He holds memberships of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He is also qualified Cost, Accountant of India & management
Mr. Manjit Kothari has more than 21 years of post-qualification experience in the field of Accountancy, Assurance, advisory & Tax Consultancy, (out of which over 21 years of post qualification experience in Uganda)
He is having extensive experience in the audit of many companies in different industries including Banking, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Trading, service providers & social organizations.
His Rich expertise in the profession is extremely crucial and valuable to the firm.
He has a robust control over activities being run at the firm with around the clock support from a team of competent staff.
He has an immense reservoir of knowledge and experience in all aspects of finance, audit, accountancy and tax matters and is held in very high esteem by his fellow professionals with an experience of around 45 years.
He was awarded the fellowship of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1970 and holds a practicing certificate from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) and is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).
Narendra Thakkar is a former president, and one of the pioneer members of the Governing Council, of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda.
He is a Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
He is also a Certified Public Accountant (Uganda)
He has 10 years of experience in the field of accountancy, assurance and consultancy
He has specialised knowledge and experience in internal audits of several leading companies.
Adroit in establishing process improvement strategies by identifying the weaknesses and recommend the right solutions, implementing cost reduction techniques with a focus on maximizing the revenue
Possess a strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, mentoring and leadership skills. Change management support
He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
He has 17 years of experience in the field of accountancy, assurance and consultancy
Carries 5 years of consulting experience with big 4 (Deloitte) in multiple projects of Insurance companies for implementation of Budgetary controls for both life and general insurance companies
Carries experience of multiple industries like Banks; Insurance; Engineering; Manufacturing; Institutes; FMCG etc.
Has vast experience in process documentation and implementation of automated accounting systems in corporates
Also has the credit of working with big MNC’s life Future Generali Group ; 3i Infotech and ICICI Bank; Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Hands-on experience in International auditing standards, Auditing & tax implication, computing Income Tax, Service Tax, Value-added Tax audit, Communicating with Income Tax Department & Statutory tax returns filing
Well versed in handling client cash management systems, reviewing tax provisions & contingent liability, preparing both corporate tax and indirect tax returns for clients across the Uganda and India.
Audit of the internal control of the company's information system
Adroit in establishing process improvement strategies by identifying the weaknesses and recommend the right solutions, implementing cost reduction techniques with a focus on maximizing the revenue
Possess a strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, mentoring and leadership skills. Change management support
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
NGO Audit
Public Sector Audit
Forensic Audit & Investigation
Accountancy
Consultancy
QUALIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (Uganda)
MBA – Finance & Accounting
Bachelors of Business Administration – Accounting Option
Solomon has over 5 years of post-qualification experience in the field of Accountancy and Assurance services
He has experience in areas of auditing both Profit making organizations and Not for Profit organizations.
He has also worked for Accounting, Business Advisory and Organization Management project.
He is particularly experienced with International Standards on Auditing, IFRS, GAAP, GAAS and CFR.
His extensive experience spans across all services of Financial Audit, Due Diligence, Public Sector Accounting, Enterprise Development Management and Business Management Strategy.