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Centri Welcomes Hanita Patel as Director

Philadelphia, PA – March 16, 2020    Centri Business Consulting, LLC is excited to announce the addition of a new Director, Hanita Patel, to the firm. Hanita has over 18 years of public and corporate accounting experience.  She has worked with a wide range of industries including real estate, manufacturing and distribution, life sciences and not-for-profit entities.  Hanita also has significant experience with corporate accounting matters and building out corporate accounting teams and functions.

Managing Partner Michael Aiello stated, “I am very excited to welcome Hanita to the leadership team after knowing and working with her over the past several years; her great depth of corporate accounting expertise further enhances our ability to service our rapidly growing client base throughout the country. We are also very excited to have her as a leader, mentor and coach to our internal team of experts.”

Most recently, Hanita was the Development Controller for Liberty Property Trust, where she was responsible for all financial reporting, accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling for their rapidly growing $900M real estate development pipeline.   She also developed, implemented and created key control processes for the large industrial REIT.  Additionally, she was the project lead for several cost-effective process conversions including an ERP implementation, automation of accounts payable and a large database conversion.  A key focus of her responsibilities was to provide cost-saving financial service solutions, risk management, and delivery of targeted outcomes via key engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

Prior to venturing into the world of accounting and finance, Hanita spent five years in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry at companies including Mercy-Fitzgerald Health System, Akers Laboratories, and Glaxo Smith Kline/Quest Diagnostics.

Hanita has a Master of Business Administration in Accounting from Temple University and is a Certified Public Accountant.  She also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology from Thomas Jefferson University.