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Harish GowrisunkurMSc. (London) FCCA
Chartered Certified Accountant
Finance Professional
21 Morc Boucan, Phoenix+(230) 5 422 1571
Professional Experience Education
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Harish Gowrisunkur21 Morc Boucan, Phoenix
+(230) 5 422 [email protected]
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Bio
Harish Gowrisunkur, MSc. FCCA
Harish is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and holds a MSc. Business Systems (City University, London). He also did a management series in Finance and Business Administration at the University of California Berkeley, USA.
He has a rich professional career in areas of finance and IT. Harish is a partner of GAAP Solutions, a public accounting and consulting practice.
Harish also sits on the Board of a few private companies in Mauritius where he contributes in areas of finance and IT.
Harish has held senior management positions in leading corporate organisations namely Manager-Finance at La Prudence Mauricienne (Mauritius Union Group), Senior Consultant at De Chazal Du Mee consulting, Accountant at Silver Levene (UK) and has been exposed in financial services, insurance, IT and public sectors. His international experience has led him to USA, UK, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar and Botswana.
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Professional Experience
2012 – Current Partner GAAP Solutions A licensed accounting and consulting practice that provides value-added services in areas of
Accountancy, Taxation and insurance loss adjusting. In addition the firm offers Oracle Financials implementation, release 12 for AP, AR, GL, CM and FA.
2008-2011Manager – Finance and Accounting, La Prudence (Mauritius Union Group) Managed the accounting department at a leading insurance company in Mauritius. Prepared
reports to the Board of Directors and the regulatory authority (FSC). In addition prepared reinsurance accounts, managed staff, debtors collection and participated actively during the merger of the company with the Mauritius Union Assurance.
2005-2007 Finance and Administrative Manager, AFRINICIn charge of the finance and accounting function at the Internet Registry for Africa. Managed staff, debtors monitoring and participated at Board Meetings.
2003-2005 Senior Consultant, De Chazal Du Mee ConsultingLead for the implementation of Oracle Financial (release 11i) at organisations in Mauritius, Madagascar and Kenya.
1998-2001 Project Leader, State InformaticsImplementation of Oracle Financial Systems at organisations in Mauritius and Botswana.
1995-1996 Accountant, Silver LeveneStatutory accounts preparation for UK limited companies and Tax planning.
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Selected Assignments
Harish has been involved in high profile functions and assignments throughout his career. Some of them are highlighted:
Financial planning for Cliff of Maconde (IRS project)
Insurance claims adjusting for major insurance companies
Insurance accounting and risk management at La Prudence Mauricienne
Successful application for tax relief for AfriNIC Ltd, the Internet registry for Africa
Implementation of Oracle E Business at the SICOM Group
Full implementation of Oracle E Business at the Galana Group
Strategic Plan for BPO for the Government of Botswana
Review of Oracle Financials at the Kenya Commercial Bank
Project management for an accounting software project at Envipco group, USA
Review of business sysems at Galana Management Limited
Skill Areas
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Accounting and Taxation• Accounts preparation• Final accounts• Management accounts• Consolidation
• Insurance accounts• General insurance by class• Reinsurance• Solvency
• Claims Loss adjusting • VAT, TDS computation and
returns• Corporation tax and returns• Company formation• Business and Financial plan• Project appraisal• Business review• Cash Flow and Budget• Payroll• PAYE and NPS returns• Internal audit and controls
Information Technology• Oracle Financials implementation
release 11 and 12• Accounts payable• Accounts receivable• Cash Management• General Ledger• Fixed Assets
• Oracle system support• Quick books implementation• IT systems review• IT project management• Microsoft office
• Including Excel pivot, vlookup etc• Training• Quality assurance testing• IT systems audit• Professional Presentation
Education , Qualifications and Training
QUALIFICATIONS 2004 FCCA
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
1997 City University (London), MSc.
Masters degree at the City University in London in Business Computing
1994 ACCA
Graduated at the Final exams of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Ongoing Continuous Professional Education (as required by ACCA)
Professional training of 40 hours per annum
2001 University of California, Berkeley
Executive training in finance and business administration (work and study)
1999 Oracle Financials bootcamp
One month intenstive training held by Oracle corporation on Oracle Financials applications7