Chinthaka Sandaruwan Don Kooragama
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Nationality: Sri Lankan (Australian Permanent Resident) A well-motivated team player currently serving as a manager within the “Private Assurance” division of PwC Sydney with seven and half year’s of experience in Audit and Assurance field where five years of that comes as post qualified experience.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager
PwC Australia
07.2022 - Current
- Coordinated, managed and implemented auditing projects and prepared for evaluation.
- Trained and mentored department staff on policies and procedures to establish strong foundation for client development and service activities.
- Analyzed complex client problems and generated targeted solutions that resolved outstanding issues while enhancing client business positions.
Senior Consultant
PwC Australia
11.2019 - 06.2022
- Assessed internal controls by identifying variances and deficiencies and recommending critical changes.
- Delegated work to team members and student interns to share workload and continue meeting audit goals.
- Developed and executed strategy for audit engagements.
- Managed team of [Number] field auditors.
- Kept audits working smoothly to meet strict timetables and labor hour budgets.
- Collaborated with clients' management teams to collect audit information and recommend strategic business improvements.
- Planned, directed and closed out complicated reviews involving multiple teams and more than [Number] labor hours.
- Employed expertise in auditing, accounting and generally accepted principles to accurately assess records.
- Managed strong client relationships to deliver exceptional service and maintain repeat business.
- Mentored team members on best practices in [Type] audits to help each understand how to prioritize problems and utilize findings to affect necessary changes.
- Led extensive audit programs based upon prior approved audit plans to evaluate management of institutional activities.
- Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
- Gathered and analyzed financial data to determine improvement efforts.
- Analyzed trends in financial data to investigate fluctuations.
- Performed auditing work in accordance with rigorous auditing standards and principles.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Met with clients to identify and assess business controls, risks and workflow inefficiencies.
- Supervised and developed associates and oversaw auditing activities across operational, personnel utilization and excessive billing areas.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
- Established audit and internal control procedures and recommended process improvements to address issues.
- Analyzed accounting systems for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Determined effectiveness of current control structures.
- Organized training for cross-functional teams to achieve greater performance and results.
Assistant Manager
PwC Sri Lanka
07.2019 - 10.2019
- Assurance 4 months Tier 1
Senior Associate
PwC Sri Lanka
07.2017 - 06.2019
- Assurance 2 years Tier 1 and Tier 2
Audit Associate
PwC Sri Lanka
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Assuranceyear and 6 months Tier 3
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Sri Jayawaedenapura
Sri Lanka 09.2018
Skills
- Internal Control Policies
- Risk Management
- Client Relationship Management
- Strategic Execution
- Analyzing Financial Statements
- Regulatory Standards
- Accounting Systems and Controls
- Process Analysis and Optimization
- Staffing Management
- Annual Audit Plans
- Microsoft Office
- Risk Assessment
Accomplishments
· South Asian IFRS Quiz Championship 2019 – Runners up
· Representative of PwC Australia’s Private Assurance, Chief Auditor Network (CAN) team during the years of 2021 and 2022.
· Conducted assurance trainings across PwC Australia, PwC Sri Lanka and PwC Maldives.
· Awarded as a Prize winner in CA Sri Lanka exams:
- Financial Accounting subject prize winner (96 marks) – Certificate in Accounting and Business level 1 (CAB 1).
- Financial Accounting and Taxation subject prize winner (87 marks) Certificate in Accounting and Business level 2 (CAB 2).
Affiliations
Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA) UK.- Member -
Membership No.4193033
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Sri Lanka (ACA) –
Member – Membership No. 7441, Completed the Degree of B.Sc.
(Special) in Accounting at
University of Sri
Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka)
Certification
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK.- Member - Membership No.4193033
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Sri Lanka (ACA) – Member – Membership No. 7441
Timeline
Manager
PwC Australia
07.2022 - Current
Senior Consultant
PwC Australia
11.2019 - 06.2022
Assistant Manager
PwC Sri Lanka
07.2019 - 10.2019
Senior Associate
PwC Sri Lanka
07.2017 - 06.2019
Audit Associate
PwC Sri Lanka
01.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Sri Jayawaedenapura
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK.- Member - Membership No.4193033
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Sri Lanka (ACA) – Member – Membership No. 7441
Similar Profiles
Harshavardhan PutreddyHarshavardhan Putreddy
Analyst at PWC AustraliaAnalyst at PWC Australia
Rahul SinghRahul Singh
Senior Mananger at PwC AustraliaSenior Mananger at PwC Australia
Santhosh LingappaSanthosh Lingappa
Business Analyst at PwC AustraliaBusiness Analyst at PwC Australia