Princess Guevarra Arabia

CPA (Philippines)
Senior Audit Manager

cessarabia@hlsllp.com.sg

Princess (“Cess”) graduated in 2002 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from University of Perpetual Help, and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Philippines in 2004. She has been a member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) since 2004.

Cess has more than 18 years of providing assurance and advisory services to listed, multinational and local companies belonging to various industries including insurance, manufacturing, property development and construction, shipping, agriculture, oil/petroleum and derivatives trading, holding companies, trading companies, information technology, software development and professional services.

Her previous experience include numerous public listed companies and multinational corporations in various industries. She was involved in IFRS reporting, financial audits conducted under International Standards in Auditing and has also played a key role on special engagements including Review engagement, IPO and MAS Reporting.

Before joining the firm, Cess worked with an international Big 4 audit firm in the Philippines for over 7 years. Cess then joined a mid-tier firm in Singapore from 2011 to 2016.

Cess is senior audit manager of the firm.