Nirali Patel

About Nirali Patel

SUMMARYFinance professional with 13+ years of experience in both domestic and international operations. Hands on experience include: • Budgeting / Forecasting• Financial Reporting • Project Management• Problem Solving Skills• Strong Analytical Skills • Modeling skills including maintaining / enhancing existing models and building new ones• US GAAP/ IFRS-Audit • Sarbanes Oxley• Training and Mentoring • Accounting System Integration & Implementation• Consolidation / Revaluation• Fixed Assets Management• International Travel

Experience

1. Finance Manager

   HP Hood LLC

   Feb 2022 — Present · Lynnfield, MA, US

   Accounting, Analyzing, Data managing, System monitoring, Project improvement • Direct Involvement with monthly management meetings. • Assemble and furnish audit support to 3rd party auditors of Hood\'s annual financial statements: Audit coordination : to provide Gross to net report, Sales by vendor and Marketing Accrual. • SAP Data management: creating/adding or updating GL account, Cost center for Cost accounting team and corporate accounting team. • Responsible for Marketing budget/Actual : Analyze Income Statement/P&L lines for parts of HP Hood\'s business, recognizing trends and coming up with explanations for budget variances each month. • Work with different departments in Hood to help them understand key performance indicators and financial results of their functional areas. • Assist department management in their continuous quest for process improvement and optimization of the SAP ERP tools coming online.• Assemble and furnish audit support to 3rd party auditors of Hood\'s annual financial statements.• Handling Saputo P&L process, booking JE, preparing P&L for management- Responsible for Recon- Cash, Receipt and GST• SAP Interface monitoring on daily basis• Responsible for Canada business (AB) GL reconciliation_ Cash, Accrual • Additional reconciliation: GRIR, Vendor Discount • Part of Finance Innovation Team: Ongoing improvement process.

Education

• Middlesex Community College

  Associate's degree, Accounting and Finance

  2002 — 2004

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting

  2009 — 2013

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Oracle & Sap
• Auditing
• Budget
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Sap
• Financial Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Account Reconciliation
• General Ledger
• Process Improvement
• Mergers
• Finance
• Us Gaap
• Financial Reporting
• Forecasting
• Consolidation
• Hedging (Foreign Exchange Trading)