Abhishek is a Senior Manager in the Business Process Solutions team and has over 11 years’ experience in the accounting industry. He started his professional career with Grant Thornton in Francistown as a Senior Executive. He then worked for CaseWare International for 5 years, and re-joined Grant Thornton as a Senior Manager in 2021.
Experience
Abhishek joined Grant Thornton Botswana after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant from India. After his initial term with Grant Thornton, he joined CaseWare International as a Technical Consultant and was promoted to Product Manager. He re-joined Grant Thornton as Senior Manager in 2021. Currently, Abhishek also serves as a member of Board of Studies of a reputed College in India.
Abhishek’s expertise is in International Financial Reporting Standards. He has been involved in the preparation and finalisation of annual financial statements of various entities including listed companies. He is also involved in management reporting, account finalisations and client trainings. Abhishek was the key architect in building CaseWare’s cloud-based audit solution for Indian auditors, and successfully promoting it. He has also been actively involved in setting up audit workflows for various organisations.
Sector experience
Abhishek has experience with the preparation of management accounts, finalisation of accounts for audit purpose, bank reconciliation, general ledger reconciliation, and company and individual tax computation for clients from various sectors such as telecommunication, hospitality, architecture, trading, etc.
Professional qualifications and memberships
Abhishek is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and an Associate Certified Professional Accountant (ACPA) member of Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA).
Technological Proficiency
Abhishek has experience operating various software to execute accounting methodology, such as XERO for cloud-based accounting, PASTEL for general accounting and CaseWare for finalisation of accounts. Furthermore, he is proficient in using Microsoft Office applications to bring quality to different assignments.
Community involvement
Abhishek participates in Grant Thornton’s CSR initiatives such as recently supporting Government’s Digital Transformation Strategy within the education sector by sponsoring a state-of-the art imported tech panel – a first for public schools in Botswana. Over the years, Grant Thornton has supported various local communities paying special attention to the upliftment of education in Botswana.
Presentations and publications
Abhishek is a frequent speaker at various seminars and events conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, on subjects such as the impact of technology on accountants.
Languages spoken
English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam.
- ACA (India)
- ACPA
