
Leilani Wai
Financial Services Audit Associate
KPMG, LLP @ Irvine, CA. Jan. 21 Hire
Irvine, CA USA
“Only you will know deep down what is best for you and your family.”
KPMG, LLP @ Irvine, CA. Jan. 21 Hire
Irvine, CA USA
“Only you will know deep down what is best for you and your family.”
Financial Services Audit Associate
I work closely with my engagement team to ensure that we provide exceptional client service through our quality audits.
A day as an associate at KPMG might look like this: 9-930 - Check emails to help prioritize my tasks for the day 930-945 - Review audit support 945-10 - Communicate with IT Audit team 10-1245 - Document controls testing 1245-130 - Break 130-315 - More controls testing 315-4 - Get coached on something new by my teammates 4-530 - Onboard the newest member of the team below me 530-545 - Email client. This is a snapshot of just one of my workdays, but my day is dynamic and usually changes. Fun! :)
Here's the first step for college students
As mentioned in "Milestones," I pledged with Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), which makes your college career more demanding—but also more meaningful. If you're in college, pledge, or at the very least attend the recruiting events hosted by the firms you're interested in working at. Talk to people in the field. If you're nervous / intimidated to do this in person, I recommend perusing through profiles submitted by professionals who wanted to "Share Their Road." Take note of anyone you relate to. Reach out.
"You won't make it out here. You need to be thick-skinned and you're not. And you want to go into corporate America? You should just go back to Guam now because that's how you can best help your family: by being there. —Former manager, former friend"