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Expert Team
Meet the brilliant minds behind GSM Professionals, who work tirelessly to help you achieve your financial goals with their expertise and dedication.
Ajay Mathur
Founder
Mr. Ajay Mathur is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 41 years of professional experience and is the founder of GSM Professional Services Private Limited. He is the Managing Partner of G.S. Mathur & Co., Chartered Accountants, a leading firm of Chartered Accountants in India. He has served as a Non-official Chartered Accountant Director on the Board of leading Public Sector Banks namely Canara Bank and Bank of Baroda, appointed by Government of India and has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Bank as well as on the Managing Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and IT Strategy Committees of these banks. He has also served as an Independent Director on the Board of India First Life Insurance Company Limited. He is a rank holder in High School, Graduation as well as Chartered Accountancy examinations. He manages the quality enhancement initiatives in all areas of the professional practice and leads the vital client-relationship management with major clients as well as in business development and profile raising. He is presently serving as Chairman on the Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Council of PrimeGlobal, the second largest International association of independent advisory and accounting firms worldwide.
Rajiv Kumar Wadhawan
Senior Associate
Transaction Advisory and Business Risk Advisory
Mr. Rajiv Wadhawan is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 27 years of professional experience. He possesses an excellent professional track record and possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the broad spectrum of accountancy accounting practices. He has an experience of providing financial advice to clients that range from government bodies to independent businesses and individuals. He has an experience in reviewing internal controls among various processes and ensuring compliance with Accounting Standards, labour and other laws. He holds Certificate for Course on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection conducted by The Committee on Information Technology of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Certificate Course on Prevention of Money Laundering Act and certificate course on IND AS.
Rajiv Kumar
Senior Associate
Outsourcing Services and CFO Advisory
Mr. Rajiv Kumar is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 22 years of industry experience in senior Finance and Accounts Management positions as well as more than 11 years of professional experience. He has headed the accounting vertical of large industry units and has extensive experience in Taxation and Company Law Compliances. He has experience in Goods & Services Tax (GST) since its inception and implementation. He renders advisory, planning, compliance, audit, representational and appellate services for corporate and non-corporate clients across large spectrum of industrial and service sectors particularly in the area of Goods & Services Tax (GST). He is specialising in Outsourcing Service including Accounting and Book-keeping, Payroll Management, HR Advisory and CFO Services.
Amit Kumar Das
Associate
Tax Advisory and Litigation
Mr. Amit Kumar Das is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 12 years of professional experience. He is specialising in Tax Advisory and Litigation for Direct tax, indirect tax and other tax related work. He is associated with supervising clients, Income-tax and Goods and Service Tax including Tax Documentation, Filing e-returns, evaluating a taxpayer's legal and financial circumstances to determine tax liabilities. He looks after all the appeals for Taxation filed by the clients or on behalf of the client by us along with the proceeding and arguments for the same. He is specialized in serving businesses and individuals by staying current on new tax laws and positioning taxpayers for short-term and long-term tax optimization.
Gautam Kumar
President global business
Gautam completed his CPA in 1994 and was practicing part time 1994 to 2007.
Gautam’s hard work, dedication and honesty paid off. He has founded a full-service
firm, FACT Professional, with over twenty employees which provides several
services under its umbrella, including, but not limited to taxes, bookkeeping services,
payroll, tax resolution, back-office accounting, conducting audits and consulting on
various projects. Gautam also holds a master’s degree in commerce and a license to
practice Chartered Accountancy in India.
A very well-respected CPA in Southern California and beyond, Gautam is known for
his ethical standards of work. He has held many challenging jobs prior to starting his
own business. His colorful career path has enriched Gautam’s knowledge of
accounting and his ability to handle his own business. He worked with Worldwide
Restaurant Concepts, Inc., the parent Company of Sizzler Restaurant (USA), Inc
from 2005 to 2007 and was appointed as Controller of Sizzler Restaurant to oversee
the accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, payroll and financial
statements including audits and SOX compliance. Gautam also worked for five years
for The Cheesecake Factory, Incorporated in various management capacities in the
financial reporting, payroll and tax departments. Gautam worked for two years for the
International House of Pancakes, (IHOP), handling their franchises and new
construction accounting. Prior to this, he worked with Investor Business Daily (IBD)
in the General ledger department for two years. It was while working with Braverman
Codron and Co., a CPA firm, that he completed his CPA license in 1994.Gautam has
also worked as a consultant for companies such as Grill Concepts, Inc., Make Store
and Mastro’s Restaurants.
Arpita Mathur
Associate
Regulatory and Compliance Advisory
Mrs. Arpita Mathur is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 12 years of professional experience. She is a qualified DISA and performs the test of IT controls to report on internal financial controls over financial reporting. She has qualified the course on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She is responsible for a systematic and timely examination of financial transactions of various clients on a regular basis to ensure accuracy, authenticity, compliance with procedures and guidelines issued by RBI.
NUPUR KUMAR
Vice president global business
Nupur, popularly known as Super Nupur for how resourceful, fiery, perceptive,
ambitious and most of all, charismatic she is. Is every bit super. She manages FACT
and in the industry for now eleven years, Nupur knows her numbers well. She takes
a lot of the strategic decisions for the company with a great deal of ease, gathering
all the facts, observing keenly, breaking down the problem and then coming up with
a workable solution.
Endearingly describing to a keen listener, Nupur talks about how interesting
accounting can be. Her favorite example is the story of what reasonable expenses
for a teacher (pens pencils rulers) versus an exotic dancer (body glitter, falsies, hair
extensions) are. Her excitement in telling her accounting stories clearly shows how
much she loves her work.
Nupur enjoys working on improving the processes that are in place at the firm. She
yearns to learn how to make things better and takes input from the team for it. The
aha moments, where her growth happens with the team are her favorite ones.
Abhishek Chandna
Associate
Accounting, Assurance and Valuation Services
Mr. Abhishek Chandna is a Chartered Accountant with more than 5 years of professional experience. He is a qualified DISA and performs the test of IT controls to report on internal financial controls over financial reporting. He has qualified the course on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He also holds Certificate for Course on Concurrent Audit of Banks from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
