Daniel Zamora
KPMG
New York, NY USA
"An auditor will never experience a boring and routine day at work."
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Daniel's work combines: Business, Entrepreneurship, and Learning / Being Challenged
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Accounting and Finance
University of Central Florida
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Audit Senior Manager:
Bachelor's Degree: Accounting and Finance
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Wanted to be an investment banker.
2.
Studied finance, first.
3.
Decided to get a second degree in accounting.
4.
I loved it so much, I decided to change my career route from investment banking to accounting.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
There is no interaction with others and all we do is deal with numbers.
How I responded:
Although we do work with financial statements, which entails numbers, the math is elementary. The complexity of our work is truly driven by our expertise with accounting and auditing standards. We also learn different facets of a business and industry, and in turn, we experience how various companies operate their businesses. The numbers are utilized to depict the health of a company and its consequences.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
My parents came to the U.S. as immigrants and were forced to work at a very early age. They never had a chance to go to college. I used my parents as motivation to better myself and my family by studying hard and getting good grades.