Shivender Sofat , CPA, a Founding Sponsor Member and  President of GOPIO Manhattan NYC.

Shivender is a vibrant member of the NRI community in USA, with a passion to volunteer for social causes and has rich experience in public practice in USA. He is a Partner at Goldfine CPA in New York and founding partner at Strat-V, boutique consulting firm. Before coming to USA, worked as a partner in a public accounting firm in India and steered various responsibilities including statutory / tax audits, project consultancy and finance, tax consultancy and business process outsourcing assignments across the tenure with the organization.

Experience

• Involved in providing taxation, consultative and compliance services to a broad base of clients, mainly High Net worth Individuals.
• Involved in formulating and executing audits and review process. Handled audits for governmental, not for profit and small business.
• Enhancing financial processes and systems and analyzing complex financial data to facilitate financial growth of organizations.
• Structuring and negotiating transactions and terms with Banks and Financial Institutions.
• Leading and motivating the teams towards optimizing their contribution levels.

Education Bachelor of Commerce from Punjabi University, India
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Fraud Examiner Chartered Accountant (India)