Our Team

Our Teams

Our Management Team

Meet the dedicated leaders driving our vision and success.
CA Nishita Shah
Head – Assurance, Compliance & Advisory

CA Nishita Shah is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 10 years of rich professional experience. She leads a strong team and manages diverse portfolios across audit, assurance, compliance, and business advisory. With more than a decade of expertise, she supports SMEs and established enterprises by delivering precise, results-driven financial solutions, helping them navigate complex regulatory and financial landscapes with confidence.

Her expertise spans finalization of accounts, statutory audits, internal control reviews, compliance management, project financing, business advisory, and Virtual CFO services. She also works extensively with US bookkeeping, QuickBooks financial management, UAE VAT, UAE Corporate Tax, and cross-border compliance, ensuring businesses remain accurate, compliant, and strategically positioned across multiple jurisdictions.

Nishita combines deep technical knowledge with a structured, solution-oriented approach. She is known for her clarity, discipline, and commitment to delivering dependable, high-quality outcomes for every engagement, while actively mentoring her team to uphold the highest professional standards.

CA Jaimin Patel
Head – Global Tax, Reporting & Virtual CFO Service

CA Jaimin Patel is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, delivering precise, reliable, and strategic financial solutions to a diverse global client base. With deep expertise in taxation, audit, financial reporting, and cross-border compliance, he supports clients across India, the UAE, the USA, Australia, and Canada.

He specializes in UAE VAT, UAE Corporate Tax, US bookkeeping, QuickBooks-based financial management, and US tax compliance, helping businesses navigate complex regulations with clear and practical solutions. His strong grounding in GAAP, IFRS, and data-driven financial analysis ensures accuracy, transparency, and strategic insight across all assignments, enabling smarter governance and stronger financial control.

As a core member leading Finovate’s Virtual CFO services, Jaimin guides companies in financial planning, forecasting, and high-value decision-making, while helping streamline processes and strengthen financial discipline. Known for his calm, solution-focused approach and consistent commitment to excellence, he plays a pivotal role in helping businesses grow with clarity, compliance, and confidence.

CA Kunal Shah
Head – Indirect Taxes & Corporate Compliance

CA Kunal Shah is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, with over 10 years of experience leading the firm’s Indirect Taxation and Regulatory Compliance practice. He supports SMEs, family businesses, and startups in building stable, compliant tax frameworks, while coordinating with Finovate’s internal teams and ensuring seamless compliance.

He specializes in indirect tax advisory, tax reviews, audit support, and end-to-end statutory compliance, helping businesses reduce risk, optimize processes, and stay prepared for regulatory changes. His guidance is always clear, practical, and action-oriented.

Kunal also drives Finovate’s compliance processes and SOP design, standardizing checklists and filing calendars to ensure books and returns remain accurate. Known for his detail-oriented yet approachable style, he ensures business owners have confidence and peace of mind when managing their tax and legal obligations.

CA Urjit Ravat
Head – Audit, Internal Controls & Governance

CA Urjit Ravat is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 10 years of experience in statutory audit, internal audit, and financial controls. He works closely with promoters and boards to strengthen governance, mitigate risk, and build transparent reporting systems that withstand scrutiny from lenders, investors, and regulators.

His core expertise lies in statutory and regulatory audits under international standards, internal control framework design and testing, operational audits, and SOP reviews across manufacturing, trading, and service businesses. Urjit focuses on identifying control gaps, process inefficiencies, and financial leakages, and implements practical recommendations that enhance the reliability of financial information and operational discipline across global operations.

Beyond audit, Urjit helps management teams interpret financial data through MIS reviews, ratio analysis, and trend reporting, turning numbers into actionable insights for strategic decision-making. Known for his structured and solution-driven approach, he ensures that audits at Finovate are not mere formalities, but value-adding exercises that strengthen governance, controls, and financial reporting across international operations.

CA Jeenal Desai
Head – International Tax, FEMA & Cross-Border Structuring

CA Jeenal Desai is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 10 years of specialized experience in international taxation, FEMA, and cross-border structuring. She supports entrepreneurs, NRIs, and multinational groups in planning and managing their global footprint while remaining compliant with tax and foreign exchange regulations.

Jeenal advises on inbound and outbound investments, India–UAE and India–US structuring, the use of DTAAs, fund repatriation strategies, and NRI/foreign entity compliance, ensuring businesses avoid double taxation and regulatory surprises as they expand. Her blend of technical expertise and commercial understanding enables her to design structures that are both tax-efficient and operationally practical across jurisdictions.

She also guides clients through FEMA filings, ODI/FDI documentation, and banking-level requirements for cross-border transactions, establishing clear processes and robust documentation trails. Calm, precise, and forward-looking, Jeenal helps clients make confident global moves with clarity on tax impact, compliance requirements, and long-term implications.

CA Pooja Shah
Head – Financial Reporting & FP&A

CA Pooja Shah is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 10 years of experience in financial reporting, IFRS implementation, and management reporting for high-growth companies. She partners with founders and CFOs to convert accounting data into insightful financial statements and MIS, supporting informed and strategic decision-making.

Her core strengths include statutory financial statements, consolidation, IFRS convergence, budgeting, forecasting, and board-ready MIS dashboards. Pooja designs reporting frameworks that connect the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flows with key business KPIs, giving management a clear and timely view of performance, risks, and opportunities.

Pooja also leads month-end close processes, variance analysis, and cash-flow planning initiatives, often leveraging cloud-based accounting systems and spreadsheet models to build scalable FP&A processes. Detail-focused yet collaborative, she ensures clients receive financial information that is accurate, timely, and presented in a way business leaders can act on.

CA Prakruti Kanabar
Head – Tax Automation & Compliance

CA Prakruti Kanabar leads the Indirect Tax and Compliance vertical at Finovate, focusing on transforming indirect tax from a routine obligation into a strategic, automated function. She works with businesses to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and integrate tax operations with finance and accounting systems.

She specializes in indirect tax advisory, system-driven reconciliations, workflow automation, e-invoicing, and compliance monitoring. By leveraging cloud accounting platforms and digital reporting tools, Prakruti ensures tax data is accurate, transparent, and immediately actionable for informed decision-making.

Known for her proactive and detail-oriented approach, she helps businesses implement predictable, efficient, and fully automated indirect tax processes, enabling management teams to focus on growth and strategic priorities while keeping compliance seamless across global operations.

CA Sunil Kher
Head – Banking, Project Finance & Debt Advisory

CA Sunil Kher is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing rich experience across banking, project finance, and debt restructuring. He supports promoters and CFOs in raising and managing capital from Indian banks, as well as coordinating with lenders and investors.

His expertise spans the preparation of project reports, CMA data, working capital assessments, term loan proposals, and restructuring packages tailored to lender expectations. Sunil helps businesses align their overall cash flows, ensuring that banking structures support expansion into global markets.

Sunil also advises on improving banking relationships, optimizing interest and charges, and building a strong financial story for lenders and investors as part of Finovate’s Virtual CFO offering. Calm, pragmatic, and relationship-focused, he is a trusted partner for businesses seeking to strengthen their financial backbone across countries.

CA Harsh Bhatt
Head – MIS, Management Accounting & Performance Analytics

CA Harsh Bhatt is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 5+ years of experience in cost analysis, budgeting, and performance measurement for clients. He works closely with founders and department heads to convert accounting data from tools like Tally, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, and Xero into meaningful MIS and dashboards.

Harsh specialises in preparing monthly MIS packs, margin and cost analysis, variance reporting, and KPI tracking that support Finovate’s Virtual CFO engagements globally. His work gives management clear visibility into product-, customer-, and geography-wise profitability, enabling data-backed decisions on pricing, expansion, and cost control.

Focused on clarity and speed, Harsh builds reporting routines and models that ensure clients receive consistent, timely insights, rather than just year-end numbers. His analytical yet practical mindset helps businesses move from reactive accounting to proactive performance management.

CA Rutvi Patel
Head – Outsourced Accounting, Reconciliations & Closing

CA Rutvi Patel is a seasoned Chartered Accountant at Finovate, bringing over 5+ years of experience in full-cycle bookkeeping, reconciliations, and month-end closing for clients in India and overseas. She manages day-to-day accounting on cloud platforms for entities based in India, the UAE, the USA, and Australia, ensuring seamless coordination across time zones.

Her strengths include accounts payable and receivable management, bank and ledger reconciliations, fixed asset accounting, and preparation of trial balances and schedules for audit and tax teams. Rutvi acts as the backbone of Finovate’s outsourced accounting delivery, keeping books accurate, current, and aligned with local tax and reporting requirements.

By standardising checklists, closing calendars, and documentation practices, Rutvi ensures that clients’ data is always “audit- and tax-ready,” enabling smoother statutory filings and Virtual CFO reporting. Known for her reliability and process discipline, she gives founders the confidence that their numbers are in safe hands.


Riddhi Ravat
Head – HR, Payroll & People Operations

Riddhi Ravat leads the HR and Payroll Operations function at Finovate, aligning people processes seamlessly with the firm’s integrated finance and Virtual CFO services. She supports clients across multiple countries in structuring salary components, implementing leave and attendance systems, and maintaining accurate employee records.

Her responsibilities span end-to-end payroll processing, statutory compliance, drafting HR policies, managing onboarding and exit documentation, and coordinating with finance for payroll cost allocation and MIS reporting. Riddhi ensures that payroll data integrates smoothly into Finovate’s accounting and reporting systems, giving management a clear and timely view of people costs across locations.

With a balanced focus on compliance, process efficiency, and employee experience, Riddhi helps businesses build HR frameworks that are transparent, legally sound, and scalable—supporting growth across remote and global teams.

Manan Dave
Head – Process Transformation & Technology Enablement

Manan Dave drives process optimisation and technology enablement at Finovate Group, ensuring that clients experience the full benefit of outsourced accounting and Virtual CFO services. He works with founders and finance teams to map current processes, identify gaps, and deploy practical solutions that improve accuracy and turnaround time.

Manan focuses on selecting and implementing the right tools—cloud accounting platforms, workflow systems, document management, and reporting solutions—for clients operating across India and other countries. He ensures that data flows correctly from operations to finance, enabling real-time dashboards and MIS that support quick decision-making.

By blending process thinking with technology adoption, Manan helps businesses reduce manual work, standardise controls, and build scalable back-office systems that support growth across markets. His structured yet pragmatic approach makes transformation manageable rather than overwhelming for busy promoters.

Zarna Shukla
Head – Client Success & Global Delivery

Zarna Shukla leads client success and delivery at Finovate, serving as the central link between clients in India, the UAE, the USA, Australia, and Canada, and Finovate’s internal finance, tax, and technology teams. She ensures that every engagement—from outsourced bookkeeping to full Virtual CFO mandates—runs smoothly, on time, and in line with commitments.

Zarna manages onboarding, communication, task tracking, and regular updates so that clients receive clear, consolidated information instead of scattered follow-ups. Known for her ownership mindset and responsiveness, she plays a crucial role in maintaining Finovate’s high service standards and long-term client relationships.

She tracks deliverables across bookkeeping, tax, MIS, and Virtual CFO workstreams, ensuring that each stakeholder knows what is due and when—regardless of geography or time zone. Her organised, client-centric approach helps Finovate maintain consistent service quality for both India-only and multi-country clients.

Client Focused

Mission & Vision

Working alongside businesses of all sizes to drive impact.

Our mission is to simplify finance and accounting for businesses by delivering comprehensive, compliant, and cost-effective solutions through our team of skilled professionals. We aim to free management from day-to-day financial complexities, enabling them to concentrate on strategic growth. Guided by integrity, excellence, and confidentiality, we are committed to building enduring partnerships that foster trust and success.

To be the most trusted and reliable outsourcing partner in accounting and financial management, empowering businesses to focus on their core operations while we manage their financial backbone. We aspire to redefine the finance outsourcing experience through accuracy, transparency, and innovation, driving measurable growth and long-term success for our clients.