Lan Zheng

Babson College business student focused on Accounting & Analytics. I like turning messy data into clean, decision-ready insights — and I’m always down to learn new tools.

Accounting Business Analytics Finance Leadership Excel • Alteryx

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Current focus
Accounting + Analytics
Incoming
EY — Assurance Associate
Leadership
VP of Finance (Campus orgs)

About

Hi! I’m Lan — a business student at Babson College with interests in accounting, audit, and analytics. I enjoy structured problem-solving, building repeatable processes, and presenting results in a way that non-technical teammates can immediately use.

Recently, I’ve been sharpening practical skills through ETL/data-cleaning work (Excel, Alteryx) and campus finance leadership, where accuracy and clear communication matter.

Experience

Ernst & Young (EY) — Assurance Intern

New York City • Summer 2025

  • Performed related party inspections to support compliance and ensure material financial relationships are accurately disclosed with Client Financials.
  • Populated and revised Trial Balance (TB) and Accounting Comparison Report to accurately inspect and inquire regarding large numerical risk assessment fluxes over given a time frame.
  • Conducted user game testing over 4 games as part of control and substantive testing which assisted with the recalculation and tracking of client capitalized software figures.

Campus Activities Board — VP of Finance, Executive VP

Babson College • (April 2024 - Present)

  • Managed budgets, reimbursements, and financial tracking for campus-wide events and programming.
  • Coordinated with stakeholders to keep spending aligned with approvals and deadlines.
  • Oversaw general board committees.

HOX Business Fraternity — VP of Finance

Babson College • (April 2024 - June 2025)

  • Handled dues/budgeting, track event expenses, and support financial planning for member programming.
  • Ensured clean records and transparent communication for reimbursements and allocations.
  • Supported recruitment and professional events logistics.

Babson Dance Ensemble - Project Manager

Babson College • (December 2023 - December 2024)

  • Created and designed the show program that is distributed to the audience during the show, ensuring a cohesive and visually appealing representation of the dance ensemble's productions
  • Communicated and negotiated with suppliers to finalize semester-based merchandise for the organization.
  • Kept track of merchandise and related payments.

Projects

ETL & Data Cleaning (Alteryx / Excel)

Accounting Analytics, Accounting Information System

  • Joined multi-tab accounting datasets (e.g., journal line items + chart of accounts + preparer info).
  • Standardized numeric fields (remove commas, convert to numbers), handled NULLs, and validated row counts.
  • Created clean outputs for downstream analysis and reporting.

Business / Strategy Analysis

Strategic Problem Solving, Babson MCFE

  • Competitive and operations-focused analysis using structured frameworks (e.g., value chain, risk, KPIs).
  • Turned research into clear slides/pages with actionable recommendations.

Skills

Excel (PivotTables, Lookup, Modeling) Alteryx (ETL, Joins, Cleaning) Financial Analysis Accounting (Financial Reporting) Audit & Controls (Foundations) PowerPoint / Storytelling Team Leadership Process Improvement

Hobbies

Dance & Performance

Choreo, practice, and stage energy

  • I enjoy dance performances and learning choreography (especially pop / hip-hop).
  • It keeps me disciplined, creative, and confident presenting in public.

Music, Culture, & Exploring

Playlists, concerts, travel, food

  • I love discovering music scenes and how culture travels across communities.
  • I’m also a big fan of exploring new spots and trying new food.

Contact

The fastest way to reach me is email or LinkedIn. I’m happy to connect about internships, accounting/analytics, and campus leadership.