Karthik Kumar is applying for an Assistant Manager/Team Lead position and has over 9 years of experience in corporate finance, auditing, and client engagements. He currently works as a Senior Associate and Team Lead at KPMG Global Delivery Centre in Bangalore, where he manages audit functions, analyzes financial statements, and ensures compliance. Prior to this, he worked at Fidelity Investments as a Senior Associate. Karthik holds an MBA in Finance and HR and is pursuing the CA and SAP FICO certifications. He is proficient in various tools including MS Office, IDEA, Caseware, and Bloomberg.

1. KARTHIK KUMAR L.
E-Mail:karthikhyr@gmail.com ~ Phone: +91 9740396000
Dated:28/06/2016
To,
The HR Manager,
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to apply for the position of Assistant Manager/Team Lead. My 9+ years of Corporate Finance experience includes
responsibilities such as Statutory Audits / Compliance / Client Engagements, Planning of Audit Schedules, Team
Management, Management Decision & Analysis, etc.
I was associated with KPMG Global Delivery Centre, Bangalore as Sr. Associate 1 – Team Lead (Auditing Department). This
role requires me to efficiently manage the entire function of analyzing the financial statements, MD&A (Management Decision
& Analysis) and qualitative and quantitative measures of individuals.
While my resume is attached for your perusal, a list of accomplishments indicative of my experience includes:
 Credit of being recognized by onshore partners and client for automating QA reports
 Instrumental in daily preparation of billing reports like billing reports which helped in ascertaining the time taken to
complete the projects including the costs
 Successfully created TimeNx reports for daily utilization to team members to complete the provide projects
 Bagged the “MVP – Most Valuable Person” award for the outstanding performance during the period of January to March
2014 busy schedule
My ability to examine& analyze accounting records, financial statements and other financial reports to assess accuracy
& completeness and ensure conformance to reporting & procedural standards will be of interest to you. I have a proactive
management style with proven strengths in communication, interpersonal and analytical skills.
I bring to your company my years of relevant experience and my drive for results and positive outcomes. I am prepared for the
next challenge in my career and look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best Regards,
KARTHIK KUMAR L.
Enclosure: Resume

2. KARTHIK KUMAR L
E-Mail:karthikhyr@gmail.com ~ Phone: +91 9740396000
MIDDLE LEVEL PROFESSIONAL
Finance & Auditing
Versatile, high-energy professional, successful in achieving business growth within turnaround & rapid changing environment
Profile Snapshot
A result-oriented professional offering 9+ years of a successful career with diverse roles distinguished by commended
performance in Planning and executing monthly, quarterly &annual closure schedules; providing monthly financial
statements; administering the monthly closing process. Proven track record of excellence in performing financial audits using
Excel; explaining the process before the client and gathering regular updates on Bloomberg for currency updates to complete
the testing. Sound knowledge of Tally, SQL (Basics) & Oracle 11i, MS (Access, Excel &Word), HTML &Windows.
Proficient in presenting the annual audit plan and quarterly audit results to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.
Sound knowledge of calculations & reconciliations-retirement plan, financial statements, ratio analysis and fundamental and
technical analysis of stock markets. Key role in performing investigations and special projects at the request of senior
management and the audit committee. An implementer with recognized proficiency in designing a systematic process for
annual and quarterly audit scheduling based on a company-wide risk assessment.
Core Competencies
Statutory Audits / Compliance / Client Engagements Planning of Audit Schedules Team Management
Management Decision & Analysis Automation of QA Reports Service Audits
Training& Development Audit Risks Enterprise Risk Management
Organisational Experience
KPMG Global Delivery Centre,
(Since Mar’10 to Apl 16)
Growth Path:
Mar’10 – Dec’11 Sr. Associate-A1 (Team Lead)
Since Dec’11 Assistant Manager in OPI
(Auditing Department)
Joined OPI (Outsource Partners International) as “Audit
Associate” on March 2010 and served KPMG.
OPI was acquired by EXL Services Pvt. Ltd. on December
2011 served as “Assistant Manager (Band 1)” where I
was serving to KPMG and later KPMG took the Audit on
March 01st, 2014 where working as Sr. Associate 1
(Team Lead).

3. Key Result Areas:
 Handling the entire function of analyzing the entire financial statements, MD&A (Management Decision & Analysis) and
qualitative and quantitative measures of individuals
 Ensuring that companies listed in SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) are compared with the financial statements
and notes provided for auditing
 Testing the given documents from new clients to accept the new projects while completing the assigned work in time and
delivering the completed documents to the clients on time
 Collaborating and integrating with the support functions viz. training, technology and compliance & HR
 Conducting the training to team members to handle high volume situations and reduce cycle time
 Monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group
targets
 Implementing strategies for building team effectiveness by promoting clear picture about the task to be completed by the
team members
 Maintaining relations with clients, by giving the accurate results to the clients; interacting with onshore clients for
suggesting the most viable results and cultivating relations with them for maintaining the good rapport
 Creating monthly performance sheet of the team, providing data to managers for regular one on one’s and WRF (Work
Reference Forms) requests for dash board meetings
 Updating peers on their daily productivity (regarding the no. of hours worked), helping us know their actual performance
 Assisting the Sr. Managers in conducting interviews and arranging campus recruitments from the reputed colleges
Highlights:
 Major role in handling the process at KPMG GDC Audit such as:
o Reviewing the Mathematical Accuracy of the financial reports to check the material differences. (Balance Sheet,
Income Statement, Share holders’ equity and Cash Flow and Notes to financials)
o Preparing the Lead Sheet with the help of Trail Balance to cross verify the accuracy of the data which is presented in
the financial statements.
o Performing Version Control which includes Tick Marks Transfer and second level of reviewing the financial
statements to ensure the required corrections is been done for the errors identified at Global Document Center.
o Post Publish, a third level of quality check, which includes reviewing the financial statement to ensure the accuracy
after the report is filed in SEC (Security Exchange Commission).
o Performing the Non-Standard Procedures as per the instructions provided by the client which is quite challenging.
o Checking the Schedule of Investments (SOI) in the Audit report for its valuation from live Bloomberg Terminals
installed for accessing the needed information.
o Performing e-audit using tools such as Caseware and IDEA.
o Performing On-going Confirmation for the banks like ING, Bank of Nova Scotia, etc.
 Sound knowledge of IDEA (Integrated Data Extraction & Analysis) tool which help in data analysis extracting the required
information from the Journal Entries file, Caseware tool as a part of e-audit procedures and Bloomberg for analyzing the
prices of securities
 Received:
o “On the Spot” Award (twice) for being extremely well performed in short time period
o “Extra miler” award for being the excellent work performed during the short period
o “MVP – Most Valuable Person” award for the outstanding performance during January to March 2014 busy schedule
 Recognized by onshore partners and client for automating QA reports
 Played a key role in daily preparation of billing reports like billing reports which helped inascertaining the time taken to
complete the projects including the costs
 Created TimeNx reports for daily utilization to team members to complete the provide projects
 Participated in organizational events like plantation for the awareness of environmental changes, donations for the old
age homes and orphanages and so on
Previous Experience
Fidelity Investments Nov’06- Mar’10
Sr. Associate
Highlights:
 Received:
o “Zero Defect Award” for continuous 3 months and a “Gold Award” for maintaining continuous accuracy in production
o Two “You’ve earned it” Awards for excellent performance within the team for completing the projects on time
o “On The Spot” Award for comprehensive writing of process procedure including process flow-chart
o “Eureka” Award twice for implementing ideas for the simplification of the process
 Played a key role in estimating and calculating the accrued retirement benefits of different clients and comparing with the
auto generated calculation in the client specific spreadsheet ensuring compliance with the pension protection act

4.  Spearheaded transitioning initiatives for different processes in adherence with the client’s requirements
 Oversaw the entire task of removing non value added steps in process for efficient function
 Ensured uniformity in the process understanding at the client’s and the organization’s end
 Processed the service audits with the help of amendments and sending literature reconciliation for clients GM & Delphi
 Holds the distinction of meeting and exceeding client defined service level metrics on timeliness and accuracy, calculating
actual service of the employees of General Motors & Delphi
 Undertook and accomplished the following projects within/before the duration such as QDRO (Qualified Domestic
Relations Order), CSA (Credited Servicing Audit), AB (Accrued Benefits)&RETE/INIT (Retirement Initiation)
Projects Handled
Title: Risk & Return Analysis of Different Investment Portfolios
Period: Feb’06 – Mar’06
Industrial Trainings
 2 Months Training at Tumkur Milk Union Ltd., Tumkur
 1 Month Training at The Hiriyur Urban Co-operative Bank, Hiriyur
Academic Details
 Pursuing CA from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
 MBA (Finance & HR) from Sri Siddhartha Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
University in 2006
 BBM (Finance) from SRNAdarsh College, Bangalore University in 2004
IT Skills: Sound knowledge of MS (Access, Excel, Word), HTML &Windows
Certification
 Completed SAS (Statistical Analytical Systems) from NI Analytics
 Completed Tally, SQL (Basics) & pursuing SAP FICO
Extramural Engagement
 Participated in National Level Fests like MACUFE-05 and MILANGE-06
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 02nd April 1982
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada & Tamil
Nationality: Indian
Passport Details: P1823088
Permanent Address: S/O Lakshmikanthanna R, House # 314, 1stCross, 5thMain, BHCS Layout, Utterhalli Main
Road, Bangalore– 560061, Karnataka