Audit Associate résumé example

Three years of articleship and a first statutory audit led end to end, written the way a newly qualified CA should.

Written for India, at entry level, in the finance field, shown in the Garamond design. Every name, employer, address and number below is invented.

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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

Why this Audit Associate résumé works

The articleship is written as finished work: “31 statutory and tax audit assignments” and a GST reconciliation workbook that recovered ₹38 lakh, so three years of training read as experience.
Money found is stated with its consequence. The ₹1.2 crore revenue cut-off misstatement led to a restatement “before the audit report was signed”, which is the judgement an engagement partner hires for.
The Chartered Accountancy qualification sits first in education with “Both groups cleared at first attempt”, the detail Indian audit firms look for, ahead of an 8.4 CGPA in the B.Com.
The DISA certificate and SAP FICO, Tally Prime and CaseWare in the skills section show the systems side that IT audit and controls testing now ask for.

Audit Associate résumé: common questions

How should a newly qualified CA write a resume?

Lead with the qualification and attempt record, then treat the articleship as a job: number of assignments, industries, and two or three results with figures. Add post-qualification work above it, and list Ind AS, GST and audit software you have used.

Should a CA fresher mention attempts and ranks on a resume?

Yes, when they help. Clearing both groups at first attempt or holding an all-India rank is worth a line in education. If it took more attempts, leave the count out and let the articleship results carry the page.