Boutique finance leadership that simplifies complexity and builds a foundation for lasting success.
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📊 Consulting & Strategic Projects
Built for Financial Complexity
I work with companies to address complex financial challenges and strengthen internal operations. From controller-level oversight and financial cleanup to system implementation and process design, I bring structure, clarity, and practical execution aligned with your goals.
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🗂️ Audit-Ready Support
Audit Preparation
Preparing for an audit doesn’t have to be stressful. Acrux Advisory organizes financial records, reconciles accounts, and works directly with auditors to support a smoother, more efficient, and more predictable audit process—helping compliance become a strategic advantage.
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📘 Bookkeeping & Financial Clarity
For Executives beyond the boardroom
Your financial life — business, household, or both — deserves structure and precision. We go beyond reconciliations to deliver clean books, clear reports, and reliable systems that support growth, simplify decision-making, and keep your numbers audit-ready.
Acrux Advisory is a boutique finance practice founded and led by Diana Ilina, a seasoned finance professional with experience strengthening financial operations and reporting across a range of industries and international environments.
I partner directly with CEOs, founders, and leadership teams to bring clarity, discipline, and structure to financial operations — ensuring data is accurate, audit-ready, and aligned with long-term business goals. Working with a select number of clients, I stay closely involved in everything from system clean-ups and reporting to internal controls and audit readiness, delivering a high-impact partnership that simplifies complexity and supports sustainable growth.
♻️ Why Acrux Advisory
Building Financial Clarity — With Structure That Lasts
Whether you’re preparing your business for growth, structuring household finances around long-term goals, or simply ready to stop guessing where the money goes — I’m here to help.
📊 Audit Readiness Support
Audit readiness isn’t built when the audit starts — it’s built in the months leading up to it.
Whether you’re preparing for your first audit, strengthening internal controls, or getting ready for investor or lender due diligence, the focus is the same: clean, structured, and reliable financials.
I work directly with companies to organize financial records, reconcile key accounts, and prepare audit-ready documentation. The approach is practical and proactive — reducing last-minute issues and keeping the process moving smoothly.
The result is a more predictable audit process, with fewer adjustments, fewer delays, and greater confidence in your financials.
📘 External Audit Preparation Guide
Learn how to prepare for an external audit step by step — from reconciliations and internal controls to documentation and fieldwork — and complete your next audit with confidence.
🧭 Internal Audit Preparation Guide
Strengthen internal controls, assess risks, and prevent surprises before they become audit findings. This guide shows you how controllers can lead a successful internal audit process.
📊 Investor Due Diligence Guide
Preparing for funding, M&A, or investors? Learn how to build deal-ready financials, organize key documents, and create a secure CFO Drive for a smooth due diligence process.
🏗️ Construction Accounting Deep Dive
Understand how WIP, percentage-of-completion, and ASC 606 revenue recognition shape construction financials — and why they matter for accurate reporting and audits.
💻 SaaS Deferred Revenue & ASC 606 Guide
Learn how subscription-based companies should recognize revenue under ASC 606, avoid common compliance pitfalls, and build audit-ready deferred revenue schedules that investors trust.
📅 Monthly Close Best Practices
Turn chaotic month-end closes into a smooth, reliable process. Learn how to standardize reconciliations, automate workflows, and deliver accurate financials on time — every time.
📊 KPI & Financial Visibility
Build a financial KPI framework that goes beyond vanity metrics. Learn how to track the numbers that drive growth, align decisions with strategy, and transform reporting into a leadership tool.
📊 Accounting KPIs vs. Finance KPIs
Accounting metrics show what happened — finance KPIs reveal what’s next. Learn how combining both drives smarter decisions and long-term growth.
📌 Services & Disclaimer
Acrux Advisory is not a CPA firm and does not provide services that require a license to practice public accountancy. All services are limited to advisory, bookkeeping, operations, financial reporting, and controller-level support permitted under applicable law. We do not provide audit, attest, assurance, or tax services that require licensure. Availability of services may vary, and engagements are accepted based on current capacity.
