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Yanyu Zhou
Background

Business foundation. Systems thinking. Applied AI.

Current role

VX Media

Operations Executive
Sep 2026 – Present
Finance & Operations Analyst
Jul 2024 – Sep 2026
ScopeBusiness Systems · Automation · AI Deployment

Expanded from finance and operations ownership into business systems, automation and applied AI as the company’s operational infrastructure evolved.

Working in a lean, cross-functional operating environment meant that finance, operations, systems and internal tooling were tightly connected. As the business grew, my role expanded from owning operational workflows to redesigning the systems behind them.

What I do now

Current role

AI & Automation

  • Multi-agent operations
  • AI knowledge workflows
  • Tool orchestration
  • Human approval controls

Business Systems

  • CRM / VRM
  • Platform migrations
  • Workflow architecture
  • Permissions and integrations

Project Delivery

  • Requirements gathering
  • Scoping and task planning
  • Milestones and status
  • UAT and rollout
  • Training and handover

Finance & Operations

  • AR / AP
  • Billing
  • Vendor operations
  • Contracts and approvals
  • Operating reviews

Data & Reporting

  • Salesforce
  • Scorecards
  • Operational reporting
  • Analytics
  • Data structure

Key contributions

  • AI Deployment

    Built multi-agent operational workflows and project knowledge systems with scoped tools and human controls.

  • Systems Transformation

    Led repeated migrations across work-management and collaboration platforms, rebuilding workflows, fields, permissions and automations.

  • Operational Infrastructure

    Built and maintained workflows across finance, contracts, vendors, people operations and company-wide reporting.

  • Project Delivery

    Ran internal requests as projects — requirements, scoping, task plans, milestones, UAT, training and rollout — so each automation or tool was delivered and adopted.

  • Data & Intelligence

    Designed structured CRM/VRM records, scorecards and reusable operational knowledge layers.

Earlier experience

Accounting, audit and finance

  • JOYY GroupInternal AuditorSep 2022 – Jan 2023
  • PrudentialCapital Management InternJul – Aug 2022
  • RSM ChinaIPO Program Inventory AuditorJun – Jul 2022
  • PwC YouPlusAssociate ConsultantJul – Aug 2020

Credentials

Enterprise systems · analytics · accounting & finance

  • Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator badgeSalesforce

    Certified Platform Administrator

    Enterprise SystemsView credential
  • Tableau Tableau Desktop Specialist badgeTableau

    Tableau Desktop Specialist

  • 8/13ACCA

    Diploma in Accounting and Business

    8 of 13 ACCA exams completed

    Accounting & Finance

Education

  • M.S. Management Information Systems — Database Technologies
    New York University
    GPA 3.87
  • Bachelor of Management in Accounting
    Guangdong University of Foreign Studies · ACCA / International Innovation Program
    GPA 3.70
  • Additional coursework
    Business / Finance / Data coursework
    UC Berkeley Haas
    GPA 3.91

Systems & tools

Grouped by depth of use

Core · hands-on
Business Systems
  • Lark
  • Salesforce
  • ClickUp
  • Airtable
  • Monday
  • DocuSign
AI & Automation
  • Claude
  • Codex
  • AnyGen
  • Make
  • Custom Apps
  • Browser Automation
Integration methodsAPIs · Webhooks
Finance & Operations
  • QuickBooks
  • Ramp
Data & Analytics
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Looker Studio
  • Python
Working knowledge
  • R
  • Zapier
  • SAP / ERP

How I got here

Career arceach layer stays · AI is added on top
  1. Accounting & Auditfoundation
  2. Finance & Operations+ how work runs
  3. Business Systems+ structure
  4. Automation & Data+ flow
  5. Applied AI+ newest layer

Looking for

Roles where understanding the business problem and implementing the system are the same job.

  • AI Deployment
  • Business Systems
  • Solutions / Implementation

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • French (basic)

Let’s talk about
the system behind the work.

Contacthello@yanyuzhou.devLinkedIn

Based in New York, NY · open to remote roles across countries and time zones. Interested in AI deployment, business systems and solutions roles.

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