Upendra Prabhahswara
Kandawala, Katana
Summary
Accomplished audit and finance professional with a proven track record at Ernst & Young, adept in strategic planning and risk management. Excelled in leading cross-functional teams to surpass project milestones, enhancing organizational performance through actionable recommendations. Skilled in communication and project management, consistently fostering stakeholder cooperation and support.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Audit and Assurance (Level 03)
Ernst & Young
03.2022 - Current
- Assembling and leading a team of auditors, assigning roles and responsibilities, and ensuring that the team is adequately trained and equipped to perform their tasks effectively.
- Managed cross-functional teams, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones.
- Evaluating the organization's risks and controls to identify potential areas of concern and to prioritize audit focus based on the significance of those risks.
- Ensuring that the audit is conducted in compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and auditing standards. This involves staying up-to-date with changes in regulations and updating audit methodologies accordingly.
- Developing practical and actionable recommendations to address identified issues and improve processes, controls, and overall organizational performance.
- Building strong relationships with various stakeholders, including directors, senior management of the client, to foster cooperation and support for the internal audit function.
Finance Executive
Global Sports Lanka Private Limited
07.2017 - 02.2022
- Maintaining general ledger and preparing financial statements in line with generally accepted
accounting principles and Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. - Periodical reporting to the Director CEO & Director COO.
- Responsible for making statutory payments such as EPF, ETF, PAYE Tax, Stamp Duty, Social Responsibility Levy etc. and remitting the due amounts to the relevant Authorities. Also, preparing monthly, quarterly, by annual and annual returns and forms of the stated statutory payments.
- Reviewing reconciliation & statements for taxes such as Income Tax, VAT, ESC, Stamp Duty &
Withholding Tax and filing returns on due dates. - Dealing with the company bankers (Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC), Sri Lanka Custom officers,
Census and statistics department officers and the BOI officers. - Dealing with the Inland Revenue Department officers and handling over-due VAT refund claims,
Tax appeals and several tax matters. - Exposure to system change to ERP and managing day-to-day financial transactions in parallel run
phase. - Co-coordinating with the Company Auditors and facilitating annual physical inventory count and the
statutory audit.
Senior Accountant (Designated to Be an Audit Super
Ernst & Young
03.2015 - 07.2017
- Directly deal with the Audit Partners and Work as a coordinator with the clients and Reviewing audit
working papers. - Audit team planning and multiple audit handling.
- Reviewing Financial Statements and notes.
- Tax Reviews and Analysis Income Tax, NBT, VAT, ESC, PAYE.
- Evaluating and testing the accounting and internal controls system.
- Applying Sri Lanka Auditing Practice Statements (Agreed upon procedures, due diligence, review
engagements etc.). - Applying relevant Sri Lanka Accounting Standers, provisions of the Companies Act, Finance Act,
Stock Exchange regulations, Central Bank regulations, Provision of the securities and exchange commission of Sri Lanka and other requirements to financial statements.
Education
MBA - Finance
Cardiff Metropolitan University
United Kingdom07-2024
MAAT - Accounting And Finance
Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka04-2018
CBA - Auditing And Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka03-2018
Skills
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Budget management
- Performance evaluation
- Decision making
- Risk management
- Time management
- Team building
- Communication skills
- Workforce management
Playing Chess
Throughout my school years, I actively participated in chess, honing my strategic thinking and problem-solving skills while competing in various tournaments and achieving notable recognition.
- Champion: - Under 18 boys All Island Inter school Chess championship – Gampaha District
- 2nd Place :- Under 17 boys chess tournament- inter school Chess championship
- 2nd Place :- Under 13 boys chess tournament- inter school Chess championship
Timeline
Manager, Audit and Assurance (Level 03)
Ernst & Young
03.2022 - Current
Finance Executive
Global Sports Lanka Private Limited
07.2017 - 02.2022
Senior Accountant (Designated to Be an Audit Super
Ernst & Young
03.2015 - 07.2017
MBA - Finance
Cardiff Metropolitan University
MAAT - Accounting And Finance
Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka
CBA - Auditing And Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
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