Ruchika Kumar

• Perform financial and operational internal audits.
• Understand and assess process risks and controls in specific audit areas.
• Recommend new controls to improve control weaknesses and operating efficiency detected during the audit.
• Manage stakeholders expectations and timeframes.
• Present identified control weaknesses to key stakeholders including the Executive Sponsor.
• Prepare and distribute audit reports to numerous levels of management and executives.
• Train new team members on Internal Audit processes, procedures and deadlines.
• Manage and delegate tasks to audit team.
• Time management of the various audit processes ensuring delivery of the report to the required audit and risk committee meeting.
• Secondment to Accounts Receivable team (Include dates)
• Assist Health, Safety and Environment team during the ESG audit (include dates and info)

Commenced as an Intermediate Auditor while completing CA before being promoted to a Senior Auditor.

• Audit financial information and reports.
• Prepare special purpose, reduced disclosure and full general purpose financial reports.
• Assess potential financial risks and mitigating controls.
• Manage, train and mentor graduates and junior team members.
• Meet internal and external reporting deadlines through simultaneously managing numerous clients and audit teams.

Commenced as an undergraduate in Business Services to being promoted to Intermediate Accountant while completing CA.

• Calculate and prepare Company and Individual Income Tax Returns, Business Activity Statements and Instalment Activity Statements.
• Manage and process clients payroll and accounts payable.
• Manage and prepare clients back office work including quarterly investment reports, allocate monthly bank transactions and managing client expenses.
• Manage, delegate and review work of junior staff.
• Secondment to external company (Discovery Technology) as a Management Accountant directly assisting the acting CFO for four months. Tasks included preparing annual budget, payroll, annual PAYG payment summaries, liaising with external auditors during the annual audit and addressing executives with required upcoming payments.