Surendra Jadav
Cost Accountant
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About
CMA-qualified cost accountant with over 4 years of hands-on experience in cost audit, product costing, MIS reporting, and inventory management — primarily for pharma API, drug intermediate, chemicals, and other manufacturing companies. I work closely with production and finance teams to build costing models, perform variance analysis, and deliver management reports that actually get used. In recent work, I have built Excel-based MIS dashboards using Power Query and Pivot Tables and started using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to cut down time spent on routine documentation and report drafting.
Experience
Senior Cost Accountant at Jatin Mangroliya & Associates (2023-09 – Present)
- Conduct cost audits end-to-end — from maintaining cost records and working papers to final audit documentation — for pharma API, chemicals, and other manufacturing clients.
- Prepare and analyze MIS reports on sales, profitability, debtor/creditor ageing, purchase patterns, and utility costs; present findings to management on a monthly basis.
- Develop Excel-based MIS dashboards using Power Query and Pivot Tables with slicers, reducing manual report preparation time significantly.
- Use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude) for drafting cost audit documents, reviewing BOM data, and speeding up routine reporting tasks.
- Carry out batch-wise product costing covering raw materials, utilities, overhead absorption, and BOM cross-checks for multiple product lines.
- Prepare variance analysis reports — material, yield, and cost — to flag deviations and help management take corrective action.
- Manage inventory valuation and stock audit assignments; identify slow-moving and non-moving items through ageing analysis.
- Assess product-wise and customer profitability using cost-per-unit, gross margin, and contribution margin metrics.
- Coordinate with production, purchase, and accounts teams to keep costing data accurate and reporting timelines on track.
Account Assistant at Bennet Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2022-10 – 2023-08)
- Handled day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting entries in Tally Prime for a pharma manufacturer.
- Filed GST returns (GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B) and managed TDS computation.
- Carried out monthly intercompany reconciliations and resolved mismatches with counterpart entities.
- Prepared sales, purchase, and expense analysis reports to support the management team.
- Maintained ledger reconciliations and vendor account statements to keep records audit-ready.
Cost Audit Trainee at Diwanji & Co. (2019-09 – 2021-04)
- Assisted in preparing and maintaining cost records under the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules.
- Supported cost audit fieldwork and helped ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Reconciled profits between cost accounts and financial accounts as part of the audit process.
- Prepared and filed cost audit reports in XBRL format with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Education
CMA Final in Cost and Management Accountant – The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) (2025-06)
Bachelor of Commerce in B.Com – M. S. University, Vadodara (2017-04)