Dr Srivatsan Lakshminarayan
Senior Lecturer (Education) in Accountancy

Summary

I joined the Department of Economics and Finance in 2020.

I have previously worked in the accounting profession, the financial services industry and the higher education sector in UK, India and (as visiting faculty) in Singapore. My work experience includes stints with member firms of the 'Big Four' accounting firms in India (Deloitte, EY), the second largest private sector bank in India (ICICI Bank), a US head-quartered global bank (JPMorganChase) across India and the UK, the School of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London, SPJIMR Business School (India) and SP Jain School of Global Management (Singapore). 

My industry experience includes positions of executive responsibility within corporate functions and the investment bank across a range of roles covering financial planning & control, product control, risk management, and internal audit. My accounting profession experience includes a range of responsibilities related to US and Indian GAAP assurance and compliance, information systems assurance and business process/risk consulting.

In 2012, I moved out of the financial services industry into full-time academia. Since then, I have developed extensive expertise in building and delivering modules related to Introductory Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Audit & Assurance, and Financial Statement Analysis on the BSc, MSc and MBA programs. I have taught at UG and PG levels across both environments - the standalone business school and the university affiliated school of finance/management.

I am currently associated as a volunteer with the Global Professional Conduct Program of the CFA® Institute. I also serve as a volunteer on the Practice Analysis Working Body supporting the Education Advisory Committee of the CFA® Institute and have participated in the practice analysis process through surveys of current practice, reviewing proposed revisions to the Global Body of Investment Knowledge (GBIK®) and Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK®) related to the CFA® program. I am particularly interested in the domain of Financial Reporting and Analysis.

I currently serve as a Visiting Examiner on several accounting modules at UG and PG levels, with the School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London.

Qualifications

Certified on 'Fundamentals of ESG' through the 2024 Education Modernizer Micro-certification initiative for academics by AICPA-CIMA (together, the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) - Advance HE, UK

PhD (Finance and Management) in the area of Accounting, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London on a SOAS Doctoral Research Scholarship

CFA® Charterholder and member of CFA® Institute, USA

Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ACA)

Msc (Quantitative Finance) with distinction - Center for Financial and Management Studies, SOAS University of London

B.com (Accounting and Auditing) - University of Mumbai on a scholarship awarded by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

Responsibility

Program Leader for the BSc (Accountancy) Program effective January 2025.

Previously Director of Teaching and Learning for the Department of Economics and Finance (CBASS) from 09/2021 to 09/2024