[Editor’s Note: Join us this week as we celebrate the Women of PwC. Today’s article is the final interview in a series of five.]
As a burgeoning senior associate in PwC’s Tax practice, Anna Kovalenko specializes in provision and compliance for multinational clients. She also helped launch the Milwaukee office’s Green Team, championing sustainability both inside the walls of the office and outside in a local elementary school. And, as a firm believer in the power of a team, she wants every non-accountant type out there to know that the old perception of an individual crunching numbers alone on a computer is so passé.
“I feel there’s an assumption with accounting that we all work individually, but it’s not like that,” Anna says. “We work in teams and are often on multiple teams at the same time. One of the things I love about the culture at PwC is that we believe in flexibility and try to be there for each other.
With this team-first mentality, it should come as no surprise that beyond the working walls, Anna dedicates herself to her passion of helping children learn financial literacy and financial stewardship through the aforementioned Green Team. She’s a big believer in these projects. As a first-generation American who was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to the U.S. at 10 years old without knowing any English, she credits programs similar to these that helped her as a kid. Anna’s experience from childhood to woman making-it-happen is proof positive that the team-first is an approach worth investing in.