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FCA| Insolvency Professional| DISA| DIRM Tasnim has a diversified experience portfolio ranging over 22 years in the profession of Chartered Accountancy. She has specialized in the fields of Statutory Audit & Assurance services. She has worked under dynamic roles & responsibilities as a statutory auditor, audit support function, Designing & Testing of Financial controls, Group Reporting, etc. Her deep interest in Audit & Assurance Services has led her to add value with respect to process improvements in the fields of power, fashion, manufacturing, services, insurance & reinsurance brokers, reinsurance, optometry, e-commerce, liaison office, project office, non-banking finance companies, asset management companies, etc.   Experience & Activities Pro-efficient with both IFRS & Ind AS, she has overseen unstructured assignments such as GAAP conversion & transition to Ind AS for phase 1 & 2 companies. She specializes in the accounts substantiation process for large corporations with multiple systems generating data for the preparation of financials. She has been involved in the drafting of accounting manuals for large NBFC companies & presentations to Audit committees. She has been contributing to journals in the profession with her articles & research papers & also conducted numerous pieces of training in the field of Corporate Laws & Ind AS for both large Private Organizations & Listed PSUs. Her patience & immense knowledge make her a mentor and source of inspiration to all across the firm.  

Expertise and Specialties:  Business Strategy, Project Management, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Process Excellence, Process Maturity Assessment, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Stakeholder Management, Customer Service, Team Management

Mr. Huzefa Mala has widespread composite experience in Tax Laws & Corporate Advisory servicing large and medium sized clientele across India. Clients have appreciated his quick responsive approach in Preparation of Tax returns and Audits under various time-sensitive tax laws such as VAT, GST & Income Tax. Huzefa has extensive knowledge in taxation matters and specializes in Tax Advisory, Representations for Assessments and Litigations before various Tax and Appellant Authorities. Huzefa is proficient in Accounts Outsourcing work for small and large sized organizations. He has over 15 years of rich experience in the field of direct and indirect taxation.  He provides value to various business organizations and corporate houses through his wide spectrum and matured understanding of tax ecosystem. In conjunction to tax advisory and consultancy, he possesses sharp skills sets for providing Tax and GST Audit related services.  He excels in Representation, Litigations, Tax refunds and Settlement Cases.  He leads a full Tax Outsourcing Services vertical that manages one of the Global Petroleum Company operating in India having over 200 fuel stations.  He has also been testing ALP applying Transfer Pricing provisions for Listed Companies.  He is a regular Marathon Runner, loves Trekking, Swimming and extremely adventurous. He has been the founder member & Convenor of Byculla CPE Study Circle.

Mr. Binod Jaisawal has extensive experience of close to 15 years in fields of Internal Audits, Preparation of SOPs / Manuals, Process Reviews, Statutory & Tax Audits, etc. His work experience includes both implementation and consulting projects that are in the areas of financial business process reviews, Internal Audits, Standard Operating Procedures (creation, review & implementation monitoring), BCP Reviews & Documentation, Risk & Compliance review and management audits.

• Internal, Statutory & Tax Audits. 
• Business process review and preparation of SOP 
• Preparation of Risk Registers along with implementation monitoring & testing of controls
• Compliance Audit as per Companies Act, SEBI, RBI, etc.

Professional Experience Taher has more than 13 years of professional experience in the areas of Statutory Audits, Internal Audit, Risk Advisory and IT Systems Audits. His work experience includes Internal Audits, Risk Assessment, System Audits, Indirect Taxation Compliance review ,Internal Financial Control Testing and preparation of SOP and Risk Control Matrix. Experience and Activities

• Statutory Audits
• System Audits
• SOC Audits
• Cyber Security Audit
• Internal Audits
• Accounts Outsourcing
• Income Tax Return Filing
• IFC Testing

                   

Akif has worked with leading Audit Advisory firms. He took his entrepreneurial plunge in 2015.  Akif has diverse experience across industries, including but not limited to Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Logistics and IT Services. The expanse of projects handled by him ranges from Whistle-blower Complaints Investigation, Forensic Audit of borrower accounts with Banks, Corporate Frauds Investigation, Internal Audit of Listed Entities, Dispute Advisory Support and other business advisory. One of the significant fraud investigations conducted by Akif was against the top management of the Bombay Stock Exchange listed company alleged by a whistle-blower complaint. Another noteworthy investigation included identifying misappropriation and fraudulent encashment of bank borrowing through forged instruments along with manipulation of books of accounts. Akif has been instrumental in the successful scrutiny of various similar frauds. 

He has diversified Industry Exposure including Automotive, Auto Components, Tiles & Sanitary ware, Education, Real Estate, Steel, Software, Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals and Electricity Area of Expertise: 1. Internal Audits & Management Audits 2. Stock Audit 3. Fraud Investigation 4. Cost saving, process automation, Implementation of controls 5. Compliances as per Companies Act, Factories & Allied Laws

FCA, BCom Professional Experience Tausif Shaikh has more than 6 years widespread professional experience in the area of Statutory Audit, Direct and Indirect Taxation. He has worked under dynamic roles & responsibilities as a statutory auditor, audit support function, Group Reporting, etc. Tausif is also proficient in Accounts outsourcing work for MSME entities. Experience & Activities

• Statutory Audit
• Tax & GST Audit
• Income Tax Return Filing
• Account Outsourcing – Small & Medium Size Enterprises
• Corporate Advisory
• Internal Audit

                     

B. Com (Hons.), FCA Professional Skills

• Analytical and inter-personal abilities for effective management and conduct of Internal Audits of both public and private limited companies.
• Effective conduct of Statutory Audits under the Indian Companies Act involving manufacturing, trading, services sector including IT and ITeS.
• Handling and guiding in Secretarial matters of companies under Indian Companies Act.
• Ability to independently handle Project Financing and working capital loan syndication assignment from Nationalized banks and financial institutions.
• Skills and abilities to lead and manage a team for effective conduct and performing any professional time-bound assignment.
• Assisting new business units and start-ups for carrying out various incorporation formalities incl. preliminary registrations.
• Guiding and enabling new business units for availing various government incentives (subsidies and duty waivers) in the State of Gujarat with close liaise with the Governmental Offices.
• Handling and managing GST aspects of business units ranging from proprietary concern to mid-sized companies.

         

Professional Skills Saurabh Shah is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA), Diploma in Info systems Audit (DISA).  Saurabh Shah handled Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Audit as per Income Tax and has experience of 19 years including audit of Listed Companies and Pvt.  Ltd. Company having Turnover in Excess of Rs 500crs. Handled Foreign and Indian Outsourcing and also SAP Implementation project for a listed Company Experience and Activities He is having core experience in the GST field and right from its inception he is looking after many clients. He successfully implemented GST in more than five companies having turnover of more than 500crs with factory locations in multiple states. Further, at present, he is managing  Daman + Silvassa satellite office having more than 120 Clients. He is also an investment consultant who has been beneficial to many clients across India.        

FCA, B.COM, IIM Certification – Leadership Management Professional Skills Currently working as a Partner in JHS & Associates LLP, Bangalore Branch for the last 1.5 years. Narayana has over 17 years of experience as a Finance controller in Large Retail, FMCG, Hospitality, and E-commerce Companies in the areas of Business advisory, Finance controls, Statutory and Internal Audits, and Implementation of Finance Transformation projects to set up Shared Services framework. Narayana has earlier worked with large conglomerates like Reliance Retail and Landmark Group India (including Lifestyle International, Spar Retail, Landmark Online, Funcity, and Krispy Kreme). He has hands-on industry experience in the areas of ERP Implementation, Ind AS adoption, Managing Shared Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, and implementation of automation/transformation projects for large conglomerates in Retail & FMCG. Experience and Activities

• Audit
• Finance Transformation
• Controllership

         

Professional Skills Milin Parekh is a qualified Chartered Accountant (M.com, FCA).  Milin Parekh handled Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, and System Audits of corporate clients. He is having Experience of 10 years including audit of a Listed Company and Pvt.  Ltd. Company having a turnover in excess of Rs500 Cr. He has also implemented SAP for a listed company having a turnover of more than Rs400 Cr. Experience and Activities

• Internal Audit
• Statutory Audit of small, medium, and large organizations, traders, and MSME
• Tax Audit of small, medium, and large organizations, traders, and MSME
• System Implementation of SAP (Hanna), Business One and R/3, IDS, Tally ERP (All functional Module), ST- ERP, MS Navision, Quick Books, ERP TCS iON
• GST Compliance Audit
• Implementation of Costing for various clients
• Due Diligence for Merger and Acquisitions
• Revenue Leakage Audit

He is having core experience in Audit. He is also providing virtual CFO services to clients.      

Professional Skills

• Heading GST Teams with a large client base across India
• Actively handling statutory and tax audits of various listed & private limited companies and public charitable trusts.
• Finalization of tax computation, and appearance before tax authorities for clients falling under high tax brackets.
• Started appearance before ITAT, Ahmedabad for direct tax matters
• Closely assisted senior counsel before Income Tax Appellate Tribunals and High Courts

Experience and Activities

• Professionally handling corporate and Non-Corporate taxation for more than 15 years.
• Regular Representation under direct taxation before the Commissioner-Appeals, ITAT, Transfer Pricing Officers and Assessing Officers at Vadodara, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Godhra.

   

• FCA, B.COM (Hons.), Certification in International Taxation

Professional Skills Currently working as a Partner in JHS & Associates LLP, Bangalore Branch for the last 1.5 years. Jagdish has over 20 years of experience as Head of Tax in large Companies engaged in Retail, FMCG, Hospitality, Ecommerce, Pharma, Chemicals, Oil and Gas, Companies in the areas of Internal audit, SOX/Enterprise Risk management, Direct Tax, Indirect Tax (GST, VAT, Service tax, Excise and Customs) and having experience in setting up Centre of Excellence. Jagdish has earlier worked with large conglomerates like TATA (Tata Chemicals and Tata Consumer Products), BG Group, Gujarat Gas, Cadila Pharma, and Landmark Group India (includes Lifestyle International, Spar Retail, Landmark Online, Funcity, and Krispy Kreme). He is having hands-on industry experience in the areas of GST Implementation, E-Invoicing, Managing Centre of Excellence, Tax Restructuring, Merger and Acquisitions, and Litigation Management including representation before tax authorities for various investigations and proceedings. Experience and Activities

• Direct and Indirect taxation
• Tax Restructuring
• Litigation Management

         

FCA, CS, MCom, Associateship – Insurance Institute of India Professional Skills Samad has a diversified experience portfolio ranging over 8 years in the profession in the field of Assurance across several industries including NBFC, Insurance Reinsurance, Media Entertainment, Manufacturing, Power sector, Infrastructure, IT Sector, etc He has worked closely and collaboratively with clients to align reviews to their specific needs. In his dynamic role he is entrusted not only with accounts and finance but also ensures compliance with various taxation related matters and all other applicable laws of the land to the respective entities. Experience & Activities He is specialized in Statutory Audit, GAAP Advisory Implementation, Governance Risk and Compliance services, CFO Services and IBC services He has worked under dynamic roles and responsibilities as a statutory auditor, audit support function, Designing and Testing of Financial controls, Group Reporting, etc He has handled structured assignment such as Audit, Certification, Preparation and Review of CFS as per IFRS, US GAAP Ind AS, ICoFR Testing, and unstructured and non-standard assignments such as GAAP conversion, business process consulting, control reviews, Preparation of Accounting Manual, SAP and Oracle (Net Suite) System implementation support, Audit Support, etc. His expertise in various services with in depth business knowledge is brought to the fore by servicing clients from diverse industries.