The history of achieving Excellence...
I am Laila Armstrong, CEO of Excellence Consulting, Inc. My love for numbers led me to obtain my Bachelors of Science in Accounting, while working as an Accounting Clerk at the University of South Florida. A couple of years later, an opening at PricewaterhouseCoopers presented itself, and God allowed me to seize the opportunity! I spent several years and promotions as an avid learner absorbing a plethora of information at the firm, later obtained my MBA at the University of Phoenix, and moved on to bigger roles like the latest Global Business Director position at Victorious Life Assembly of God, Inc. where I put my nearly twenty years of hands on business experience to work. My vast business foundation ranges from frontline duties to high level experience such as Accounts Receivable/ Accounts Payable, Capital Financing, Investment Strategy, Employee Life Cycle Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Forecasting/ Trend Analysis, formulating/ tracking a $5.6M budget, and much more. While serving in all of these roles, I maintained my private firm for 10 years as an outlet to share my knowledge and experience with small business owners and individuals through accounting and tax preparation services. As I expand to offer more than just tax services in three state locations (FL, CT, & NY), I have finally opted to focus on my business exclusively to obtain the flexibility I need to steward my responsibilities at home as I have in my career by the grace of God.
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RESUME
Roles, Degrees & Publications
Jan 2013 - Present
Excellence Consulting, LLC
Jul 3, 2018
Jan 2017 - Nov 2023
Victorious Life Assembly of God Inc
Jan 23, 2017
Jan 2014 - Aug 2015
Connectwise
Jun 2011 - Nov 2012
PricewaterouseCoopers, LLC
Jan 2011 - Jun 2011
Citi
Sept 2008
CEO of a boutique Consulting Firm offering Accounting services to small businesses and individuals such as bookkeeping, tax preparation, entity formation/ business startup, and more from a non-profit and for profit vantage point.
Global Business Director of a bilingual multi-location mega church overseeing Finance, Human Resources, Office Management, and Information Technology.
Publication of Undefeated: Memoirs of the New American Woman
Consultant supporting technology Partners on the Asia Coast on scope meetings to offer up business process improvement recommendations, technology support, troubleshooting, etc.
HR SSC Reporting Supervisor led a team of ten people in supporting the recruitment and employee life cycle for the Canadian Offices with reporting, quality control, compliance, and more.
Senior Analyst within the Financial Reporting Operations division of the company with a concentration of efforts supervising the Global Pearl Data Acquisition Team, GAAP system implementation, process controls, project communications, troubleshooting, etc.
Master of Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Aug 2007
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
University of South Florida
Jan 2006 - Oct 2010
PricewaterouseCoopers, LLC
May 2005
Global Advisory KnowledgeLink Analyst, Capital Financing Partner Affairs Specialist, Foreign Accounts Receivable Staff, and Human Capital Generalist Intern/ Analyst.
Associate of Arts Degree
University of South Florida
Sept 2004 - Dec 2005
University of South Florida
Accounting Clerk within the Information Technology department of the University with a special focus on Accounts Receivable billing and projects, system implementations, contracts, etc.