Audit · Accounting · Research

Lisa
Wan

MAcc Candidate
Audit & Accounting

Michigan Ross, Class of 2027. Economics trained, with hands-on experience in audit support and research data.

Portrait of Lisa Wan

Clear thinking, accountable work, and evidence-led decisions.

I’m pursuing a Master of Accounting at Michigan Ross after earning my bachelor’s degree in economics at UT Austin. At KPMG, I supported two audit engagements through transaction vouching, Excel reconciliation, and a Python workflow for counterparty information.

Relevant experience

Careful work with records, evidence, and data.

  1. 01

    Jul 2024 - Aug 2024

    Beijing, China

    Audit Intern

    KPMG Huazhen LLP (KPMG China)

    • Vouched transactions and reconciled client-prepared Excel schedules to supporting records across two audit engagements, including an IPO audit for a digital-twin technology company.
    • Tracked corporate information for 3,000+ companies and processed 28,000+ records in Excel to support audit work.
    • Built a Python web-scraping workflow to consolidate counterparty information in Excel. The engagement manager and fellow interns adopted it to reduce repetitive manual lookups.
  2. 02

    2024

    Austin, TX

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Critical Data Studies Lab, UT Austin · SIM Card Archive

    • Used OCR to digitize SIM-card text and numerical identifiers into structured Excel records for a research archive.
    • Standardized extracted data and entered records into the SIM Card Archive database, supporting long-term preservation and access for mobile-technology research.

Additional experience

Summers 2023 - 2025

Consulting Intern

Ivy Academy LLC

Los Angeles, CA · Part-time, remote

Advised prospective students on studying in the United States, drawing on firsthand academic and cross-cultural experience to provide practical guidance.

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Legal Assistant Intern

Dentons Law Offices

Anhui, China

Organized case files and reviewed supporting materials for attorneys handling financial and property disputes.

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

Student Assistant

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Administrative Support

Handled departmental inquiries, collected required information, and supported registration and day-to-day administrative operations.

Education

Expected graduation · May 2027

University of Michigan - Ross School of Business

Master of Accounting (MAcc), STEM-designated

CPA education plan: 150 total credit hours expected by May 2027.

Graduated · Dec 2025

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Capabilities & tools

Audit
Transaction vouching, reconciliation, supporting records
Data
Excel data preparation, Python web scraping, Stata, OCR tools
Research
Data digitization, standardization, archive records
Languages
Mandarin Chinese (native), English (fluent)

Next conversation

Let’s discuss rigorous work with measurable impact.

wanlisa@umich.edu