Joe Bonifaz
Senior Manager
PwC
Florham Park, NJ USA
“Although you'll sometimes feel alone and confused on what the future brings, this journey is our own and is worth it all.”
Education
High School
High Tech High School
High Tech High School
Career
Senior Manager
I provide services across businesses including Cybersecurity & Privacy, Internal Audit, and Risk and Compliance.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Technology
Business
Problem Solving
Day to Day
In my role, I help high-caliber clients across various industries identify and address significant risks caused by globalization, evolving business models and technology, and the changing regulatory environment. On a typical day, I am meeting with clients and my teams, advising on how to strategically assess internal controls and deliver on services that directly impact the financial information they report to the investing public and other stakeholders.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
Reach out to those already in the door. With LinkedIn and other social channels, it's not impossible to connect with someone for a few minutes to pick their brain on their careers and how they got to where they are. Many of us were in your shoes once!
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"Consider the work-life balance that you're about to give up on by going into public accounting. Perhaps starting a family will be a dream of the past. Do you think you'll actually make it to becoming a Partner? Were the long nights worth it?"
Challenges I Overcame
First-Generation College Student
