Bhavna Shah

A real Chartered Accountant is the one who dedicates his/her life to give 200% of what he is doing and so I am. Here under is the brief of my professional journey and areas I have been working in since last 6 years as a qualified CA. Be it the field of Taxation, auditing, accounting, Financing or related areas in any kind of industry, such as, Public Company, Private Company, Co-operative society, Trusts or any small organizations, I have dedicatedly worked on it covering all factors and important areas.

With the passage of time, I am gaining more interest and depth in all these areas (taxation, audit, account, finance) and so updating my knowledge from time to time to remain ever young in such a delicate profession. I believe to work with the team keeping hands on hands and so handling and managing a team has also made me a better mentor while completing the tasks on / before time. Having bright site for managing, maintaining and improving as well as value adding office related operation required to figure out shortest ways to do work in deliberated ways.

Having required interpersonal skills to drive business values and catering to management level requirements in areas of finance and operational delivery. Proactive in managing projects and delivering support in decision making and strategic reporting services to various Sr Management /Leadership.

Proprietor - Bhavana Shah & Associates - Bhubaneswar

(2021-10)

• Tax audit
• Statutory audit
• GST audit
• Income tax returns
• GST returns
• Accounting
• Financing
• Data projections
• Various Certifications
• And related works

Finance Manager - IServeU Technology Private Limited - Bhubaneswar

(2020-12 - 2021-09)

Board Profile of IServeU Technology: The Start-up has been established in the year 2015 to provide FinTech services such as AEPS, IMPS, Micro ATM, Insurance etc. And since than a company is growing in its rapid speed with almost 200% growth since inspection. During the tenure of my 10 months with the company, I have handled the whole finance department to look after regularisation of work by team maintaining the quality.

• We here were using JIRA for the same which was customized, implemented, operated and maintained under my instructions along with training from time to time for smooth implementation.
• Other than that, being the core of Finance Department, I have always looked after timely operations of the company whether that's related to statutory compliances (TDS, GST, Income Tax) or internal operations such as receipt and payments of services provided and availed
• Hierarchical work assignments, seeking management involvement from time to time for smooth operations, keeping an eye on cash flow on regular basis for the effective utilization of resources.
• Team work has been the core area to look after for the FM where the work has to be done on real time basis while keeping the team motivated to work and checking from time to time about their progress and problems.

Associate Partner - Nitin Manek and Associates, Chartered Accountants - Bhubaneswar

(2017-05 - 2020-11)

Board Profile of Nitin Manek and Associates: The Firm got established in 1994 by the founder partner Nitin Manek. The core area of the firm has been to provide professional and consultancy services to various clients keeping in view the statutory rules and regulations. Areas which I have covered being senior partner of the firm during my journey are briefed as below.

• Thoroughly checking and verifying accounts of various statutory bodies like public companies, Private Limited Companies, Trusts, Partnership and Proprietorship Firms with the motive to finalise the accounts with true and fair view for multiple benefits like overall business growth as well general public utility.
• Had been outsourced and appointed as a Co-partner in preparing and verifying various years books of accounts as required by the Department U/s 132 (Search & Seizure)
• Analysing and Reconciliation of impact of GST on business functions and growth as compared to earlier various indirect taxation laws.
• Checking, verifying and filling GST returns and GST audits of various bodies keeping in view the rules and circulars as passed by the Government from time to time.
• Physical Verification of Stocks of various clients (Proprietorship concern, Firms, Companies) as under appointed by various banks from time to time.
• Preparing and certifying various kind of Certificates as required by the client for the purpose to submit at various places like bank, statutory bodies, Governments and others as and when required
• Involve in preparing annual budgets and other long-term forecasts.
• Preparation of Search Reports of Various clients as required by the bank from time to time against the loan given to particular clients.

Senior Accounts and Audit Executive - Himanshu C. Shah and Associates, Chartered Accountants - Ahmedabad

(2015-02 - 2016-09)

• Pre Audit of all expenses incurred by an educational Institute named Nirma University on monthly basis.
• Ledger Scrutiny and Preparation of Schedules and Notes of Nirma Limited, Public company for the purpose of Statutory and Tax Audit.
• Physical Stock Verification of various factories, godowns under Nirma Ltd.
• Conducting Tax audit and Assurance engagements for other private companies, Partnership and Proprietorship Firms as well as Educational Institutions
• Managing the full cycle of audit engagements, planning and reviewing the work of junior associates, monitoring the team's workflow, facilitating collaboration between various departments and ensuring that all significant business changes are properly identified and addressed.
• Training the audit team and junior associates regarding audit methodology.
• Compliances with direct and indirect tax laws for the Clients.

Article Assistant - Ashok Chhajed and Associates, Chartered Accountants - Ahmedabad

(2011-08 - 2015-01)

• Bookkeeping and Maintenance of accounts of the Firm and of the Clients
• Prepare Invoices to Clients for the services delivered and its follow up for aged invoices.
• Managing expenses of various Audit Teams and preparing reports.
• Preparation of Bank reconciliation statements and its adequate adjustments.
• Perform Internal Audit and Preparation of monthly Internal Audit Reports and reporting to Clients.
• Statutory Audit of Private limited companies.
• Leading Audit teams (3+ members) for various audit assignments.
• Discussion with the concerned departments and business heads for smooth flow of audit procedures.
• Individual, Partnership and companies Income-Tax filing return filing and electronic payment of tax, advance tax.
• Compliances of Indirect taxes and payment of indirect taxes electronically.
• Filling of Service Tax returns
• Filling of ROC returns with MCA
• Filling of TDS returns

CA - Chartered Accountancy - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) (2016-01)

Bachelor's Degree - Commerce - Saurashtra University (2010)

Higher Studies - Saurashtra University (2007)

Certificate - Financial Modeling and Valuation - EY Virtual Academy

Certificate - SAP Fico - Henry Harvin Education