Deloitte Philippines is proud to welcome two homegrown talents into the partnership – Elaine De Guzman from the Tax & Corporate Services division and Jesus Ma. “Third” Lava III from the Risk Advisory Group. Elaine and Third both joined Deloitte Philippines straight out of college – Elaine from Tarlac State University where she earned her BA in Accountancy, and Third from the University of the Philippines – Diliman, where he majored in Business Administration and Accountancy.
Elaine has over 15 years of professional experience, specializing in tax due diligence, tax compliance, global employer services, tax advisory, tax refund, and tax investigations. She has worked with corporations from a broad range of industries including manufacturing, tech, media & telecommunications, and consumer business & transportation. Elaine is a CPA and an accredited tax practitioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. She completed the Management Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management.
After four years with Deloitte’s Enterprise Risk Services group, Third relocated to Singapore, where he continued to work in the field of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). He returned in 2016 with over 14 years of experience in Risk Advisory work, specializing in internal audit, IT audit, compliance review, enterprise risk management, ERP systems design and implementation, SAP security review and assessment, SAP authorization review, and GRC systems design and implementation. Besides being a CPA, Third is also a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, and an IIA Quality Assurance Validator.
Deloitte Philippines is the local practice of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Global Network and is one of the leading professional services firms in the country. With 21 partners and over 700 people, the firm is committed to providing quality service in the areas of audit and assurance, tax, risk advisory, and financial advisory, and to making an impact that matters.
