J Singh & Associates Chartered Accountants: Profile For Concurrent Audit
J Singh & Associates Chartered Accountants: Profile For Concurrent Audit
Chartered Accountants
505,506,507,
Hub Town Viva,
Off Western Express Highway,
Near Shankarwadi, Andheri
East, Mumbai-400060
Contents
5. Annexure .................................................................................................................................................. 14
1. Introduction and background
The business environment in India continues to experience change on an unprecedented scale. Economic
reforms and changes in India all bring problems and opportunities. As the needs and expectations of our
clients have become more challenging, we have responded by developing more sophisticated VALUE ADDED
services, broadening our range of skills and increasing our capabilities to serve our clients.
What all clients have in common a desire for quality service and value for money. To exceed their expectation
in these areas, the firm aims to understand each client business or organization and the context in which it
operates. Our main objective is to provide our clients with professional advice and business solutions that
meet business objectives. The firm provides practical answers, through the constructive relationships
between our people and the clients they serve. To achieve this, we have adopted three key strategies.
First, as already mentioned, we aim to understand our clients business and their particular needs. Every client
is different and has different requirements. Our people at JS&A provide industry knowledge and examples of
best practice, to complement the technical skills of each discipline.
Second, we recruit and develop people of high caliber-with imagination and flair, team players who can work
with others from different disciplines. They are people of integrity, enthusiastic professionals who work hard.
They are leaders in their fields, prepared to offer a view.
Finally, we take lead in developing new services and new techniques, to match the changing needs of our
clients and their market place.
But the quality that marks us out is not just the scale of our resources; it’s the ability to deliver those resources
in ways that best meet the individual needs of each and every client. Everyone in JS&A is guided by a simple
yet demanding maxim: Listen to what clients wants.....then deliver more than they expect'.
We have acted for many of our clients for years. We maintain a high standard of service consistently over the
years as well as on individual assignments. We do this by developing good working relationships and by
anticipating clients needs - by stretching ourselves and by going beyond expectations. Only by providing the
best service over many years and on each assignment will our client stay loyal. Today our goodwill depends on
the quality of each job done, and as professionals we aim for excellence every time
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HALLMARKS OF THE FIRM:
Service Excellence – We put our clients first.
Professionalism – We strive to be timely, efficiently and responsive in all we do. Our working
relationships are founded on courtesy, fairness, mutual respect and personal touch.
Integrity – We are uncompromising: partners put interests of the clients above any personal interest or
ambition. We are intent on getting to right answer, rather than one that will do – that’s part of
delivering true value for money.
Vision – We not only understand clients business but we also picture its potential.
Realism – We strive for clear-sighted vision, based on honest and objective Assessment of our client.
We share our view openly and frankly with clients, proposing solutions where we see problems and
initiatives where we see opportunities.
Involvement – Seeing `the client` as a person, not as abstract, leaves no room for aloofness or
pomposity. An involvement breeds loyalty: commitment that extends through bad times as well as good.
Energy – We think ahead, look beyond the immediate brief to see what else needs to be considered.
Creativity – We recognize the need to foster lateral thinking, and to stimulate innovation and
imagination within client teams as well as our own.
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2. Our proposed approach and methodology
The word concurrent itself defines its meaning, concurrent means happening at the time. Concurrent Audit
means doing the examination of the financial transactions at the time of happening or parallel with the
transaction.
Most of the new articles who have been assigned to do the concurrent audit become terrified when they have to
go to bank alone, questions like what is this. How to do this? New and horrible banking software? Etc. arises. It
is normal to be nervous at the first time but later on everything starts running smoothly. In my case such things
had happened even I was out of station alone. So instead of getting lost what to do, we just can learn the things
from there. If we do the concurrent audit of banks very precisely then we can learn a lot of banking core
knowledge, new banking software, RBI norms and many more. So for the aid of new articles doing concurrent
audit I am going to write this article so that they can make intellectual profit from this.
To conduct the concurrent audit of banks we should generally look forward following things:
1. Cash Balance:
Every morning we shall have to check the cash balance of Cash Book of Bank in which all details regarding cash
balances are written on daily basis and manager and cashier do the authorization. Once in the month we have
to do physical verification of cash in hand with bank and ATM (if any) surprisingly and if any discrepancy found
shall be reported in the report.
2. KYC Policy:
This is the most sensitive and crucial part of the concurrent audit. KYC stands for Know Your Customer , a
term used for customer identification process. It involves making reasonable efforts to determine true identity
of the beneficiary of account, source of Fund, nature of customer’s business etc, which in turn helps bank to
manage their risk prudently. The major things we observe in KYC checking are identity proof and address
proof. We should be sure that whether AOF (Account Opening Form) is properly filled or not. The introducer
who introduces the new customer to the bank should have maintained his/her account for at least 6 months
without falling under inoperative account. In AOF there is clearly mentioned the required documents in order
to open the account in bank. Recently RBI has fined some of the nationalized banks and other big banks for non-
adherence of KYC norms and hence as a concurrent auditor we should ensure the KYC adherence of the
customers and any irregularities should be reported duly in the report. We should also discuss the major
irregularities with branch officials and look forward for the solution.
3. Loans and Advance Checking:
The most sensitive part of banking operation s Loans and Advances and their compliances. To check newly
sanctioned loans and advances we’ve to ask the Loan Manager of Bank for Document Register and they’ll
provide us that. Document register is nothing just a register maintained by bank for their advances, in which
they usually write name of the party, details of sanction made, papers submitted by party to bank etc. and is
verified by both credit manager and Manager of the Branch. Following are the crucial points to verify any
advances:
4. Deposit:
Generally we have to look through some high balance account and the trail of transaction. If there is any non-
operative account then we’ve to make effort to make them operative. We have to see whether interest code and
rates are correctly fed in to the system, any change in interest rates are effectively fed into the system or not
etc.
5. Forex:
If your auditing branch is authorized to do foreign exchange transactions then you are lucky that you got to
know about forex. In forex, we look through the exchange rate change and their correct valuation in books.
Available foreign exchange with bank, profit and loss in foreign exchange. There are some RBI guidelines
regarding foreign exchange and we have to see the adherence of same.
6. Income leakage:
This is the most important and sensitive part of concurrent audit. In most of the banks there are some income
leakage and we have to find out that. Generally income leakage arises due to following reasons and we have to
look that:
Undercharge of processing fee, upfront fee and other charges by the bank during disbursement of loans.
Wrong feeding of interest rates in the system.
Wrong calculation of profit in forex transaction etc.
To overcome these types of revenue loss of bank we as an auditor go through the calculation and genuineness
of the different charges. Though banks are working on highly intelligent software but due to human errors such
kinds of leakage arise and we have to minimize those. Both the ICAI and Bank provides the manual for revenue
audit, if we go through that very carefully then we can understand the leakage more effectively. We have to
generate various MIS reports from the system and analyze them. If bank undercharges the fees then it lost its
income & the performance of the bank looks very weak due to this reason its share on the market falls down.
On the other hand, if bank does overcharge of such things then the false performance of bank is shown and
customer may be misguided due to this. It is the prima facial duty of auditor to shoe the true and fair
performance of the clients.
7. Housekeeping and computer:
As a concurrent auditor we have to check overall housekeeping maintenance of the branch. Whether the branch
is located in safe area or not, what safety vaults are adopted by the bank, safety of lockers, computer, its
software and its security etc.
8. Remittance:
It is also an important job of bank to provide remittance facility to their customer. We as an auditor should
check the trail of remittance. If the remittance made in foreign country then adherence of Foreign Exchange
Management Act, 1999, RBI guidelines etc are done or not.
9. Others:
There are other so many fields of banks. And as far as possible we have to cover all the areas, because there
may be fraud prone areas. We have to see the clearing process of cheque, Bills for collection and other bills
should be checked properly.
Check List of items to be checked in above said areas of coverage
For New account
1) Name of the account holder
2) Type of a/c saving/current/time/advance
3) A/c no
4) A copy of verified Identity proof
5) A copy of verified residential address proof
6) Verification of introducer’s signature
7) Whether letter of thanks is send or not to the introducer as well as to new depositor.
8) Signature of authorized signatory obtained
9) Check Certificate of incorporation/MOA/AOA, board resolution, Copy of PAN, power of attorney
10) Cross check no of a/c opening forms with a/c opened in the system
11) Ensure photograph of the a/c holder is obtained and fixed or stapled on the a/c opening form.
Permanent File:
1) Letter of engagement, undertaking/comment by the firm to the Bank
2) Communication to previous Auditor (NOC)
3) Audit checklist
4) Information regarding branch business, data, nodal officer,status of branch, whether computerized/parallel
category of branch, etc.
5) Performance of monthly, quarterly, annual report revenue report
6) Correspondence with the Bank for any matter.
Date
Irregularity Observed
Initial/Authorization of the Concurrent Auditor
Initial of Bank Official
How irregularity rectified
Date of rectification
Initial/Authorization of the Concurrent Auditor
Initial of Bank Official
Demand Deposit includes
1) Credit balance in overdrafts & Cash Credit accounts
2) Deposits payable at call
3) Overdue deposits
4) Inoperative current accounts
5) Matured term deposits and cash certificates
6) Certificates of deposits, etc
7) The cash credit account would be included if the balance is showing credit balance. The current
accounts are also payable on demand. The outstanding telegraphic and mail transfer demand drafts are
also to be included under the demand deposit head.
“Our team comprises of CAs, CFEs, forensic accountants, lawyers and other professionals”
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Our value proposition
J Singh & Associates has significant geographic presence in India, with offices in 17
locations including Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
Presence &
We have a highly developed infrastructure that has more than 37 years of maturity.
Infrastructure
We have a highly talented and globally competitive workforce, offering experience and
expertise in a wide range of services. Professionals in our Forensic & Dispute Services
practices have worked on some of the largest and most complex investigations of fraud
and corruption within India. Our team has assisted clients on a number of anti-corruption
Expertise and engagements that include anti- corruption due diligence, compliance reviews and
Experience investigations.
We have the flexibility and scalability to quickly ramp up to support large projects at short
notice. We are able to staff projects, both virtually and on-site.
Flexibility and
Scalability
J Singh & Associates has a proven global delivery model, working seamlessly across
time zones and cultures to deliver high quality work on time. Depending on engagement
Proven Global
requirements, we adjust our timetables to meet client requirements.
Delivery Model
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4. Project Team
The engagement team will work closely with designated officials of the Banks to perform primary project management
functions, such as planning, fieldwork tracking, issue resolution, budget monitoring, communication, and tracking of
deliverable status.
Management plan
Based on our experience, results are achieved when we work closely with our clients. Therefore, our project approach
and management plan involve teaming with the Client’s team at every level to effectively leverage the resources and
knowledge from both parties.
Quality Control
Quality control reviews embedded in our methodology ensures that applicable laws are adhered to while conducting
engagements. A diagram depicting our quality control procedures is provided below:
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5. Annexure
Annexure1: Key CVs
Please find attached resumes of some of our Key Professionals whose experience and knowledge can provide
valuable advice to the client
CA J.Singh
Managing partner
M.COM,FCA, DISA, FAFD
CA Amit J. Joshi
Partner
M.Com, LL.B, CIA CAIIB ,FCA
CA Prosenjit Kumar De
Partner
B.COM,FCA,CIA,CFE
CA Shailendra p dixit
Senior Partner
B.COM,FCA DISA
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Annexure-2: Our Partners
Date of
Whether Date of
S.No. Membership Admissio No of years of
Name of Partners ACA/ becoming
No. n as Experience
FCA FCA
Member
M.COM,FCA
1. JALESHWAR SINGH 042023 01.08.88 05.08.93 28
DISA
SHAILENDRA P. B.COM,FCA
2. 041179 18.01.88 18.05.93 28
DIXIT DISA
B.COM,FCA,
3. JAYESH V. SHAH 041495 18.02.88 18.12.08 28
DISA
B.COM,FCA
4. SHILPA D. RAMBHIA 104661 20.07.98 03.09.03 17
SANDEEP
B.COM,FCA
5. CHOUDHARY 119317 05.01.05 17.02.11 11
PROSENJIT KUMAR
B.COM,FCA,C
11. DE 053952 03.09.87 17.09.10 27
IA,CFE
B.COM, FCA,
12. DENSIL FERNANDO 208859 CISA 09.03.99 12.08.04 17
23.08.201
13. CHHAVIRAJ JOSHI 119379 B.COM, FCA 30.12.04 12
6
ALKESH KASLIWAL
14. 422192 B.COM, ACA 25.02.13 N.A 04
POOVALINGAM P.
15. 024295 B.COM, FCA 21.06.85 03.05.91 31
PANKAJ AGRAWAL
16. 425776 B.COM,ACA 16.06.14 N.A 02
G.D. RAJADYAKSHA
17. 030997 B.COM,FCA 14.04.78 23.12.85 38
PRAHALAD KUMAR
18. JHA 133743 B.COM, FCA 29.09.09 29.12.15 09
MS. PONNAGANTI
2. 239524 ACA 21.06.16 21.11.16
VENKATA RAMANAMMA
15/02/2012
5. SNIGDHA JASORIA 416614 ACA 10/05/2012
SHRABONI BASAK
10. 063026 FCA 01/04/2004 01/06/2015
11. SURUCHI AGARWAL 301063 ACA 23/09/2011 31/12/2016
BHARAT KUMAR
12. 433404 ACA 10/09/2016 31/12/2016
AGARWAL
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Annexure-4: Our Offices
Head Office:
MUMBAI
Branch Offices:
NEW DELHI
CHENNAI (TAMILNADU)
RANCHI (JHARKHAND).
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AHEMADABAD (GUJARAT)
BANGLORE (KARNATAKA)
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN)
PATNA, (BIHAR)
VARANASI (U.P)
PUNJAB (MOHALI)
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INDORE (MADHYA PRADESH)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
TIRUNELVELI
RAIPUR (CHHATTISGARH)
PUNE (MAHARASHTRA)
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ANNEXURE 5- SHOWING PAST & CURRENT CONCURRENT AUDIT EXPERIENCE
Date up to
Date of which the
Sr.
Name of the Bank Name of the Branch commencement audit was
no.
of the audit conducted
Panchpakhadi: Vile
Parle (East)
Bank of India 01.04.2005 31.03.2013
4.
Stock Exchange Mid 01.06.2016 31.05.2017
Corp Branch
Bank of Maharashtra-
01.04.2005 31.03.2013
Bombay Central,
Dadar,Sion Ssi Thane
5. Bank of Maharashtra And Retail Assests
Branch Thane.
Nariman point
01.01.2015 31.12.2016
Versova branch 01.07.2011 30.06.2013
7. Corporation Bank
Pawai branch
01.07.2014 30.06.2015
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Dena Bank R R Road Dadar,
8. 01.01.2008 31.12.2012
Sandhursht Bride
Opera House.
Andheri RAC
IDBI Bank
9. 01.04.2010 31.03.2013
Santacruz Branch,
UCO Bank 01.04.2008 31.03.2011
20. Bhopal Branch 01.04.2012 31.03.2013 24
Lower Parel;Prabha
Devi;Gwalior Branch,
Union Bank of India Bhind Branch
21. 01.04.2005 31.03.2016
Kalbadevi Branch,
01.04.2010 31.03.2013
United Bank of India Sarvoday nagar
22.
Dahisar branch
01.04.2014 30.06.2017
Bandra Branch 01.07.2009 30.06.2012
23. Vijaya Bank
Chembur branch
01.07.2014 30.06.2016
Bandra east, Bandra
24. Canara Bank 01.07.2004 30.06.2014
west, khar west
25. Karur Vsya bank Bandra Branch 01.12.2012 30.06.2016
26. Citi union bank Thane Branch 01.04.2012 31.03.2016
27. Karnataka bank Sion branch 01.01.2013 31.12.2013
28. Fedral Bank Fort Branch 01.08.2010 31.07.2012
29. Lakshmi Vilas Bank T. Nagar (Tamilnadu) 01.10.2010 31.03.2011
Karur Village Branch 01.07.2008 30.06.2009
Bombay Talkies 01.07.2009 30.06.2010
30. Malad Shakari Bank
Branch
Kandivali Branch 01.07.2010 30.07.2011
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ONGOING CONCURRENT AUDITS
Date up to
Date of which the
Sr.
Name of the Bank Name of the Branch commencement audit was
no.
of the audit conducted
Kalanagar Branch,
UCO Bank
5. Mumbai 01.10.2016 30.09.2017
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