>> My best advice is, I mean not that everything I've done is right but,
I listened to what somebody told me when I was a junior in college, you know,
go get your audit experience first.
You know I think that really lays the ground work
and helps you get a really good understanding of the accounting world
and financial statements and you know internal controls.
That really helps you build a great foundation for this type of work.
So anybody that wants to go into this type of work,
I would say get some experience in audit and then go apply.
Because I can't even explain like the skillset that I learned like just being able
to communicate with clients, how to write professional emails.
And as an auditor you're constantly interfacing with clients.
Where like now in my job, I don't.
I mostly work from the office.
I sometimes sit in on conference calls but that's more at the higher levels.
Where in audit you're thrown right out there on the first day making requests
from accounting managers that have been doing work for years and years and they look
at you like, you know, who the heck are you coming in here and requesting stuff from me?
So it helps you get a thicker skin and prepares you better
for you know the corporate environment.