Maria Carissa Guillermo, CPA

I am the primary responsible for all the accounting matters within the firm. My client is awarded as one of the top defense Lawyers in Texas, thus I am learning a lot from here maybe it be in terms of legal aspects and more importantly leadership.

I have been collaborating with the CEO and the CFO of the firm in their mergers and acquisitions deals. I am solely responsible for the market research, financial analysis , modelling, and forecasts.

As an underwriter and proposal writer I have been able to onboard 10 clients and been able to receive funding from lenders. I have also crafted proposals to those who didn't meet funding requirements to join our Lender Compliance Program in order for us to help them improve their credit scores.

This is tri-city 16-month course wherein I was able to be immersed business-wise and culturally in 3 different cities namely Dubai, Sydney and Singapore.

I was granted a Full-Scholarship by the firm to do my Master's in Global Finance. During my stay here, I was able to handle all the APAC transactions as I am the sole Finance person in Singapore. Thus, I acted as an Associate which is way beyond my job scope.

Completed an audit engagement which involved on-site visits and desk audits .

*Prepared general and special purpose financial statements under AASB accounting standards for the EY offices in AU and NZ *Responded to various tax queries from the audit group *Developed financial models, forecasts, budgets and cost-benefit analysis