Summary
Cheng Qian is an aspiring accounting professional and former consulting intern with five years of cross-functional experience in audit, management consulting, and research. He is pursuing an MS in Accountancy at UIUC after undergraduate studies at Sun Yat-Sen University and a study period in Accounting & Finance at Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego. Cheng has supported engagements at KPMG and Accenture, performing financial statement and industry analyses, process diagnostics, and field interviews to surface operational inefficiencies. He also brings hands-on audit testing experience and quantitative research skills — including SPSS analysis of large survey datasets — that help bridge technical rigor with client-facing recommendations. Unusually for an accountancy candidate, Cheng spent time in a PhD-level NLP/Blender research environment, signaling strong analytical curiosity and comfort with advanced technical approaches. He is based in Champaign and open to roles in public accounting, consulting, and corporate finance.
5 years of coding experience
Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance at Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Master's degree, Master of Science in Accountancy, Master's degree, Master of Science in Accountancy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business
Bachelor's degree, Accounting, Bachelor's degree, Accounting at Sun Yat-Sen University