Background

Priyesh left school after completing his A-Levels to pursue a career in accountancy. He spent three years working for two smaller practices before joining KMP in 2001.

He qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2005 whilst working for KMP as the Audit and Accounts Supervisor and was subsequently promoted to Audit and Accounts Manager.

Priyesh was appointed as a partner within the firm in April 2011.

Synopsis

Priyesh has gained a wide range of accounting experience through dealing proactively with clients to help them meet their regulatory requirements. He manages a portfolio of clients with particular emphasis on audit, owner-managed businesses and sole traders.

Priyesh has over 12 years’ experience with TAS Books, Sage Line 50 and Line 100 and other bespoke and off-the-shelf software. Priyesh primarily deals with all client and staff training on TAS Books and Sage accounting software, as well as designing bespoke accounting report templates on TAS Books.

More recently, Priyesh has fully taken over the IT requirements of KMP and has implemented new tax and accounting software to assist with the new electronic filing requirements.

During his time at KMP, Priyesh has specialised in assisting clients meet their regulatory requirements with regards to the accounting, audit and bookkeeping needs, by way of designing and implementing computerised accounting solutions, using both Excel and dedicated bookkeeping/accounting software such as TAS Books and Sage Line 50. In addition, Priyesh has assisted the existing Partners manage their client portfolios to ensure that we provide the same standard of service to all clients, whether large or small.

Priyesh is also heavily involved in troubleshooting for clients when they have experienced difficulty maintaining their finance department. Over the years, he has become involved with several clients who have lost their finance department in a short space of time. Priyesh took over the finance departments and ensured that the clients in question continued to receive the same level of information that they are used to receiving. In addition, as part of this role, Priyesh has also become involved with the preparation of management information for bank funding purposes.

Areas of Expertise

  • Delivery of all Core Services
  • General Audit Compliance
  • Implementing Computerised Accounting Solutions
  • Providing Training and Support on a Variety of Accounting Systems
  • Corporation Taxation On-Line Filing and iXBRL
  • Management Reporting for clients

Social Interests

Priyesh is married with two children and he spends his social time with the family. He is a keen Crystal Palace supporter and enjoys watching both cricket and football.