Ranjani Raghavan

Brief experience in Audit, Accounting & Other Services: External audits, preparation, compilation & review of financial statements, including consolidation Core, comprehensive internal audit & assurance engagements, involving discussions with process owners, risk assessment to identify control gaps & recommending best practices Other services - asset verifications, payroll audits, policy & process documentation Risk-based audits, formulation of risk control matrices & testing Drafting IFC & ICFR checklists, testing & management presentations Pre & post funding assessments for NPOs Forensic analysis of high-risk areas - revenue, procurement, payroll & inventory Review & hygiene check of master data Creditors certification as part of business merger procedures Tax & industrial compliance (labor laws, environment compliance) Field & site visits for verification of project implementation IT procedures - access & authorization controls, adequacy & usage of system reports Accounting & extensive reconciliations, to ensure clean trial balances for following years Support to short-staffed client teams Rectification of accounting records for group entities post new software migration, correction of existing accounting practices & controls Record keeping hygiene, identifying high impact errors through detailed excel based analytical exercises, suggesting workarounds for long pending issues Devising standard operating procedures & policies, drafting internal reports, checklists, scorecards