Sawan Chhajer

An objective oriented and quality focused Inter CA Professional with over Ten years of extensive experience in Taxation, Auditing, accounts & Statutory compliances for organizations of all scale involving complex business functions. The expertise in practical accounting started with my Articleship journey during which I worked with small, medium and large scale enterprises giving a diverse work exposure. The basic theoretical knowledge from the books combined with practical work gave me an upper hand at accounting, auditing, taxation and various statutory compliances.

Deputy General Manager (promoted April 2024), Manager - Accounts and Finance (promoted May 2022), Senior Account Executive at Seven - 11 Industries Private Limited (2021-08 – Present)

Working with Printing Ink manufacturing company where responsibilities involve day to day accounting, financial planning, collections, vendor payments, statutory compliance and team supervision.

• Supervision of day to day accounting work including Banking and data entry
• Preparation of MIS related to Customer Collections and conducting meetings to ensure all dues are recovered within the credit days
• Preparation of MIS related to Vendor Payments and aligning all the vendor payments as per their terms
• Preparation of MIS related to Profit and Loss, Cash Flow, and overall financial standing of the concern
• Monitoring of Trial Balance on daily basis and identification and rectification of any wrong effects
• Scrutiny of General Ledger Balances on day to day basis and monitoring all the changes
• Proper Capitalization of assets in the first year and Depreciation calculation
• Handling Books of accounts of group companies till its finalization
• Reconciliation of GST data with books and Audit of group companies
• Calculation, payment and timely filing of TDS returns
• Compliance of Income Tax regulations and preparation of data for Tax Audit and advance tax
• Regular reporting of Statutory and other legal compliances to the Managing Director
• Necessary data inputs at various points in time to assist decision making
• Successful synchronization of Customer Collections and Vendor payments
• Ensured proper financial planning including working capital management for a newly set up enterprise, lowering dependence on Bank Loans thereby reduction of finance costs
• Proper management of enterprise resources and ensuring sustainable development and achievement of long term goals

Tax Consultant cum Manager Accounts at Datta Projects Private Limited (2019-04 – 2021-06)

Working with a real estate company providing tax consultancy, accounts management, statutory compliance and audit services.

• Providing consultancy and preparation of documents in assistance with Outside consultant for Income Tax Settlement Commission Case in Mumbai
• Providing assistance to Chartered Accountant for preparation and filing of documents for related Income Tax Assessment and Scrutiny cases in Vapi Income Tax Office
• Supervision of day to day accounting work including Banking and data entry
• Monitoring of Trial Balance on daily basis
• Scrutiny of General Ledger Balances on day to day basis
• Preparation of project cost estimates for RERA registration and periodic filing
• Handling Books of accounts of 7 group companies till its finalization and statutory audits
• Handling of Individual accounts of partners and family members, preparation and finalization of Income Tax Returns of 20+ individual files
• Calculation, Preparation and quarterly filing of TDS returns of 8 companies
• Calculation, Preparation and quarterly filing of GST returns of 8 companies
• Other Statutory Legal Compliance related to Companies Act, RERA, Employees Provident Fund, Labour Act
• Preparation of documents for Project Finance Loans and preparation of documents for individual housing loan for customers
• Implementation of proper Purchase procedure and stock management to reduce cost of inventory
• Preparing proper documents related to settlement commission case and Income tax assessments and scrutiny cases to avoid any unnecessary litigations and delays in procedure

Tax Consultant (promoted 2016), Articled Assistant at P. M. Bagrecha & Co. (Chartered Accountants) (2013-06 – 2019-03)

Working at Chartered Accountant Firm providing statutory audit, tax consulting, financial statement preparation and indirect tax compliance services.

• Conducting statutory audit of small, medium and large scale enterprises in individual and team lead roles
• Scrutiny of books of accounts of clients and analysis of deviation from standard accounting principles
• Preparation of Financial Statements as per Statutory Norms including but not limited to Income tax Act, Companies Act, Central Excise, Service Tax, VAT, GST and Employee benefits
• Preparation of computation of Income of Individuals, HUF, Partnerships, AOP, BOI, Trusts, Private Limited and Limited Companies
• Preparation and filing of TDS returns
• Preparation and filing of Indirect Tax returns – Central Excise, Service Tax, VAT, Goods and Services Tax
• Preparation of audit report/reconciliation statements under various Indirect Tax regimes
• Internal Audit of Medium and Large scale Clients
• Preparation and submission of documents related to Income tax scrutiny assessments
• Gained expertise in providing effective, timely and professional Consulting for different types of compliances to the highest standards, in alignment with industry best practice

Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC - CA Inter) in Accounting – Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2013 – 2013)

Bachelor of Commerce in Commerce – Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore (Bangalore University) (2009 – 2012)

Senior School Certification Examination (12th) – Shree Swaminarayan Gurkul, Vapi (Central Board of Secondary Education) (2007 – 2009)