The Experience Behind Your Books
25+ years of financial management experience, now dedicated to helping businesses achieve the financial clarity they deserve.
Meet Nelda Valentine
Decades of Discipline. Applied to Your Business.
After decades in financial management, accounting, and business leadership, Nelda Valentine founded Praise Bookkeeping to bring the same discipline and financial clarity she applied throughout her career to entrepreneurs and business owners who deserve that same level of care with their finances.
From managing multimillion-dollar state budgets to directing corporate operations across multiple countries, Nelda's career has been defined by precision, responsibility, and a deep understanding of how sound financial management supports organizational success.
Praise Bookkeeping is a new company. The financial expertise behind it is not.
Career Highlights
A Career Built on Financial Discipline
Selected highlights from a career spanning government finance, corporate management, and business operations across multiple industries and countries.
Founded to bring decades of financial management experience to business owners who need dependable bookkeeping, clear reporting, and organized records.
Budgetary analysis, revenue forecasting, compliance reporting, biennial budget preparation, and financial oversight for state department programs.
Budget review, revenue forecasting, and expenditure analysis for state departments and agencies.
Daily management of state treasury cash pool investments, cash management oversight, GAAP/GASB compliance, and federal CMIA reporting.
Multi-fund accounting management, federal grants reporting, cost allocation, financial controls and compliance.
Revenue and profit planning, client relationship management, business development, and team leadership.
Category management, business development, ISO 9000 certification maintenance, and retail analytics.
Sales and marketing programs, market analysis, competitive strategy, and merchandising management.
Full P&L responsibility, business turnaround with a 27% increase in sales, and store operations management.
Credentials
Education & Professional Credentials
MBA
MBA in General Management from De La Salle University, Manila
Accounting Degree
BSC Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from Baguio Colleges Foundation
QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Gold certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
CPA (Philippines)
Certified Public Accountant, registered in the Philippines (1978)
The Mission
Why Praise Bookkeeping Exists
After completing a distinguished career in state government financial management, Nelda recognized that many business owners face the same challenges she spent decades solving at scale: disorganized records, unclear financial pictures, year-end stress, and difficulty making informed decisions without reliable numbers.
She founded Praise Bookkeeping to apply that experience where it can make the most immediate difference.
“Every business owner deserves the financial clarity that large organizations take for granted. That is what I bring to every client.”
Nelda ValentineFounder & CEO
Ready to Get Your Books in Order?
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