Kedar Joshi

Director at Unique Systems

Experience
Director at Unique Systems September 2009 - Present (2 years 5 months) Manager at Ernst & Young October 2005 - August 2009 (3 years 11 months) Manager in Information Management and Analysis (IMAS) service line within Risk Advisory Service. Experience in data analysis using MS Access, SQL and proficient in MS Excel and Access Also conducted application controls testing and business process reviews. Managed IT General Controls review of applications for Sarbanes Oxley requirements for various Banking and Asset Management clients. Senior Consultant at KPIT Cummins August 2004 - October 2005 (1 year 3 months) KPIT introduced me to corporate America. I was part of consulting teams assisting management to comply with the provisions of Sarbanes Oxley Act to improve their business process compliance. I worked on projects for top consulting firms like KPMG and Protiviti. It provided me an opportunity to work on various processes ranging from Cash and Treasury Management, Hedging, Employee Stock Options, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Item Processing, ESOP Applications Inventory Management, Revenue and Reserves, Employee Stock Option, and Accounts Receivable. Assistant Manager Finance at HCL Technologies November 2002 - August 2004 (1 year 10 months) Joined HCL Technologies in their Internal Audit Department and was involved in the audit of their Software Development Centres (SDC) and subsidiaries across India. Conducted review of critical business processes including Revenue Recognition, Review of Customer Contracts and Master Service Agreement, Financial Statement Audit, Fixed Asset Capitalization, IT Infrastructure Audit, P&L Variance audit. Deputed as Controller of 2 subsidiaries of HCL Technologies in Bangalore. Reporting to Managing Director with a dotted line reporting to HCL Group Finance Controller. Responsibilities included: liaison with HCL Tech Corporate for monthly reporting and status reporting for affairs of the group company preparation of business plan for the Company, preparing financial statements under US GAAP, handling taxation matters including filing of return of income and other statutory compliances like compliance of Customs, Sales Tax, and Labour Laws etc., and coordination with
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banks etc Assistant Manager at A F Ferguson & Co July 1997 - October 2003 (6 years 4 months) I did my Articleship for Chartered Accountancy from AFF. Participated in financial audits of large listed companies across diverse industries ranging from pharma, capital goods, engineering to high tech. Gained hands on experience in understanding financial reporting, GAAP requirements, tax laws, foreign exchange compliances, commercial and other laws. I learnt core financial statement analysis skills in this job which has helped me all the way in my career. Cash flow analysis analysis of Inventories, accounts recevables, accounts payables, taxation, accurals, corporate governance, capital expenditure and fixed analysis were all part of my job profile.

Education
Certified Public Accountact (CPA) CPA, Accounting, Tax, Finance, 2003 - 2003 Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) CISA, Technology & Information Systems, 2001 - 2001 Chartered Accountant (CA) CA, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Corporate Laws, 1997 - 2000 Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune, India Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, 1995 - 1997

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