Kumar Balakrishnan

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About Kumar Balakrishnan

A Dynamic, energetic and enthusiastic leader with more than 28 plus years of managerial experience in the areas of Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, Sarbanes Oxley Audit, Fraud and Investigation, Financial accounting and reporting and budgeting across Heavy Engineering,Manufacturing and Technology Industries. Adequate exposure and expertise in interacting with audit committees and independent board of directors, setting up and heading Internal Audit function, building champion teams, carrying out risk assessment and annual audit planning, special investigation and fraud audit,defining audit methodology and working closely with business/ process owners,industry experts and auditing firms (Big 4). Visionary Executive with a strong strategic focus, excellent training and coaching skills and managing high performance Internal Audit teams across geographical locations. Good communicator with excellent written communication skills sharpened through submissions and regular interactions with business partners and executive management. Specialization includes COSO framework Methodology for risk based auditing, Big data analytics, Partner management, Fraud and Investigations, Annual Audit Planning, Compliance checklist,Six Sigma, and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.