KPMG Sri Lanka’s Post

KPMG is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations, along with Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte, and PwC. KPMG is organised into the following three service lines; Audit, Advisory and Tax and Legal Services. It was a great opportunity to interact with the esteemed employees from the advisory department and the Human Resource department. Listening to the young, excellent and professional group was impactful with the following points to note; 1. Be open minded in the career market. Oftenly, many people experience a change in trajectory in the practice field. 2. Do something that will make you stand out in your applications. It may involve acquiring more qualifications such as CHRPs in the Human Resource field. 3. Acquire soft skills which enable one to navigate through the job environment. The skills include effective communication and excellent networking and negotiation skills. It was such a great and interactive session with so much to learn.

I just completed KPMG in Canada's Experience a Day with KPMG Audit & Assurance on @[Forage](urn:li:organization:68514998). In the simulation I:  * Completed a job simulation focused on CPA Career Launch with KPMG.  * Applied Excel functions to create a revenue leadsheet, showcasing technical   skills in data management.  * Expertly drafted emails to Senior Accountants, highlighting concerns in the   design and implementation of revenue controls during audit engagements,   contributing to process improvement.  * identify and investigate unusual revenue trends, enhancing data-driven decision-    making.  * Practiced conveying audit findings to Senior Managers, honing skills in   presenting recommendations and insights. Check out the simulation here: https://lnkd.in/d8YFHZNH

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𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 [7 Days Writing Challenge - Day 4] I am thrilled to share that I joined Deloitte Bangladesh as an Audit Associate on June 7, 2023, and have now completed my first year with this world biggest CA firm. This journey has been a remarkable learning experience, filled with opportunities and growth. Throughout this year, I had the privilege of working on various aspects of statutory audit and group reporting for financial statements. My portfolio included completely export oriented multinational manufacturing companies, non-banking financial institutions, and other diverse clients. Collaborating with different Deloitte audit teams enriched my learning scope, broadened my experiences, and enhanced my practical knowledge. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 I am immensely grateful to my resourceful team members, managers and partner sirs who have been instrumental in my growth. Their cooperative spirit, knowledge-sharing, and error-rectifying guidance have been invaluable. They have created a supportive environment, especially during work pressures, tough times, and personal challenges. Every encouraging word from them has significantly boosted my performance efficiency. They have always been there to guide me, even when I made mistakes, and their support has been a source of strength 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 During this period, I have developed a range of essential skills, including: - 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 - 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 - 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮-𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘌𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 - 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 - 𝘜𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 Through audits, I gained comprehensive insights into the processes of various businesses across different industries, including: - 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. - 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. - 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. Alhamdulillah! Everything is going well by the grace of the Almighty, but I know there’s still a long journey ahead. I am excited about the future with Deloitte and appreciate everyone’s prayers and support. #Deloitte #Audit #LearningAndGrowth #Teamwork #ProfessionalDevelopment #BusinessProcesses #RiskManagement #CareerGrowth #SupportiveEnvironment #AnalyticalThinking #EthicalJudgment

This is an event from my 20's. KPMG used to audit the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) which was under the aegis of Indian Embassy. I was posted to that audit along with my colleagues Selman P Bava and late Sabah Mursal. We did the work with complete dedication and came up with quite a lot of internal controls which could be improved. CA Rajesh N Singh - who was the treasurer at that time was happy with our work. A year down the line, CA Rajesh N Singh reached out to me asking if I could help out with the finance department of ICC. It was more a pro-bono engagement, but I did pick it up. 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 6-9 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 2.5 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔+ 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅. 6 years later, when I took on start up roles in 2019, this experience of doing things bottom up, myself helped me a lot in building the right teams, right processes and getting hands dirty in messed up finance environments. I had done similar work in articleship, but post qualification in KPMG & Ooredoo, these were much bigger companies where the bigger picture mattered more. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦-𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩-𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 & 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲.

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 Thrilled to announce that I have embarked on a new journey as an Article Assistant in the Audit and Assurance domain at BDO India LLP! 📊🔍 Looking forward to gaining valuable insights and experience in the dynamic world of auditing with a fantastic team. Grateful for this opportunity to grow and contribute to the field of accounting. Let's dive into this new chapter together! 🚀 #NewBeginnings #AuditAndAssurance #BDOIndiaLLP 🇮🇳

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Hello Network, I have completed an insightful ‘Career Catalyst Audit’ program with KPMG where I was able to further expand my knowledge about the company. I was particularly eager to complete this program and it didn’t disappoint! It was incredibly useful to understand and learn more about what it might be like to participate on an audit team at KPMG. During this program I: • Worked on a project focusing on conducting an audit for a hypothetical client, Ashbourne Industries. • Determined the materiality of general ledger accounts to plan the audit. • Challenged myself using excel to determine the materiality of accounts within the general ledger and to track confirmations. (Excel is a skill I am intrigued in developing, this program allowed me to do so and it fascinated me, I am determined to complete more programs which allow me to further develop this very useful skill.) • Prepared, sent, and evaluated the results of confirmations sent to third parties. • Reviewed the client's order-to-cash (OTC) process. • Communicated the audit findings via a video presentation and reviewed the audit opinion, building my client communication and presentation skills in a real-world context Overall, I performed well and have managed to develop vital skills which I am eager to leverage onto any future programs and the financial sector I plan to embark in. Furthermore, doing this program confirmed that I really enjoy working in audit and of course when learning you come across weaknesses! I realised my weakness was understanding and applying my knowledge when using Excel Spreadsheets, this has encouraged me to build on this skill and learn more about it, I will also complete more job simulations that allow me to test my ability of using Excel sheets in the future. I’m particularly grateful for the opportunity which has further increased my interest in the role of an audit. I’d love to further expand my knowledge, utilising the amazing online and in person opportunities given. Update: I have received a personal commendation letter congratulating my achievement from the student success team! Describing that the quality of my work as a ‘massive achievement’ where I have ‘built the skills Accounting recruiters look for when hiring’, my work ‘stood out’ and that ‘It's clear’ that I ‘put a lot of effort into the simulation’. By my efforts being noticed this has made me feel even more driven and passionate to venture out more into the finance world and complete more Job Simulations! Thank you KPMG and forage!

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆? **Add your details to our Deloitte Placements Talent Pool (link in the comments)** I'm wanting to connect with External Auditors who are considering making a move into a new firm. Be it a perm offshore move or a remote fixed term contract within South Africa. On a weekly basis, we are in contact with audit firms regarding their audit teams and their upcoming busy season needs. Maybe your next career opportunity sits within their structures. 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 (in the comments section) - Let's have a chat to see where you would be best suited to grow your career where your personal and career growth can be maximized. Note: For offshore moves, in most cases you would need to be a fully qualified Chartered Accountant.

15 Years. 3 Countries. 3 Cultures. People see success but no one sees the struggle. Here’s mine, condensed into key moments: 2009: Qualified ACCA and started at KPMG Pakistan. 2013: Promoted to Supervisor at KPMG Pakistan. 2016: Joined BDO Bahrain as Audit Senior. 2017: Moved to the UK with KPMG as Assistant Manager. 2021: Became Manager at Grant Thornton UK. 2024 (June): I welcomed my daughter into the world. 2024 (July): Got UK nationality. 2024 (August): I received my passport. 2024: Achieved ACCA practicing and audit license. 2024: Founded Reflex Accounting Limited. Moving into 2025 with bigger goals and plans. It took 15 years of effort across three countries. 10 years living away from my home country. Along the way, I realized something: Employment won’t deliver the life I want. I worked hard for this. I earned this. But you don’t need 15 years to learn. You can fast-track your journey by learning from mine. P.S. All this wasn't easy but life is about taking the uncomfortable path.