Akhil M R
Accounting / Finance
About Akhil M R:
A consulting professional with more than 6 years of experience in business process and IT risk and control reviews looking out for new challenges and new experiences. Positive, ambitious and motivated, has performed impactful reviews for clients in variety of sectors – ITeS/ IT, FMCG, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, Cab aggregators. Proven background in working with cross cultural teams and providing supervision and mentoring opportunities to associates
Experience
Amazon Development Centre (India) Pvt Ltd Hyderabad
Finance Operations Specialist, Payroll
Current Assurance support for statutory audit, testing controls on applications, IPEs, IUCs,
automated business controls
SOX audit support to Operations team by preparation of documents for SOX 302, review
of data, testing of controls, identify gaps and support closure of non-compliance
Perform independent inspections basis key KPI and matrix, to identify process
improvement or gaps and support in effective implementation of recommended actions
Conducting walkthroughs with process stakeholders, identifying design and operating
deficiencies, reporting deficiencies and remediation testing
Responsible for recommending controls in automated environments, reviewing system
process design and suggesting governance framework for key processes
Support processing team with providing feedback on SOP’s for key processes
July 2018
January 2021
EY LLP Bangalore
Consultant
Project managed risk reviews for clients in sectors such as ITeS/ IT. Lead team reviews
covering various areas such as Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Contract
management, Inventory and other areas covering operations and subsidiaries based out of
India, UK and China which involved interactions with the overseas regional teams.
Delivered operational risk reports with observations having meaningful impact to the board
Was responsible for process understandings and system walkthroughs, developing risk
and control matrices, testing of application controls, identification of design and operational
gaps, discussing observations with process owners, identifying improvement opportunities
and system enhancements through automation and integration and the drafting of reports,
co-ordination with implementation partners to ensure timely actions for issues / challenges
Skills
Internal Audit
IFC
SOX 302, 404
GDPR
Governance Risk and Compliance
MS Visio
Project management
Stakeholder management
Professional summary
MS Office Data analytics
Was responsible for project planning, adequate and appropriate resource allocation,
leading and guiding team members on the project, timely and quality execution and closure
Carried out administrative and QRM (quality risk management) tasks – engagement code
creation, drafting of engagement letters, delivering transmittal letter to clients, reviewing
and ensuring documentation upload by team members, timely generation of invoices and
collection
Played a key role in transformation projects for one of the largest IT companies in India
involving design review of various process. Part of an operational review for a multibilliondollar
IT company which involved assessment of project delivery framework
December 2017 EY LLP Bangalore
Associate Consultant
July 2018
Played key roles in completing SOX & IFC engagements for large IT clients.
Rationalization exercise and preparation of Risk Control Matrix and Process flow
documents. Support Senior team members with preparation of engagement letters,
proposal document and revenue tracking
October 2015
March 2017
KPMG Resource Centre, Bangalore Bangalore
Audit Associate, Assurance
Part of the UK offshore support team involved in the planning, risk assessment, control
testing, substantive procedures and conclusion phase of the audits. Substantive &
controls testing: Fixed Assets (reconciliation, depreciation, additions and disposal
testing), Cash and Bank (bank reconciliation and review), Payroll testing
(including NIC and pension contribution), Equity reconciliations, Impairment review,
Unrecorded liabilities testing, Inter-company balances testing, Inventories testing and
cut-off testing
Ratio Analysis, Trend Analysis of data: Performing planning and final analytics to
identify changes in trends, verify material changes to gain comfort over assertions
Education
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Member
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