Anna Krylova, Phd, Cpa Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Started as a Senior Manager and being promoted to Director in less than 2 years.Partnered with management and led global accounting and operation teams to ensure accurate financials.• Responsible and accountable for the month, quarter and year end revenue close process; improved the global revenue close from 9 to 4 days in less than 1 year• Provided technical and operational accounting; guided the global accounting process transformation that assured corporate revenue was in compliance with US GAAP/IFRS• Managed 70 cross-functional internal controls for the order-to-cash global cycle; improved existing controls as well as designed and implemented new ones to be SOX 404 compliant • Negotiated financial terms of multi-million-dollar contracts with sales and legal; affirmed final provisions were favorable and in accordance with corporate policies and processes• Interfaced directly with internal and external auditors on quarterly reviews and year-end audits of the consolidated financials; consistently achieved clean audits with no issues or material weaknesses• Hired, trained and promoted a global high-performing team of 12 that supported accurate and timely accounting of $2.5B in revenue• Identified repetitive manual accounting processes for future AI robotization; worked closely with consultants on an automation initiative that was projected to reduce man hours by 3,000 hours a year• Reviewed accounting policies to ensure global centralization of the financial close process; oversaw close calendar, chart of account, system close tools, and financial statement consolidation/disclosures • Partnered with FP&A and provided forecasts for revenue related reserves; improved cash flow management and increased free cash by $60M• Established analysis for FP&A that identified incoming cash flow hits; addressed potential receivables settlement misalignment which minimized immediate cash outflow by ~50% on average

London, Gb

Transferred from EMEA as an Assurance Manager and promoted to Senior Manager within one year. As an executive, I lead external audit engagements for technology companies, which include: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Gainsight, Inc, and ThoughtSpot, Inc.Selected Accomplishments: • Led 10+ annual audits as well as quarterly reviews for companies that ranged from $15M to $100B • Ensured US GAAP and SOX compliance • Analyzed complex accounting issues and presented recommendations to executive teams• Verified companies accounting policies, procedures, and processes complied with SEC regulations • Oversaw SEC filings, 10-K, 10-Q, S-1, and S-4, as well as SEC comment letters• Developed employees to provide high-quality audit services • Resolved complex issues while consistently meeting deadlines

London, Gb

Requested by EY CIS practice to reallocate to Russia to join the Professional Practice Group (PPG). Served as a member of PPG and Audit Quality Enablement Group as well as provided external audit services for transportation companies, which included: Federal Passenger Company JSC and SovComFlot JSC. Selected Accomplishments: • Ensured IFRS, Russian GAAP, US GAAP, and SOX compliance• Provided assurance for pre-IPO company to establish smooth transition to becoming public • Managed teams that provided high-quality audit services with timely resolution of issues• Supported audit teams during internal and external inspections • Taught new audit and accounting pronouncements as well as internal systems to EY executives • Created an exam that assessed EY executives possessed knowledge to deliver quality audits• Wrote monthly newsletter for 20+ offices in CIS counties • Summarized recent audit and accounting updates • Presented practical advises on handling complex auditing issues

London, Gb

Initially hired as an Assurance Staff and was consistently promoted throughout my tenure. Ultimately, I became a Manager while working in both Kiev and Saint-Petersburg offices. Provided external audit services for companies in the following industries: banking, insurance, trading of securities, metallurgy, FMCG, vehicles construction, pharmaceutical, wholesale, and oil & gas, which included downstream.Selected Accomplishments: • Developed client consolidation model in Excel that was directly implemented in their ERP• Ensured Ukrainian GAAP and IFRS compliance• Identified areas requiring improvement in the clients business processes• Provided recommendations to clients by preparing and delivering Management Letters • Managed the audit process with consideration of both risks and accounting technical matters• Demonstrated an application and solution-based approach to clients’ problem solving

Ua

Recruited to build structure, as well as develop policies and initial documents to support the infrastructure of a newly formed Management and Audit department.Selected Accomplishments: • Prepared M&A Due Diligence report that was presented to stakeholders• Designed and implemented new management accounting reporting forms• Collaborated with internal accounting team to support plan vs actual analysis• Worked with executive team to establish objectives for projected revenue growth

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Economics

Master, International Economic Relations