Natalia Mankova first came to America as an exchange student from Russia. It was never her plan to stay in the United States permanently, but once she made that decision, she worked hard to build the life she envisioned for herself, starting with her education. Mankova took classes at UNLV and CSN simultaneously and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in only a year and a half. Mankova then passed the exams to receive a CPA license and started working at Deloitte in 2013, propelling her career into corporate accounting.
Currently Mankova leads a large collaborative project to comply with all sections of SOX 404, including an audit of AGS’s process by PwC and Internal Audit. She works closely with the internal audit manager and other staff, often helping and sharing her expertise to ensure all tasks are completed.
Mankova believes in herself and in others. “I think that any goal worth achieving will be harder than you think, and my career thus far has been fulfilling in many ways,” said Mankova. “I still have so much I want to accomplish and I think my experiences immigrating and making a career for myself can help those I wish to mentor, most notably my kids, to do the same and accomplish any goal they have for themselves.”