Lea Nishimura, CPA

Lea Nishimura, CPA, has extensive work experience in financial management and auditing. Lea is currently working as the Controller at Emerald Cloud Lab, a position they started in May 2023. Prior to this, they held the role of Director, Revenue Accounting at Highspot from October 2021 to May 2023.

From March 2021 to September 2021, Lea worked as the Director of Revenue Accounting at Smartsheet. Before that, they served as the Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting at the same company from July 2020 to March 2021. From July 2019 to July 2020, they worked as the Senior Internal Audit Manager at Smartsheet.

Lea's work experience also includes positions at Getty Images and EY. At Getty Images, they worked as the Senior Manager, Internal Audit from April 2019 to July 2019. Prior to that, they served as the Manager, Internal Audit from April 2017 to March 2019. Lea also worked as a Senior Internal Auditor at Getty Images from September 2015 to April 2017.

At EY, Lea worked as an Assurance Senior from September 2012 to September 2015. Lea gained experience in financial statement audits and evaluating internal controls.

Early in their career, Lea worked as the Lead Accounting Tutor at Seattle University from October 2009 to June 2012, where they provided tutoring and guidance to students in various accounting subjects.

Lea also gained experience as an Internal Audit Intern at Amazon from May 2010 to October 2010, where they participated in operational audits and conducted testing of SOx controls.

Lea Nishimura, CPA, holds a Master's Degree in Professional Accounting from Seattle University, which they obtained from 2011 to 2012. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the same university, from 2007 to 2011. Lea has also pursued additional certifications, including becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in April 2018. Lea is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), although the specific dates of their CPA certification are not provided.