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Jijo Jacob, CPA*

Manager

Howdy! I was born and raised in Mesquite, TX, a suburb just east of Dallas. After high school, I attended Texas A&M University (gig ‘em Aggies, AY WHOOP!), and graduated in 2016 with my Master of Science in Management (Entrepreneurial Leadership), and Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

I started my career at Ernst & Young in the Dallas office in 2016. I worked in the assurance practice, primarily with private and public companies in the real estate and hospitality sectors. During this time, I gained experience in seeing a Company go through the IPO process, and first year SOX 404 implementation, as well as see private companies who were in process of wanting to go public in the future.

Personally, in 2019, I met the love of my life, my (now) wife Priya, and got married in May of 2021. Shortly after our wedding day, we moved to Austin, and career wise, I transferred internally at EY to the Austin office. During this time, I was promoted to manager and worked primarily on private job with aspirations of going public, and worked through complex accounting issues, such as new accounting standard adoptions, stock-based compensation accounting, asset acquisition accounting, amongst other items.

During my 6.5 years at EY, I gained valuable experience in financial reporting, technical accounting, and internal controls. My years at EY allowed me to develop project management and people skills which helped me to successfully manage my team in addition to building client relationships.

I learned about Embark through some other former co-workers who transitioned over to the company and could not stop talking about how great Embark was. After hearing about the company culture and through the interview process, I knew it was the place for me to further my career aspirations.

Outside of work hours, you will find me spending time with Jesus, my community at my church, playing basketball at LA Fitness, watching Marvel movies and shows with Priya, drinking boba, trying out and finding the best food spots Austin has to offer, watching some Texas A&M Aggie football and Dallas Cowboys in the fall, and watching the Dallas Mavericks in the Spring!

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