Working as Team Lead - Fixed Assets, I was responsible for:
 Reviewing daily and monthly fixed asset activity (additions, retirements, transfers, depreciation, etc.) in Oracle R12, review of reasons for variances and evaluating trends;
 Reviewing and presenting monthly closing reports and schedules to Senior Management, with specific focus on the set KPIs;
 Review of compliance with SOX Fixed Assets controls and reporting results to Senior Management;
 Liaison with Internal and External Auditors for provision of any audit schedules and discussion and resolution of any identified audit related issues;
 Reviewing reconciliations of fixed assets sub-ledger accounts with GL in Blackline;
 Quarterly impairment assessment of Fixed Assets and CWIP balances;
 Liaison with the FP&A and SCM department for day to day items, clearance of CWIP balances and fixed assets’ reconciliations;
 Coordinating physical verification exercise of Fixed Assets; and
 Working to improve the quality of processes through automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Being one of the top Big 4 audit firms as well as being in the heart of Silicon Valley, PwC San Jose offers unique learning experience over a wide range of assurance engagements and that too in multiple Fortune 500 companies. While being in PwC San Jose, I was involved in managing the audits and other assurance engagements of several multi-billion dollar companies, such as:
 Cisco Systems, Inc.;
 Varian Medical Systems Inc.;
 Keysight Technologies Inc.;
 Maxim Integrated Inc.; and
 Equinix Inc.

Key responsibilities for my role included:
 Continuous review of areas requiring process improvements and revamping the said processes through automation & implementation of improved controls;
 Evaluating compliance of Company's operations with approved SOP's;
 Evaluating compliance of adopted accounting treatments with IFRS;
 Reporting any identified non-compliance instances to CEO & respective departmental head for prompt action and performing follow-up engagements to ensure that the identified issues are timely resolved;
 Arranging periodic stock-counts of all stores and performing root-cause analysis into any identified issues;
 Liaison with external auditors to discuss areas of mutual interest aiming to achieve operational excellence;
 Arranging monthly meetings with different departmental heads over supply chain management, supplier relations, receivables' recovery, marketing strategies, etc. to get the issues out in the open;
 Building and maintaining effective business relationships with all the process owners to optimize the audit process; and
 Promoting a culture of transparency, teamwork, innovation, team development and professional grooming.

Key responsibilities included the following:
• Preparing, reviewing and finalizing various types of reports and other deliverables;
• Overall assignment management and adherence to reporting deadlines;
• Co-ordination with professionals of various fields like legal, actuarial and IT experts and decision-making for resolution of critical reportable matters;
• Development of overall audit strategy and plan in line with the PwC guidelines, which involves system review, risk analysis and development of audit tests aimed at reducing audit risks;
• Delegation of job responsibilities, supervision and review of the work of audit staff and interaction with client;
• Evaluating internal control systems, identifying control weaknesses and making appropriate recommendations to the management in the form of a management letter; and
• Ensuring statutory compliance of laws