Sanika Kulkarni — Audit Associate | Chartered Accountant
Pune, Maharashtra
Chartered Accountant with a three-year articleship and two years of statutory audit across manufacturing and NBFC clients. Led the field team on a ₹740 crore turnover audit and closed fieldwork four days before the filing deadline.
Experience
Audit Associate, Anvaya Assurance LLP · September 2024 – present
Statutory audit of listed manufacturing and NBFC clients reporting under Ind AS.
- Led a field team of three on the statutory audit of a ₹740 crore auto-components client, closing fieldwork four days before the filing deadline.
- Traced a ₹1.2 crore revenue cut-off misstatement to despatch records at two plants; the client restated before the audit report was signed.
- Replaced judgemental inventory testing at a 9,000-SKU warehouse with stratified sampling, cutting count time from six days to two at the same coverage.
- Reviews Ind AS 115 workpapers for two articled assistants before they go to the engagement partner.
Articled Assistant, Ramanathan Bhave & Co., Chartered Accountants · August 2021 – July 2024
- Completed 31 statutory and tax audit assignments across textiles, hospitality and co-operative banking during the articleship.
- Built the GST reconciliation workbook the firm still issues to clients, recovering ₹38 lakh of unclaimed input credit for a single manufacturing client.
- Drafted internal audit reports for a 40-branch retail chain, documenting cash-handling gaps at seven branches that were closed within the quarter.
Education
- CA Chartered Accountancy · The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India · August 2021 – November 2024
- B.Com Commerce (Accounting and Finance) · Fergusson College, Savitribai Phule Pune University · June 2018 – May 2021
Skills
- Audit and assurance: Statutory audit, Ind AS, Internal financial controls, Risk-based sampling, Audit documentation, Physical verification
- Tax and compliance: GST returns, Form 3CD tax audit, TDS, Companies Act 2013, ROC filings
- Systems: SAP FICO, Tally Prime, Excel, CaseWare, ClearTax
Certifications
- Diploma in Information Systems Audit (DISA) — The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
