Elizabeth Cruz

About Elizabeth

 

Key Achievements

  • Joined a publicly traded industrial manufacturer's accounting team on the effective date of a corporate spin-off, when a business segment separated into an independent public company. Contributed in the preparation of restated consolidated financial statements — recasting the divested business as discontinued operations across all historical periods — for the parent company's year-end 10-K reporting $2.5B in annual revenue and $8.0B in total assets.
  • Reduced monthly close time by multiple days across a public company and its subsidiary, streamlining the process, all while maintaining full reporting accuracy.
  • Led technical accounting implementations with zero material findings. Implemented ASC 842 (Leases) and ASU 2016-13 (CECL), building SOX-compliant controls and monitoring processes from the ground up for a publicly traded company, later advising additional PE-backed portfolio companies through the same standards.
  • Led purchase price allocation and opening balance sheet preparation for a $36M PE acquisition. Directed the PPA process for a portfolio company with $16M in annual revenue, ensuring accurate fair value assessments of acquired assets and liabilities and a timely, audit-ready opening balance sheet to support post-transaction financial reporting.

Technology Expertise

  • Excel
  • Workiva
  • Blackline
  • QuickBooks
  • Visual Lease 

Education

  • University of Texas at Arlington, BBA 

Previous Companies

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
  • GameStop
  • Trinity Industries
  • Green Brick Partners
  • Accordion Partners
  • AlTi Global, Inc.
  • Rowan Energy
  • Pavement Maintenance Inc.
  • DiversiTech
  • Baker Tilly, LLP
  • L3Harris