Arpit Maheshwari

Recently qualified Chartered Accountant with 3+ years of pre-qualification experience in Accounts Payable, FP&A, MIS reporting, reconciliations, audit support, and financial operations across e-commerce, consulting, and manufacturing sectors. Experienced in Oracle R12, Tally Prime, and SAP S/4HANA with expertise in financial reporting, stakeholder management, process optimization, and statutory compliance.

Contractual Accountant at Antares Legal (2025-10 – 2025-12)

• Independently managed E2E accounting operations for 5 partners, including preparation of MIS reports & Fund Flow Statements
• Managed vendor payments, performed bank reconciliations, and maintained debtor ageing reports
• Coordinated with consultants for TDS compliance, filings, and monthly audit activities
• Prepared monthly cash expense budgets and conducted variance analysis to monitor financial performance
• Handled debtor and vendor reconciliations to ensure accuracy and timely resolution of discrepancies

Senior Associate – AP at Pai Platforms P. Ltd. (Formerly Paytm E-commerce) (2024-11 – 2025-03)

• Managed routine voucher postings for expenses, reimbursement, Statutory compliances, Advances
• Conducted 3-way and 2-way matching of PO and Non-PO vouchers to ensure accuracy in required TAT
• Performed vendor account reconciliation, monthly period closing, MIS Reporting
• Responsible for preparation and compilation of payment sheet in accordance with SOPs for various entities and worked as bridge between AP team and treasury for timely payment
• Collaborated with Vendor help desk to prepare the working to write back long-standing provision after confirmation with vendor
• Supported the reporting manager during Limited review by preparing the schedules and working i.e creditor's ageing, Inter-company and related party schedule, assorting samples for audit

Accounts Officer – FP&A at Doosan Power Systems India P. Ltd. (2023-01 – 2024-10)

• Managed AP accounting for expenses, reimbursements, Statutory compliances, Advances
• Responsible for preparation of monthly GL pertaining to Salary, F&F, PF, Advances and disposal and addition of Fixed Assets in FAR
• Performed Monthly PO matching, involved in Monthly AP module closing procedures
• Analyzed and reconciled discrepancies between K-IFRS and IGAAP books, preparing correction entries
• Responsible for coordination with site teams to securitize monthly provisions and vendor advances
• Closely worked with Internal auditor and External Auditor (for both IFRS and IGAAP) by providing relevant information, schedules, reports and samples
• Collaborated closely with departments such as Billing, Procurement, Sales, and HR to provide financial insights and support for their initiatives, fostering cross-functional synergy

Consultant – Accountant at Darshan Power Solutions (2022-02 – 2022-10)

• Managed bookkeeping, including invoice generation, delivery challan preparation, and E-way bill compliance
• Prepared TDS and GST workings and coordinated with tax consultants for timely filing of statutory returns
• Performed vendor and bank reconciliations while maintaining debtor and creditor ageing reports for effective working capital monitoring
• Coordinated with auditors and consultants during statutory and tax audits, supporting the preparation and finalization of financial statements and audit-related schedules

Industrial Trainee at National Research Development Corp. (DS&T) (2020-06 – 2021-04)

• Assisted in preparation and finalization of Annual Financial Statement, Tax Audit Report and Notes to accounts
• Assisted and worked upfront to manage the workings of Grant Utilization report required to be submitted to CA&G and Ministry of Science & technology (DS&T)
• Responsible for preparation of monthly work sheet of EPF, Salary and royalty collection report
• Assisted in Book keeping and prepared BRS, Debtor & creditor ageing

Audit/Article Intern at Ashwani & Associates LLP (2018-01 – 2020-06)

• Got exposure to be part of Statutory, Stock and Tax audits of various assesses across various sectors i.e., Hospital, Schools, Media Houses, Start-ups, FMCG, Mini Ratna PSU, Trust, Proprietors, Multi-retail outlet brands and Hotels
• Prepared and assisted in analyzation and sorting of data for the filing of various returns like GSTR1, 3B along with a reconciliation of GSTR-2A & 2B with books
• Got exposure to prepare Net worth certificate, 15CA & 15CB certificates, Income tax computations and filled AOC-4, MGT-7, ITRs for various assesses
• Prepared Projection report for well recognized school (DPS Society)

CA – ICAI (2026)

M.Com – IGNOU (2018)

B. Com (Hons.) – Delhi University (SOL) (2016)