Maria Okeke is Director of Finance, River Financial. Finance professional supporting innovative companies with accounting/CFO services. Crypto accounting specialist. I'm a CPA with over 10 years of experience in public accounting and finance. Currently, I’m the Director of Finance at River Financial Inc., where we’re building the best place to buy, sell, and use Bitcoin for the long-term investor. In my role at River, I’m building our accounting operations from the ground up through creation and implementation of formal policies and procedures. I’ve just led the company through its first formal financial statement audit for 2019. Previously, I was the Assistant Treasurer/AVP of one of the largest investment complexes at GCM Grosvenor where I was responsible for the financial operations for over $500mm of assets under management. I have also worked on the other side of the desk as a Senior Audit Associate for E&Y where I performed financial statement audits of financial service companies, including hedge funds, private equity funds and investment advisors. My strengths include financial reporting, cryptocurrency accounting, establishing formal accounting policies & procedures, business budgeting & forecasting, financial planning and investment accounting.