Larisa is an audit principal with a focus in the manufacturing and distribution industry, including consumer products and food and beverage, as well as the technology industry. With more than 15 years of experience, she has served middle-market privately held companies in a variety of industries. Her experience has been developed through her work domestically and internationally, with years of accounting experience in Israel.
- Areas of expertise include accounting and financial reporting, internal controls and fraud risk assessments, agreed-upon procedures, acquisitions and consolidations
- Assists clients with audits, reviews and accounting matters such as share-based payments, revenue recognition, variable considerations, software capitalization, equity transactions, debt restructuring and recapitalization
- Provides strategic business advice to management and technical accounting support to controllers and CFOs of privately held organizations
- Performs assurance engagements and coordinates additional services for her clients, including corporate and individual tax and business advisory
- Performs various business consulting engagements such as CFO advisory and mergers and acquisition projects
- Named one of the Most Influential Women in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times in 2017
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
- Board Member of the San Francisco chapter of CalCPA
- The California Israel Chamber of Commerce
- Audit Committee Member of The Brandeis School of San Francisco
- Guest Presenter for entrepreneurship classes at the HAAS School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley