Accounting Accountant

Archita Gala

Melbourne, FL ***** adioo0@r.postjobfree.com 321-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/architagala Professional Profile

A diligent, tenacious and insightful Chartered Accountant with four years of experience in accounting, auditing and

(USA) certification.

Education

Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida Master of Science in Accounting and Financial Forensics Dec 2020 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Mumbai, India Chartered Accountancy Degree May 2017

University of Mumbai – Mumbai, India

Master of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) GPA 3.12 May 2017 H.R. College of Commerce & Economics - Mumbai, India Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Auditing) GPA 3.45 March 2014 Skills

Financial Closing, Account Reconciliations, Financial Reporting & Analysis, Income Tax Compliances, Indirect Tax Compliances, Payroll Tax Compliances, Internal & External Audit, familiar with U.S. GAAP along with IFRS, Internal Controls, MS Office, SAP, Tally, QuickBooks

Experience

Florida Institute of Technology–Melbourne, Florida Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 Graduate Student, MS in Accounting and Financial Forensics

• Researched on challenges of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) such as employee resistance, managing expectations, inconsistent outcomes problems, etc. affecting the Accounting & Auditing field

• Conducted internal audit and provided recommendations to the university related to the arrangements of the Career Fair event which was held at the university campus as a part of advanced internal audit class assignment

• Provided recommendations to an outside organization about their HR on-boarding process in order to take their existing on-boarding process to the next level through integrating the best talents into their culture. This was a part of an organizational behavior class assignment

Hasmukh Shah & Co, LLP (Chartered Accountant Firm)–Mumbai, India May 2018 – Sept 2018 Associate Chartered Accountant

• Lead audit teams (3-4 junior articles) and prepared audit reports for many companies along with reviewing the work prepared by coworkers which provided managerial experience

• Prepared review and compilation engagements as well as related corporate tax returns for various corporate and non-corporate clients

• Made recommendations for better use of savings, investments, and bank balances which provided an opportunity to develop client relationship skills

• Responsible for performing financial statements audits of more than a dozen companies, partnership firms and individuals

• Reviewed and re-prepared financial statements of past 3 years within a week to bring a client in compliance with financial and accounting standards

taxation. Also holds a Master’s degree of Commerce from India and currently pursuing Certified Public Accountant Kinjal H Shah & Co (Chartered Accountant Firm) – Mumbai, India Oct 2013 – July 2016 Article Assistant

• Undertook statutory and tax audit of companies in the business of shipping, manufacturing and housing development & construction contractors as well as audit of charitable institutions

• Applied Handelsbilanz II (HB II) standards to prepare financial reports for German companies.

• Identified areas of improvement in monthly financial closing processes and eliminated risk of fraud and identity theft for clients through various strategic finance procedures

• Had direct contact with multiple clients, providing ongoing assistance related to financing matters, internal audit and control processes as well as taxation issues

Manhar Mandaliya & Co (Chartered Accountant Firm) – Mumbai, India Feb 2013 – Sept 2013 Article Assistant

• Verified and vouched payroll, tax deducted at source and performed ledger scrutiny in SAP and Tally accounting software

• Calculated long-term and short-term capital gains, depreciation and wealth tax which helped senior articles in preparing & filing of Tax Returns & Audit Reports of various clients

• Assisted and performed monthly, quarterly and yearly closing processes which include posting journal entries such as regular, accrual, re-class, reversal and adjusting journal entries Professional Memberships

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2018 – Present Florida Tech - Internal Audit Student Organization (IASO)- Officer 2020– Present

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