Nishu Patel Email & Phone Number

- Serving as a strategic leader at Freshpet, resolving complex matters, managing risks and overseeing the Company’s SEC filings, ensuring that financial statements and disclosures are in accordance with US GAAP and in compliance with SEC rules and regulations.- Fifteen years of public accounting experience primarily serving public companies with focus industries including Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities/Electricity, Consumer Products & Retail, Engineering & Construction, Life Sciences, Technology;- Extensive experience in public and private company financial statement audits, SEC reporting requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements, carve-out audits, acquisition and divestiture accounting, joint venture transactions, as well as various other technical accounting and auditing matters; - SEC reporting experience includes filing of Registration Statements on Form S-1 / Form 10 (overseeing multiple IPOs / spin-offs), quarterly filings on Form 10-Q and annual filings on Form 10-K – multimillion & multibillion dollar companies;- Led the risk assessment, design and implementation of public company audit procedures, including first-year SOX testing frameworks for multiple engagements following spin-offs'- Served on the EY ASC 606 Revenue Recognition and ASC 842 Leasing Technical Expert Networks (2017 – 2020) – advising EY professionals and clients on the application of these accounting standards as well as pre- and post- implementation SOX compliance requirements;- Served on the EY East People Advisory Forum (2015 – 2019) – teaming with leadership on advancing EY’s culture and development of its people

Listed skills include Financial Reporting, Sec Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Auditing, Carve Out Financial Statements, and 10 others.

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  Rutgers University

  Masters In Business Administration (Mba)-Professional Accounting & Bachelor Of Arts (Ba)-Psychology