JHS & Associates LLP

Mumbai is the head office of JHS & Associates LLP, a chartered accountancy firm that runs several practice units side by side. The units cover assurance, tax, consulting and outsourced accounting, and the firm describes its model as a set of niche capabilities that together form one integrated service. Its professionals include chartered accountants working across India, and the firm states that it serves overseas clients as well as domestic businesses.

Assurance that goes beyond the accounts

The firm's audit and assurance services go beyond the financial statements. The firm lists internal control over financial reporting projects, sometimes called ICOFR work, and SOC attestations as part of this practice. These engagements examine how a business controls its processes and reports on them, and the firm presents them as an answer to the competitive pressures and tight reporting demands that businesses now face. Its assurance practice is described as a way to add confidence beyond what the accounts alone can show.

Tax, consulting and outsourced accounting

Taxation support is aimed at the complex and frequent changes to tax laws and procedures in India. The firm helps clients keep up with those changes and meet their obligations. Its consulting work covers governance, risk consulting and profit improvement, which it describes as helping clients find better returns from the business they already run. Outsourced accounting and related back-office work free a business from routine tasks, so its own staff can focus on the activities that create value.

The firm also lists foreign exchange management among its practice areas. Together these services are presented as a way for a business to hand over the detail of financial administration and keep its attention on growth and customers.

Sectors covered

Financial services is the sector the firm lists first, with banking, broking, insurance and payment institutions among the clients it names. Its list then moves on to healthcare, heavy infrastructure, factories, the media and entertainment industry, logistics and real estate.

Cities and reach

The firm describes its reach as the integrated capabilities of niche practices across several Indian cities, including Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Vadodara. It says it employs more than 200 people, and it presents itself as a business enabler that aims to help clients achieve profit improvement and financial stability. Its approach puts long-term client relationships first, and its global services include a single window assistance solution.