Sandip Patel, CA

Experience

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  Shaw Tax Chartered Accountants

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

  Accounting Assistant

  • Provided support in preparing year-end financial statements, and GST returns.

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  Office of the Auditor-General, New Zealand

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Financial Business Analyst

  • Carrying out and contributing to the financial analysis and the use of financial data in the operations of team throughout the OAG• Analysing data using Excel, and various analysis techniques (e.g ratio analysis, forecasting, and sensitivity analysis)• Quality control and maintaining the integrity of the analysis, and monitoring any development that could help improve the analysis of the findings• Analysing, interpreting, and reporting findings for an OAG published report named "A review of public sector financial assets and how they are managed and governed" Supervision• Supervised finance team members and multiple Assistant Auditors to ensure that the financial statement data collection was completed accurately and in a timely manner. Show less

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  Audit New Zealand

  Feb 2016 - Nov 2021

  Some of the following responsibilities were:- Provided independent, high-quality, consistent and authoritative advise and support to Audit NZ staff in accounting and external financial reporting, including legislative compliance matters.- Trained Audit NZ staff in accounting and auditing and professional matters and contributed to Audit NZ's professional development programme. - Performed hedge accounting audits and assist Audit NZ staff with financial instrument audit-related matters.- Developed and maintained resources for auditors and client support tools (e.g Model Financial Statements).- Supported and advised Audit NZ's Opinion Review Committee process (performed technical reviews, and reviewed proposed modified audit reports)- Supported the Director and Head of Accounting in providing advise and assurance to the GM PPG and ELT on accounting and external financial reporting, including legislative compliance matters affecting Audit NZ. Show less

  • Assistant Manager

    Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Specialist Advisor - Technical Accounting

    Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Senior Auditor

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Auditor

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2018
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  PwC New Zealand

  Nov 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Manager

    Dec 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Associate - Risk Assurance

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023