Contact Number: 956-***-****, 851*******,95
Present Address: #***, ****** ***, **********.
PIN: 160036
Achievement driven professional targeting assignments in Finance & Accounts with an organization of repute
Location Preference: Chandigarh
Industry Preference: Accounts/Finance
PROFILE SUMMARY
C.A. offering a nearly 5+ years of rich & qualitative experience in handling compliances, Financial accounting, Finalization of accounts, Direct and Indirect taxation, Audits.
Proficiency in finance functions involving preparation of project reports by understanding the client’s business cycle and forecasting the figures basis its present scale of operations.
Established consistent and appropriate business practices, enhanced controls at a time of financial distress; instituted controls, teamwork and responsibility throughout the entity
A strategist / implementer with recognized proficiency in spearheading business to accomplish corporate plans and goals successfully
CORE COMPETENCY
~ Finance & Accounts
~ Legal Compliance
~ Statutory / Internal Audits
~ Tax (Direct & Indirect)
~ Bank Reconciliation
~ Reporting & Documentation
~ Financial / Internal Control
~ Liaison & Coordination
~ Team Management
~ Project reports
LAST ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tech Mahindra Limited, Mumbai as Compliance Manager from Aug’15-Jan’17
Key Responsibilities:
Submission of annual, quarterly and Monthly reports to Nodal officer for forwarding it to RBI. These reports included fetching of raw data from GUI, reconciliation of the same with data of Recon team and taking up differences with Technology team and then presentation of the final data in formats prescribed by RBI.
Submission of annual and quarterly reports to Bank.
Liaising with RBI officers during audits.
Submission of various statistical data to RBI time to time by referring Annual reports of Tech Mahindra and by coordinating with HR, Legal and Secretarial teams.
Liasing with Internal auditors, CISA auditors and hired Chartered Accountant for getting audit reports on time and validating the reports.
Maintaining the database of agreements with Bank, Payment aggregators, Chartered Accountants etc and their renewals/addendums etc.
Liaising with Legal for clarity on some specific clause/for renewal/ forming new process.
Sharing of knowledge by referring RBI circulars and Payment and Settlement Act, 2007.
Helping my team on documentation part for entering into new agreements.
Key successes:
Framing of Risk Rules for prepaid system as per RBI norms and to curb AML.
Streamlined the process of handling chargebacks, KYC policy.
Supporting my team for reconciliations with Finance, Payment aggregators and Payment Gateway on tax matters.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Global Upside, Noida as Assistant Accounts Manager from Jan’15 to May’15
Key Responsibilities:
Finalized accounts of US companies and Liaising with them during their meetings and sending them the required data on time.
Maintaining of accounting data on Quick-books and presentation of the same as per the requirement of the client.
Managing the Accounts Payable function of the clients assigned.
International Fresh Farm Products India Limited, Chandigarh as Deputy Accounts Manager from Jul’12 –Dec’14
Monitoring the accounting records in TALLY, reporting & period-end close process and communicating with all parties who are affected by a financial close.
Steering the overall accounting operations and audit for the organization including collections, purchase, contract compliance, receivables, deposits, disbursements, fixed assets and inventory
Streamlining the department infrastructure for improving productivity & efficiency as well as implementing the MIS system for monitoring financial statements & records, eliminating costly estimation errors and improving profitability
Ensuring statutory compliance for ITR, Advance Tax, Company Law, TDS Deposit & Returns, VAT Returns, Service Tax Deposit & Returns.
Submission of provisional Balance sheets to Banks and Ministry of Food processing for Grant given by them for establishing Cold Chain facility.
Playing a key role in establishing the operations & finance functions; setting up the overall accounts, audit, MIS processes for the company
Ascertaining timely preparation of financial statements and supporting work papers consistent with regulatory reporting frameworks and within agreed timelines
Conducting & resolving issues related to Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, Tax Audit and Audits for the certification on Grant utilization.
Vinod Kumar & Associates, Chandigarh as Associate Chartered Accountant from Apr’11-Jun’12
Internal Audits, Statutory Audits, Tax Audits, Stock Audits, Return filing and payment of taxes on behalf of clients.
Successfully coordinated for Project Proposal for availing loans/CC limits from Banks and other Financial Institutions; including study of their work cycle in detail, Plant/Site visit, Sales Projection and calculation of Working capital by various methods.
Crafted and implemented audit plans to address audit risks for Hotels, Beverages and Flour Mill clients for the annual statutory audit
EDUCATION
Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi in 2010
B.Com. from GGDSD College, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2007 with 71.67% marks
12th from DAV Model School, C.B.S.E, Chandigarh in 2004 with 87.4% marks.
10th from DAV Model School, C.B.S.E, Chandigarh in 2002 with 87.2% marks
TRAININGS
Completed 15 days training of ‘General Management & Communication Skills’ conducted by ICAI from 11th Dec’09 to 30th Dec’09
Completed compulsory 250 hours computer training required by ICAI from APTECH Computer Centre in 2007’
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 31st Dec’1986
Languages Known: English, Hindi & Punjabi
Permanent Address: House No 838, Sector 40A, Chandigarh - 160036