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Shawn Cortese

Shawn Cortese

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Florham Park, NJ USA

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Shawn's work combines: Education, Business, and Problem Solving

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Day In The Life

Director

I work with public companies, and those working to become public, to assist in solving accounting & reporting matters.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Parsippany High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Accounting

    Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Accountants and Auditors:

Bachelor's Degree: Accounting

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Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Society in general:

    How could you like dealing with numbers all day?

  • How I responded:

    I don't deal with numbers most of the time! Accounting is not just crunching numbers or doing tax returns. There are many aspects of accounting—my career has focused on collaborating with peers to problem solve and mentor.