Viswanadh Kuchi

Viswanadh Kuchi
Partner | Risk Assurance and Advisory
CFE, CIA, CRMA – USA | MBF - ICAI

Viswanadh (Vis) Kuchi is a veteran Chartered Accountant with a versatile skill set and over two decades of experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, Forensics and Consulting.

He holds extensive experience in helping clients in enhancing their corporate governance, control environment, process improvements through combination of process controls with technology, yielding transformational results.

Vis comes as an authority when it comes to subject matter expertise in operational audits, fraud vulnerability, privacy compliance, anti corruption, bribery, and high profile investigations. He is a vocal proponent of the crucial nature of change management and strategic risk management for driving results. His immense experience in presenting to Audit Committees and other governing bodies helps him develop effective, customized solutions for a myriad of client concerns.

In his role at Sudit K. Parekh & Co. LLP, Vis is responsible for the Risk Advisory and Forensic practices. His responsibilities span across operations, global deliveries, practice development, customer relationship and team development matters. He guides the team’s engagements in areas encompassing Risk Management, Internal and Operations Audits, Internal Financial Controls (IFC/ICOFR), Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations and special areas of management importance, including Business Consulting. He is a proponent of risk analytics for solving business problems and benchmarking work against global frameworks and standards for quality.

His experience spans diverse sectors such as IT and ITeS, Manufacturing, Pharma, Engineering, Automotive, Healthcare, FMCG, Infrastructure, Banking, etc. He has advised large and mid-sized corporate clients in India, the USA, Europe, and the Middle East.
With a quest for knowledge, he acquired diversified global certifications to make the portfolio comprehensive. He is:

  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA, USA)
  • Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA, USA)
  • Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE, USA)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA, USA)
  • Certified by the COSO for Internal Control Certificate Program (COSO, USA)
  • Trained in Machine Learning with Business Applications (FDP) by the IIM, Bangalore
  • Privacy Management Professional (OneTrust, USA)
  • Master in Business Finance (MBF, ICAI)
  • Insolvency Professional (IBBI)
  • Member of the Institute of Directors

Besides work, Vis believes in knowledge sharing as a way of giving back to society. As a knowledge partner and regular speaker at seminars and conferences, he has spoken at various forums and conducted several masterclasses and corporate training sessions over the last ten years.

Vis serves on the Executive Council of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) India and is the Treasurer for the year 2020-21. He is a senior faculty for the Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection (FAFD) – Post Qualification course of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).