Zarin Mitchell, CPA, is the ideal team player who utilizes her enthusiasm and prior experiences to advance strategic initiatives forward and deliver excellent results. Zarin's diverse background ranges from producing the Chicago Bears Pre-Game show and conducting post-game interviews to making a presentation to the IRS on the Investment Tax Credits relating to Dominion Energy's Solar Projects and executing asset purchase agreements. Zarin's experience provides her with the ability to effectively communicate with anyone from professional athletes to IRS agents to new staff as well as business executives. She has consistently shown she can explain complicated tax, financial and sustainability impacts to non-finance professionals and teach them how it effects their business.
Zarin's current role at PwC as Director within the ESG and Sustainability practice utilizes her experiences leading the 2021 TCFD based Climate Report for Dominion Energy in addition to her financial, analytical and communication skills.
During her time at Dominion Energy, Zarin led the solar projects in the tax department, prepared initial financial screening to ensure financial models incorporate all relevant information and proactively collaborated with accounting, tax, credit, legal & regulatory to improve financial and risk profiles. In addition, she supports corporate governance for Board of Director Meetings and Senior Leadership Retreats by preparing and developing strategy session materials. In Zarin's role as Business Development Manager she led diligence, governance and execution of Asset Purchase agreements for multiple solar projects. She also provided strategic insight on industry transformation while updating Senior Leadership on policy and implementing significant process improvements and internal controls to enhance reporting and disclosures.
During Zarin's roles in public accounting she gained experience in federal, multi-state and international tax compliance, research and consulting. Specifically, Zarin has experience with accounting methods, consolidated returns, ASC 740, state nexus issues, research and development credits, international corporate structuring as well as stock compensation. Zarin also served as the co-chair for The Women’s Initiative and BDO Flex.
Prior to joining public accounting, Zarin was an Emmy Award winning Sports Producer for FOX Chicago and NBC Chicago. Zarin also was the line producer for the Chicago Bears Pre-Game Show, “Bears Gameday Live” which aired on NBC in Chicago.