Education
Primary Education : Gaborone, Botswana, Southern Africa
‘O’ Levels : University of London ‘O’ Levels
Pre-Degree : At S.D.College, Alleppey, Kerala State, India
C.A. : Passed the C.A. Foundation Course.
Intermediate & Final, qualified as Chartered Accountant
MBA (Finance) : The National Institute of Business Management
(NIBM), India
CISA : Information Systems Audit and Control
Association (ISACA), USA
CPA : CPA Australia
Experience –
Tiller 2011-Present
Head of Tax Erbil, Iraq
Key Responsibilities
Head the tax service line
Tax consulting from an Iraq and International tax perspective, advising clients on potential tax exposures within andoutside Iraq.
Business development and marketing of services to potential clients within Iraq and Internationally. Includes maintaining client relationships with existing client base together with offering and signing clients for additional services. Recent client wins include entities in the oil and gas; oil field services and MNC retail sectors.
Lead the tax compliance function, managing teams for both Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region tax jurisdictions.
Advising entities in the Oil and Gas and Oil Field Services sectors on potential tax exposures and implications of Iraq operations.
Develop the business outsourcing service line offering clients ad-hoc services dependent on client requirements.
Develop staff capabilities within the tax and business outsourcing service lines through relevant mentoring and training programs.-
Member of ITIC (International Tax and Investment Center)
Working Groups:
Iraq Petroleum Taxation Working Group
Iraq Oil Services Taxation Working Group
Iraq Customs Working Group
Initiate, secure and maintain ISO QMS certification.
Deloitte 2011
Manager Dubai, UAE
Key Responsibilities
Tax consulting
Tax due diligence
Treaty analysis
Contract reviews from tax perspective
Financial model reviews from tax perspective
Ernst & Young 2009-2010
Consultant Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Key Responsibilities
Tax Quality & Risk Management
After the Director-in-Charge of Tax Quality & Risk Management (“Tax Q&RM“), I was the Point-of-Contact for E&Y Global (EYG) on behalf of the Middle East Tax Practice on Tax Q&RM.
Adoption & implementation of Global Tax Policies for the Middle East practice
Share with and advise clients on best practice adoption of tax risk management and risk management policies within client compliance and internal control frameworks.
Tax consulting, international and domestic
Tax-efficient structuring
Tax rationalisation/optimisation schemes
Treaty analysis
Contract reviews from tax perspective
PricewaterhouseCoopers 2008
Consultant Doha, Qatar
Key Responsibilities
Tax consulting
Tax compliance
Tax-efficent structuring
Treaty analysis
Contract reviews from tax perspective
Ernst & Young 2006 – 2008
Consultant Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Key Responsibilities
Tax Quality and Risk Management
After the Director-in-Charge of Tax Quality & Risk Management (“Tax Q&RM“), I was the Point-of-Contact for E&Y Global (EYG) on behalf of the Middle East Tax Practice on Tax Q&RM.
Adoption & implementation of Global Tax Policies for the Middle East practice.
Risk Management practices as regards clients & engagements; compliance and implementation of policies, procedures and practices both at the Global and Middle East practice / specific country level.
Compliance with policies & procedures from client and engagement acceptance through to “continuance”.
Updation of local Tax and risk policy documentation in-line with Global Policies.
Share with and advise clients on best practice adoption of tax risk management and risk management policies within client compliance and internal control frameworks.
Tax consulting, international and domestic
Tax rationalization/optimization schemes
Tax due diligence
Treaty analysis
Contract reviews from tax perspective
Lead teams for tax compliance
In-Charge : Quality & Risk Management Trivandrum, India
Key Responsibilities
In-Charge of Quality & Risk Management
In-Charge of the Global Financial Information System ( GFIS ) Team
R.Balachandran, Chartered Accountant 1999 – 2005
C.A.Articleship / Senior / Assistant Manager / Manager Alleppey, India
Key Responsibilities
Conveyancing
Taxation
Bank Audit : Statutory & Concurrent
Statutory Bank Audits
• Annual statutory reporting of bank branches
Concurrent Bank Audits
• Annual and Quarterly reporting of bank branches
• Monitor compliance with statutory banking guidelines
and regulations
• Special investigations
Statutory Bank Tax Audit
• Annual Tax audit of bank branches
Company Audit: Statutory
Public sector/Government companies
India : Select Clientele
Personal Taxation
Proprietorships
Partnerships
Hospitality Sector Concerns
Export Sector Ventures
Tax sector-wise experience
Additional experience
Personal AttributesTAX
Select sector-wise tax experience
Advertising Manufacturing
Aircraft rental & support Manpower supply
Banking Oil & Gas
Construction/Infrastructure Oil Field Services
Equipment supply & maintenance Real Estate
Insurance
FMCG Shipping & logistics
Manufacturing
Manpower supply
Oil & Gas
Oil Field Services
Real Estate
Shipping & logistics
INTERNAL AUDIT
Operational :
Review of policies and procedures set in place – Compliance and operational reviews
Tax audit reviews – compliance and regulatory reviews
Reporting findings
Implementation of recommendations
Initiating appropriate follow-up actions
Reviewing operations for accomplishment of “goal congruence’
Quality assurance of operations through adoption of best-in-class/best practices
Quality reviews on a quarterly and annual basis
Management :
Supervision of teams through appropriate feedback and direction
Interactions with management on matters of importance
Interactions with internal teams as appropriate
Knowledge/skill transference/updation for staff
Staff training
Staff career counselling/guidance
Performance appraisal
Personal Skill Attributes
Leader
Effective Communicator
Motivator
Man-Management and Time-Management Skills
Customer conscious approach
Proactive thinker
