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John Waterson

Partner, Head of Audit

KPMG Resource Center

John has over 20 years of experience working with KPMG in the UK, most recently including seven years as a partner based in Financial Services Audit, Scotland.

Currently, John is the Partner in charge of KPMG Resource Centre Private Limited (‘KRC’) in India, one of two captive offshore Audit businesses supporting KPMG firms around the world. The business has over 3,400 colleagues supporting 12 KPMG firms across a full range of Audit and Accounting support services.

A qualified CA, John has worked across a broad range of audit and accounting advisory engagements at different locations in Australia and the UK. He has completed multiple client secondments in the UK to a FTSE 100 client, to a listed institution as Head of Internal Audit as well as to an Australian big 4 Bank and a Bank in a developing nation.

John has extensive experience in leading and coordinating complex, multi-disciplinary engagements. He has strong technical knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, regulatory reporting (CASS) and financial control, with a successful track record in delivering audits and advisory projects under multiple reporting frameworks and stakeholders.

John is based in Gurugram, India.

  1. Education & qualification

    First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts, Accounting & Finance, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

    Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)

    Accredited in LEAN Fundamentals

    Prince 2 Practitioner Accredited

    Large-and small-scale Assurance and Finance Transformation projects

    SOAR (Service Organisation Assurance Reporting), covering ISAE3000, ISAE3402, AAF01/06

    IFRS and UK GAAP reporting

    UK and global business development & tenders