
Tayler Hildreth
Senior Audit Associate
KPMG
Memphis, TN USA
“No matter how much planning you do, life can take you anywhere unexpectedly!”
KPMG
Memphis, TN USA
“No matter how much planning you do, life can take you anywhere unexpectedly!”
Senior Audit Associate
I provide investors with an opinion on my clients' financial statements to determine if they are fairly stated or not.
One of the fun parts of my job is mentoring those who work under me (associates and interns). I share with them knowledge of things I wish I would have known at their position to help them get a head start. Additionally, I analyze my clients' financial data and accounting results in order to determine where risks may be and develop an audit procedure to address these risks.
Here's the first step for college students
I would say do research. Find someone who is doing what you want to do and ask them what their day looks like. This way you will be able to get insight on how it will be when you start your career. If possible, ask to either shadow them or intern with the company you are looking to work for. It gives you that first exposure to determine if you are still interested in doing it after you have talked and seen what it is like to work in that particular career.
"Public accounting can be stressful, time consuming, and hard at times, you may not like it or last there long."