Thank you for taking the time to know about me.
I’m Ali AMJAD Choudhury, a public accountant in professional practice with high aptitude in Information Technology, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. This unique combination gives me an unique competent advantage.
my Experience:
I have acquired over 24 years of professional experience both as a public accountant in practice as well as in service. I started my professional journey one fine morning on February 10, 2000. I joined Rahman Mostafa Alam & Co., Chartered Accountants as a student. Upon completion of my services under articles, I joined a private enterprise as deputy manager. My last stint in service was with Southeast Bank Limited and its subsidiary Southeast Bank Capital Services Limited, where I spent 7 years.
Once I qualified as a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) in 2014 I knew it was time for me to start a new endeavor and start my journey as a public accountant. Initially I joined Howladar Yunus & Co., Chartered Accountants in 2015. My journey ultimately took my to the position of a partner within the firm. I believe that most public accountant preceives this as the ultimate destination, I believe that my endevor to the peak just started there. I realized my true potential and started preparing myself for the journey ahead. In 2022, I had left Howladar Yunus & Co. and joined J U Ahmed & Co., Chartered Accountants.
During my past 9 years in public practice, I have engaged and participated in various engagements including a few notable ones below:
- ISAE 3402/SOC (Service Organization Controls) attestation
- Valuation of assets and businesses
- Valuation of employee benefits as per IAS 19
- IT Advisory
- Risk advisory
- Business Consultant on retainer for Bangladesh operations of a large multinational based in India
- Financial Due Diligence
- GCCR (Global Cybersecurity Compliance Review) of Grant Thornton Phillipines
- Digital Forensics Readiness Assessment
- Special purpose IT application controls review
- Implementation of Grant Thornton Cybersecurity program in Howladar Yunus & Co., Chartered Accountants
- Design and deployment of various specialized software tools
- Information System due diligence
- IT General Controls Review of Bangladesh Bank
- A few bookkeeping and payroll outsourcing services
- Apart from the above, I have audited numerous local and foreign companies (Bangladesh Operations), banks, financial institutions, employee benefit funds, listed entities etc.
my MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)
Member of ISACA, USA
Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
my CERTIFICATIONS
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor