Harish Reddy

• Coordinating quality control processes and advising Audit/Assurance teams on restricted entities and affiliates to ensure regulatory compliance. • Collaborating with engagement team members to evaluate affiliates based on SEC, AICPA, and PCAOB policies. • Managing updates in Independence systems, performing quality assurance reviews on team members’ work. • Supporting senior management by managing various operational responsibilities within the Engagement Independence team. • Leading and mentoring a team of 5 members, including delivering trainings on independence and conflict management. • Conducting permissibility analysis for client service requests (Audit, Attest, Tax) to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. • Maintaining & updating 2334 trackers for SEC clients & 1301 trackers for AICPA clients to uphold independence & ethical guidelines. • Identifying potential risks across regulatory, reputational, and operational areas. • Analyzing risks to assess their likelihood and potential impact on the organization. Developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential harm. • Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies. • Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of regulatory changes and best practices. • Providing guidance and support to teams on compliance-related matters.

• Performed secondary research and tracked M&A transactions for private and public companies. • Executed valuation of dilutive securities to improve deal insights. • Conducted live QC and error analysis for deals managed by new joiners. • Mentored 9 researchers locally and internationally; acted as POC for QC disagreements for Manila team. • Acting as backup researcher for retrospective meetings. Project Experience: • Led Data Loader Modernization and sourced data points from AR/IR_M&A Transaction Project. • Targeted deal valuation, status, and purchase price allocation in annual and quarterly reports. • Developed a Python algorithm with CARE team to scan 250k+ documents, ensuring timely updates & reducing client queries & ERAs. • Created SQL algorithm to identify targets in filings, cutting manual effort from 6 to 1.5 FTEs and reducing client errors.