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Andrew Trudnowski

Andrew Trudnowski

KPMG

Los Angeles, CA USA

"I am the only one that knows what I am personally capable of and I never have let opinions of others dictate what I try to accomplish."

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Andrew's work combines: Business, Education, and Teaching / Mentoring

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Day In The Life

Audit Senior Manager

I am a Senior Manager in the audit practice with a primary focus in Real Estate.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Palos Verdes High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    N/A

    Los Angeles Harbor College

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Accounting

    Charleston Southern University

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

Bachelor's Degree: N/A

Bachelor's Degree: Accounting

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    Not getting a college football scholarship out of high school, so I attended a junior college - 2007

  • 2.

    While still not being sure what I was looking for, I got a scholarship for college, but it was not to the college I was hoping for - 2009

  • 3.

    I found accounting and auditing to be extremely interesting, and pursued this in my career - 2010

  • 4.

    I got denied my first internship I interviewed for, so I then realized I had work to do - 2010

  • 5.

    I started with KPMG in the Los Angeles office upon graduation from college - 2011

  • 6.

    I did not get my CPA license in time to get promoted with my start class, and realized I had not only to get my test done within one year, but also take 14 college unit courses - 2016

  • 7.

    I obtained my CPA License, got straight A's on my college courses, and was promoted to manager - 2017

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Peers:

    I was always trying to take on too much and that decisions I made, such as having a family young, would hold me back from accomplishing my goals.

  • How I responded:

    I was late to the game in figuring out my CPA license, I was early to the game with starting my family, and I greatly struggled when initially starting my career. Regardless, I am the only one that knows what I am personally capable of, and I never have let opinions of others dictate what I try to accomplish. If we let others dictate where our limits stood, we would never progress. I didn’t do it to prove them wrong, I did it to show the next person that your only limits should be yourself.

Experiences and challenges that shaped me

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  • Some of my biggest struggles revolved around being able to comprehend large quantities of information/material, and apply it to my work/tests. With time and much practice, I found the ways I learn most productively for my job and testing application.