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Timeline
About me
Advisory Director at PwC
Education

Colegio ponceño
2001 - 2007
Universidad de puerto rico
2007 - 2011Bachelor of business administration (b.b.a.) accounting
Experience

H&r block
Jan 2009 - Apr 2009Tax preparerTax preparation for Puerto Rico Individual 2008 Tax Returns.

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Feb 2011 - Jun 2011Tax associateTax preparation for Puerto Rico 2010 Tax Returns, both for individuals and corporations.

Pwc
Aug 2011 - nowDirector advisory servicesMercedes Puebla is a Director based out of Seattle in the Advisory Practice. She has over 13 years of professional experience spread across audits and consulting services. Currently Mercedes focuses on companies adopting cloud services and provides services focusing on cloud security and compliance with internal and external requirements. Mercedes has also worked on external and internal audit services including AICPA attestation reports such as SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports.Ms. Puebla has been responsible for managing engagement economics, including project budgets, supervision of staff and implementing project management initiatives. Ms. Puebla is also accountable for the integration, coaching and development of new engagement associates by teaching methodology, client industry specifics and company software application tools.Mercedes has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico. She is a Certified Public Accountant in PR, WA and NY (CPA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Mercedes is also Workday Financials, AWS Solution Architect-Associate and AWS Security Specialty certified. Show less
Licenses & Certifications

Cisa
Jan 2014
Cpa
Nov 2012
Workday financials certified
Workday- View certificate
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Aws certified security – specialty
Amazon web services (aws)Jan 2022 - View certificate
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Aws certified solutions architect – associate
Amazon web services (aws)Jun 2020
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Mercedes (Puebla) CastilloPwC Exceed Scholarship PwC May 2009 PwC eXceed is an annual scholarship program for minority college students in their freshman, sophomore or junior year with strong academic standing and career interests in accounting, computer information systems, finance, economics and management information technology. Students become eligible to apply for a scholarship when they accept an offer to complete PwC's Summer Internship, a unique internship designed to broaden interest among minority students in the accounting profession and… Show more PwC eXceed is an annual scholarship program for minority college students in their freshman, sophomore or junior year with strong academic standing and career interests in accounting, computer information systems, finance, economics and management information technology. Students become eligible to apply for a scholarship when they accept an offer to complete PwC's Summer Internship, a unique internship designed to broaden interest among minority students in the accounting profession and create a pipeline for diverse talent at the firm. Show less
Languages
- spSpanish
- enEnglish
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