Biography
Lauren, a CPA with over two decades of accounting and finance leadership experience, is the founder and a partner at Valkyrie Consulting, LLC. Throughout her career, she has successfully built and led accounting, finance, and reporting functions across various organizations, spanning from early-stage ventures to established global entities. Over the past ten years, Lauren has exclusively dedicated her expertise to supporting both public and private biotech companies.
Her extensive skill set includes financial statement preparation, technical accounting, SEC reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and overall accounting and finance operations. Lauren has played a pivotal role in numerous debt and equity financings, initial public offerings, and reverse mergers. She started her career in the audit practice at KPMG in Boston, and subsequently held diverse roles such as Controller, Director of Financial Reporting, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Technical Accounting and SEC Reporting, among others, prior to founding Valkyrie Consulting in 2016.
Expertise
- Financial statement preparation
- Technical accounting
- SEC reporting
- Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Accounting and finance operations
- Debt and equity financings, IPOs and reverse mergers
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