We love our work, and we make businesses stronger.

Our values

Professionalism

We enjoy professional development because we love to do our work well.

Honesty

We fulfill our responsibilities and are always honest with ourselves, our team, the law and, of course, our partners.

Practicality

We're about practical and actionable solutions. We dive deep and provide clear, succinct conclusions.

Ethics

Integrity, Objectivity, Professional competence and Due care, Confidentiality and Professional behavior.

Your sustainable audit and finance partner

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20 years of experience

Founded in 2002 by a certified auditor Natālija Zaiceva, passionate about her profession. Grew to a team of 20 people united by common values and goals.

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Our clients

We work with entrepreneurs and business leaders who are interested in the financial health, development and competitiveness of their companies.

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Value added approach

Besides professional knowledge, we support our clients with strong analytical skills, strategic partner level thinking and innovative financial management approaches.

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Family business by half

About 85% of European companies are family businesses. The world's most successful companies are owned by families. We are one of them.

Meet our team

Natālija Zaiceva

General Partner, Sworn auditor, Certified tax consultant
Audit and entrepreneurship have been Natalija's passions her whole life. As a sworn auditor, she has been an honest and reliable partner for 200+ companies while leading audits at Big4 and Orients Audit & Finance. Today Natalija continues her audit practice and works to enhance the prestige and development of the auditor's profession. She was elected as a Member of the Board at Latvian Association of Certified Auditors for three times in a row. Natalija was also chairing the Ethics Committee there, reading seminars for future sworn auditors. Currently, she is a Member of the auditors' Ethics Committee and participating in professional initiatives by the Ministry of Finance, including drafting Latvian Sustainability legislation in compliance with CSRD.

Jekaterina Novicka

Partner, Digitization and ESG data systems
Jekaterina is a PhD student with a research interest in the cross-road of corporate big data, XBRL open data format and sustainability digitalization. She has experience shaping Latvia's startup ecosystem and working at an international venture capital fund. Jekaterina is the engine of the family business Orients Audit & Finance. She is an experienced leading expert in the implementation of the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) digital projects in the Baltics and Scandinavia for financial and sustainability reporting in accordance with CSRD and ESRS as well as IFRS digital taxonomies for financial institutions and large EU companies.

Jelena Tihenko

Partner, Accounting and consultancy services
Jelena has decades of extensive experience as a chief accountant in trade and production companies. She has joined Orients Audit & Finance team in 2012 and gained deep practical knowledge organising accounting and finance management for international IT and financial technology companies. With her multilateral experience, Jelena is building a new generation of accounting and consulting business at Orients Audit & Finance. Leading the team and processes, finding new solutions is what excites Jelena and drives her personal growth.

Olga Kuzmica

Partner, Sworn auditor, Certified tax consultant
Olga started her professional path when Orients Audit & Finance was founded and has been with the company ever since. In 2006 Olga became a certified tax consultant, and in 2018, she received a certificate of a sworn auditor. Currently she manages the firm's audit department. Olga always openly shares her knowledge and experience with clients, and also helps her younger colleagues develop and overcome professional challenges. Starting from 2021 Olga participates in the quality control of auditors organized by the Latvian Association of Certified Auditors.

Svetlana Komarova

Digital financial analyst
Svetlana started her career 10 years ago in the audit department of Orients Audit & Finance, where she gained in-depth practical knowledge of Annual Report and International Financial Reporting Standards. Later, for five years she worked with financial planning and analysis of international company groups. There she acquired technical skills in big data flow processing and strategic analysis. In 2023, Svetlana rejoined the Orients team as a financial planning and European Single Electronic Reporting Format (ESEF) digital project manager, and IFRS XBRL taxonomy specialist. Svetlana holds a Master's degree in finance from the BA School of Business and Finance and an MBA from the SBS Swiss Business School.

Viktorija Jefremova

International project manager
Victoria initially joined Orients Audit & Finance team as office manager and quickly became the cornerstone of all ongoing processes and driver of a productive work environment. In addition to all administrative tasks, she assisted colleagues in the audit, tax and accounting departments. As the company developed, Victoria took over international project management function in the growing team. Previous experience allows Victoria to offer Orients Audit & Finance clients the most efficient solutions even in non-standard situations.

Jevgenija Fiskisa

Auditor
Jevgenija's extensive experience in accounting and tax led her to join Orients Audit & Finance team as an assistant to sworn auditor in 2004. In her auditor career, Jevgenija devotes a lot of time to training colleagues and clients, and she continuously expands her knowledge. She believes that effective communication with colleagues and clients is the key to a successful business.

Svetlana Jonina

Chief accountant
Svetlana has 20 years of accounting experience. Since the beginning of her professional career, she has managed the accounting processes in the international beverage wholesale, real estate management, inspection and verification services, and food production companies. Svetlana is constantly growing professionally and quickly learns new accounting and business management programs. She has in-depth experience working with such programs as Navision, Directo, Tildes Jumis, 1C, Scala and Concorde. Svetlana is a dynamic person and is strong in managing challenging and non-standard tasks.

Olga Aleksandrova

Chief accountant
Olga is a graduate of the BA School of Business and Finance with a Master's degree in International Economics and Finance. She has 20 years of accounting work experience in various industry companies. Out of those, 15 years are in the position of Chief accountant. All this time she developed professionally and since 2022 she has been applying her knowledge in cooperation with Orients Audit & Finance clients. Olga's current focus is on the companies in the financial technology industry.

Beata Kasevska

Chief accountant
Beata has a Bachelor's degree in Finance from BA School of Business and Finance, and since then her career has developed from an accountant's assistant to a chief accountant in international companies. Beata is part of Orients Audit & Finance team since 2021. She constantly grows professionally and learns how to effectively apply new technological solutions in accounting. She has in-depth understanding of organizing accounting and managing related processes in wholesale, technology companies, particularly financial technology companies.

Jekaterina Ivanova

Payroll accountant
Jekaterina has 40 years experience in accounting. Orients Audit & Finance is her second place of work. She is a stable, attentive and reliable person. In Orients Audit & Finance Jekaterina is responsible for payroll services. She supports each client as if she was working for them and always helps resolve unusual situations.

Violeta Kozuha

Assistant auditor
While studying, Violeta realized that she wants to build her future career in audit. In 2016, Violeta gained a qualification of tax economist and a bachelor's degree in customs and tax administration. A year later she joined Orients Audit & Finance as an auditor's assistant. Since then, Violeta has expanded her theoretical knowledge and gained extensive practical experience in audit. In 2020 she successfully defended her Master's thesis on AML & CFT.

Jekaterina Kunina

Assistant auditor
Jekaterina is a graduate of the University of Latvia with a Master's degree in Financial Economics. She has long-term experience in the banking sector, which was mainly related to lending to legal entities. Joining the Orients Audit & Finance team as an Assistant auditor, Jekaterina while using previously acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in the financial analysis of companies, continues to develop professionally and helps the team to achieve goals and ambitious results.

Liana Posmanika

Junior assistant auditor
Liana started her career at Orients Audit & Finance as a junior assistant accountant when she was still in high school. After passing the qualification exam, she returned to continue her professional path in the audit department. Liana is currently in the process of obtaining a bachelor's degree in Finance at the BA School of Business.

Irena Gornika

Accountant
Irena has more than 25 years of experience in accounting. Prior to joining Orients Audit & Finance team, she worked for several years as a Senior Accountant in a large public corporation. Irena was also responsible for implementing new SAP software modules. She is currently successfully applying her extensive accounting experience and in-depth understanding of ERP systems in collaboration with Orients Audit & Finance clients.

Anastasija Vavilova

Accountant
Anastasija's professional career started with the position of accounting secretary. However, the desire to improve her professional competence and develop in the field of accounting allowed her to move on. Anastasija received a secondary vocational education in accounting and a bachelor's degree in economics. Currently, Anastasija combines the roles of payroll accountant and assistant chief accountant in work with Orients Audit & Finance's international clients who highly appreciate her high level of accuracy and responsibility.

Ina Spridzane

Tax project manager, Certified tax consultant
Ina has 30 years of experience in taxation. Consultative experience has been gained by working for 17 years in the tax consulting department of PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as in the State Revenue Service. In the course of her professional career, Ina has also performed the duties of an internal tax consultant for a group of companies in the financial sector. Ina has extensive experience in the application of indirect taxes (VAT, excise tax, etc.), as well is she is also knowledgeable in the application of direct taxes. Ina is a certified tax consultant and one of the Latvian Tax Consultants Association (LNKA) founders. She is the author of many publications on tax topics. Ina holds two master's degrees in economics and business management.