Ephraim is a certified public accountant (CPA) with more than eleven years of experience in public accounting covering assurance and non-assurance services. He has a wide industry domain experience in manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, services, mining, hotels and casinos, real estate, regional operating headquarters, foundations, and non-profit organizations.
He acted as manager on several audit engagements with private entities, including audits of projects funded by the European Union (EU). He performed several due diligence exercises and participated in purchase price allocations, goodwill valuation and impairment testing of different entities.
He was instrumental in the implementation of the firm's audit software and the updating of the firm's audit and quality assurance manual. He also acted as the chief financial officer of one of the firm's non-audit clients.
He also has experience in accounting and consulting assignments and was involved in the migration of accounting records for the implementation of a computerized accounting system.
He is currently a member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).
Services
- Audit and assurance
- Tax return assistance
- Tax compliance review
- Value-added tax refund
- Tax planning
- Due diligence review
- Corporate restructuring
- Business valuation
- Purchase price allocation
- Goodwill impairment testing
Sectors
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Service
- Gaming
- Hospitality (hotels and casinos)
- Pharmaceutical
- Agriculture (sugarcane planting)
- Business process outsourcing
- Non-profit organisation
- Regional operating headquarters