Iva Charlopova (Wong)

Iva Charlopova (Wong) has a diverse work experience that spans several industries and roles. Iva is currently employed at Brighte as a Senior Finance Project Manager, a role they started in July 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Brighte as a Senior Finance Manager from March 2021 to July 2022.

In addition to their work at Brighte, Iva was a Founding Member of Finance in Tech (FiT) in 2021. FiT is a vetted finance community for finance leaders in rapidly growing companies worldwide.

Iva also worked as a Student Coach at Startmate from December 2021 to August 2022, where they provided coaching and support to students. Iva previously held the role of Fellow at Startmate from September 2020 to November 2020.

Before their time at Startmate, Iva worked at Hollard Insurance as a Senior Financial Accountant from March 2019 to March 2021. Prior to that, they were a Research Associate at UNSW from March 2019 to May 2020, where they co-authored book chapters on white-collar crime.

Earlier in their career, Iva worked as a Financial Accountant at Hiscox from October 2017 to August 2018. Iva also gained valuable experience at Deloitte, where they held the positions of Senior Accountant from January 2016 to September 2017 and Senior Accountant and Staff Accountant from July 2015 to September 2015 and September 2013 to July 2015, respectively. During their time at Deloitte, they gained experience in US GAAP and IFRS, led training on new audit software, and audited financial services clients of various sizes.

Iva's work experience also includes a role as an Accounting Tutorial Instructor at Schulich School of Business from January 2013 to April 2015. In this role, they led weekly management accounting tutorials and graded MBA audit assignments.

Overall, Iva Charlopova (Wong) brings a wealth of experience in finance, project management, coaching, and research to their current role at Brighte.

Iva Charlopova (Wong) pursued their undergraduate education at the Schulich School of Business - York University from 2009 to 2013. Iva earned an iBBA degree with a specialization in International Business during this time. In 2012, they briefly attended Esade, although no specific degree or field of study information is provided.

In terms of certifications, Iva obtained a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) in August 2016. Additionally, they completed two online courses for certifications: "Business and Financial Modeling" from the University of Pennsylvania - Coursera, and "Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat" from Coursera, both in November 2020.