Mehak Taneja (Chartered Accountant)
Contact: +91-978******* Date of Birth: 31st July 1995
Email: adizwk@r.postjobfree.com Marital Status: Unmarried Address: Vivek Vihar, DC Road, Back Side of
DC Residence, Hoshiarpur, Punjab 146001
Father’s Name: Mr. Pawan Taneja
Linguistic Ability: English, Hindi & Punjabi
WORKING EXPOSURE
• April 2019 to Present - Associate in PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited (PwC) in Mergers and Acquisition tax (M&A tax)
• August 2015 to August 2018- Article Assistant in Taran Associates, Hoshiarpur CAREER OBJECTIVE
I am seeking a challenging position in the domain of Finance & Taxation with a growth-oriented organization. I aspire to belong from an organization where ideas grow, skills are developed, and knowledge is nourished. A place where I can learn and be empowered to contribute continuously under different challenging scenarios while staying target oriented. A place where I can utilize my professional knowledge by seeking opportunities for professional growth and advancement and to contribute towards organization’s goals.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Tax and Regulatory Advisory and Implementation (Deals- M&A tax)
• Performed direct tax due diligence for acquisitions and investments in Target entities for major clients including certain listed companies, large overseas players, multinationals etc.
• Worked on both domestic and cross border transaction advisory services ranging from corporate restructuring, business hive-offs, exit planning, mergers, demergers, group re- organizations, cash repatriation (by way of capital reduction/buyback etc.)
• Implementation support services for the aforesaid options including review of transactional documents from tax and regulatory perspective such as Income tax, Companies Act and Stamp duty etc.
• Assisted clients in implementation of certain other restructuring activities such as formation of JV, conversion of LLP into company and vice-versa, corporatization of individual promoter’s shareholding, exit to minority public shareholding, shifting of registered office of company from one state to another etc.
• Assisted clients in obtaining senior counsel’s opinion, filing Advance Ruling application with the tax authorities on certain tax and regulatory interpretational issues
• Advised clients on the structural alternatives involving tax implications under various overseas jurisdictions holding structures by way of liaison with network offices
• Other assignments involving advisory on alternative funding instruments (such as equity/ debt/ hybrid etc.), providing opinions on certain interpretational tax issues etc. Statutory Audits
• Analysis of Draft Financial Statements
including notes to accounts
• Ensuring compliances of TDS, applicable
accounting standards
• Scrutiny of ledgers, debtors & creditors
reconciliation, verification of BRS and Bank/
Cash Balance
• Physical Verification of Fixed Assets & Closing
Stock
• Planning and execution of various statutory
audit procedures including vouching of income
and expense items, obtaining debtors,
creditors and bank balance confirmation,
various logic test
Tax Audits & Other Ancillary Activities
• Preparation & Filing of Form 3CA, 3CB and
3CD
• Compliance with TDS Provisions and other
sections of Income Tax Act mentioned in
Form 3CD
• Preparation of Balance Sheet, CMA Data,
Projected Financial Statements
• Audit of Various Government Departments
like Markfed, Punjab State Power
Corporation Ltd (PSPCL).
• Preparation of Income computations of
various assesses and filing of income tax
returns
TRAININGS
• Attended Four Week Residential Program at “Centre of Excellence”, Hyderabad for development of Communication and Soft Skills, Teamwork, Presentation Skills.
• Completed 100 hours of Information Technology Training in accordance with the requirements of
“The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.” EDUCATION
Qualification Institution Year % Marks
C.A – FINAL (Group 1) ICAI Nov 2018 79.75%
C.A – FINAL (Group 2) ICAI May 2018 74.5%
C.A. – IPCC (Group 1) ICAI May 2015 65%
C.A. – IPCC (Group 2) ICAI May 2014 71%
C.A. – CPT ICAI June 2013 74%
B.COM (Hons.)
Arya College, Ludhiana
(Affiliated to Panjab University)
2016 82.17%
Senior Secondary SD Senior Secondary School
2013 94.22%
Secondary SAV Jain Day Boarding School 2011 92.15% SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
• Working knowledge of Tally ERP 9, SAP,
Visual Catpro, Smartax
• Good hand in MS Office tools including Excel
and PowerPoint
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Good team spirit
• Accuracy and attention to detail with ability to work under tight deadlines
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Received various awards (above &
beyond, spot award) from Partner &
Director in PwC for an exceptional
performances during several
assignments
• Got appreciation from seniors and
from clients during Articleship training
for dedication in work
• Secured exemptions in all 8 Papers of
CA Final
• Cleared CPT, IPCC, CA Final in first
attempt