Post Published: May 13, 2019 Name: Novogradac & Company LLP Speaker Meeting Date: May 9, 2019 Presenter: Brittany Rodriguez, Recruiter Contact Info: brittany.rodriguez@novoco.com/ 562-256-2322 Topic: Landing the Job of Your Dreams Before the interview: ● Resumes ○ Resumes don’t get jobs, people do! Avoid internet depression ○ One page for students, include your GPA, use bullet points, use numbers to quantify accomplishments, power verbs - controlled, developed, administered,

Post Published: May 1, 2019 Name: RKE Speaker Meeting Date: April 30, 2019 Recruiting Manager – Jenna Partner – Adam Wallace Partner – Gregory Starkey True work life balance at RKE. Maximum hours 60-65 hours a week. About RKE · Founded in 2006 · Torrance, CA · Full service public accounting firm (Tax, Audit, Consulting) · Nine partners · Started by a founder who worked at Moss Adams Clients · Industries o Apparel o Manufacturing & Distributions o Food & Beverage o Service pro

Post Published: April 24, 2019 Name: Accountemps Speaker Meeting Date: April 18, 2019 Presenters: Annie Choi & Joseph Sapida A Robert Half Company: - Help people find jobs Job Search Strategy: - Common misunderstanding - Only consider full-time employment - Apply as many jobs as possible (Applicant tracking system - look for keywords in your resume) - Your skills are top notch (any company would want to hire you) - Use job boards - Cast a wide net - Go back in time - Post you

Post Published: April 24, 2019 Name: HKG, LLP Speaker Meeting Date: April 23, 2019 Small/Mid-Size vs. Big Four Accounting - Client Base: Medium to small - Many jobs that are shorter in duration - Wide variety in types of clients - Travel is limited but available is desired - Making Parking - Average length of time is 12 years - Chances are 1 out of 20 You work with managers and partners quite often in a small mid-size accounting firm. Big Four Accounting Forms - Client base o

Post Published: April 17, 2019 Name: LSL Speaker Meeting Date: April 16, 2019 Adam – Partner at LSL (Financial Reporting) - LSL Established in 1929 - Regional firm - Three offices o Orange County – Brea and Santa Ana Services - Audit and Attestation services - Advisory - Tax and Financial planning - International Tax Services - Accounting and Financial services Clients - Variety of clients from large to small - Government and commercial o Auto dealers o Governments (Cities, d

Post Published: April 10, 2019 Name: Becker Speaker Meeting Date: April 9, 2019 Presenter: Nahal Email: nshafagh@becker.com Nahal is previous recruiter for PWC The Pathway to CPA Why CPA? · 5%-15% MORE money!! · Employment opportunities · 75% of AICPA members will retire by 2020 (Baby boomers) Steps to Becoming a CPA 1. Qualify – Meet state requirements 2. Apply – Submit your application and payment to sit for the CPA exam. Receive your Notice-to-Schedule (NTS) 3. Enroll in B

Post Published: March 27, 2019 Name: LA Water District Date: March 26, 2019 Only require resume to apply. Deadline is March 31st. Salary is around $80,000 a year Utility Accountants Department of Water Power Been great working with DWP, because better work life balance. Government job DWP is largest municipality owned utility company - Make the best employer list for Forbes in 2018 and serve a million and a half customer to residential and commercial customer. - Provides wate

Post Published: March 6, 2019 Firm Name: White Nelson Diehl Evans (WNDE) Date: March 5, 2019 Sandra Hague, Talent Acquisition Manager Alex Diaz, Tax Junior Felix Badillo, Tax Intern HQ firm located in Irvine. Who Are We? Full – service firm · Assurance · Tax 12th in top of accounting firm in OC. One of Southern California’s largest regional accounting and consulting firm Second office – Carlsbad, CA · 150 Irvine Employees · 12 Spring interns Summer leadership program is a cat

Post Published: February 27, 2019 Firm Name: SingerLewak Date: February 26, 2019 Public Accounting as a Profession / Differences between Audit and Tax and the Different Firms’ Sizes Cecilia Sanudo, Senior Manager – Audit & Assurance Jackie Fountain, Manager – Tax Experiences, path in public accounting, who to recruit for, and what decisions to make. Important to figure out what you want to do with your career in the future Different types of clients. Gives you the ability to

Post Published: February 21, 2019 Firm Name: KPMG Date: February 19, 2019 RESUME DROP DEADLINE – 03/05 Recruiter: Janelle What is an Audit? What is Audit? Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkKO9ZNyOIc An audit is an examination of a company’s financial records to determine if they are fairly presented, free from material error and in accordance with what are called Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Simply Put… Auditors perform tests of the accounting r

Post Published: Feb 13, 2019 Firm Name: Deloitte Date: February 12, 2019 Campus Recruiter Deloitte: Kelly; Started in September Summer Taylor: Managing director (Nonequity partner). Been with Deloitte for 20 years in the OC office Pete Rodriguez: Started in LA office and moved to OC office Arash: CSUF Alumni and graduated last spring Avan: Last semester in CSUF and started in tax in June Raed: Did SLP and will be doing audit intern Karina: Rotational intern Jocelyn: Tax inter

Post Published: Feb 6, 2019 Firm Name: Ernst & Young (EY) Date: February 5, 2019 Campus Recruiter EY: Jackie Devitte Changes with Recruiting Freshmen: Apply to Global Perspectives Conference Sophomores: Summer 2020 Service Line Internship | Assurance | Tax | Risk Advisory Assessed for this early internship offer, including invite to the 2019 Emerging Leaders Program Juniors: Summer 2019 Service Line Internship | Assurance | Tax | Risk Advisory Seniors: Full Time Opportunities

Post Published: Feb 6, 2019 Firm Name: RSM Date: 1/29/2019 RSM Representatives Jeff Kim – PCS Superviser Private Client Service Fun Fact – Finished a full marathon David Griffin – Partner 17 years, CSUF Alumni Fun fact – Done a marathon but never finish one Jeff – CSUF Alumni Fun Fact – Been to Vegas and saw the actual Elvis Presley Robert Chamberlin – Audit associate Graduated and started with RSM 4 weeks ago Fun Fact Hiked Catalina trails Amanda Nguyen – Audit Intern Matthe

Post Published: Oct 12 Firm Name: RKE LLP Date: October 9, 2018 Professionals: Andrew Stah – Tax senior - 8 years with the company - Started in DC area - First setback: Finance Degree 2009 Juan – Tax associate - CSUF alumni Background: - Founded 2006 - Torrance, CA - Full service (60% tax) - Nine Partners - 50 Professional Clients: - Apparel - MFG & Distribution - Food and beverage - Service Providers - Revenues up to $300 million - Privately held middle-market companies o So

Post Published: Oct 12 Firm Name: RSM Date: October 2, 2018 Professionals: Jeff Altshuler– Audit Partner Robert Eyler – Audit Manager Ayaz Kermalli – Audit Associate Kasey Noble – Campus Recruiter RSM Overview: Largest firm world-wide focused on serving the middle market. 5th largest audit firm – Audit, Tax, and Consulting 1. Prep work before interview - Research o Really know the position - Specific job responsibilities - What are you interviewing for? o Know the employer -

Post Published: Oct 12 Firm Name: Moss Adams Date: September 25, 2018 Professionals: Brenda Torres – Tax Jon Liu - Tax Nick Bergamo – Assurance New Hires & Interns: Art – Tax Full Time Joanna – Incoming Intern (SLP) Dianne – Audit Lizzy – Tax Intern Thomas – Full Time Offer (Audit) Background: Footprint: Expanding west to east “Even though they are mid-tier, they do have clients across the US, such as, going to open an office in Shanghai.” GPA Requirements: Will not look at r

Post Published: Sept 20 Firm Name: Deloitte LLP Date: September 18, 2018 Professionals: Claire Chang – Recruiter Francis – Audit senior Dani – 2nd year audit Cara – 2nd year tax Jason Fernandez – Audit senior manager Jimmy Ngo – Tax Manager What is public accounting? o Broad range of accounting audit tax and consulting o Corps, govt, non-profits o Exposure to a lot opportunity involving big corps and C-suite professionals - Deloitte is the biggest in terms of size Who are we?

Post Published: Sept 20 Firm Name: EY Date: September 11, 2018 Professionals: Jackie Devitt – 5 years, Recruiter (Spanish major/ speaks fluently) Amy - Senior, 4 years, Audit service Jimmy Levers - CSUF alum, Senior manager (real estate practice, KBS real estate, Chipotle) Four industrial revolution Disruption Industrial revolution TRANSFORMATION Everything is about data Data information – marketing that is done through analytics Changing the way things are done Technological

Post Published: Sept 11 Firm Name: Skinner Fouch & Olson, LLP Date: September 4, 2018 Website: http://www.sfostax.com/ Professionals in attendance: Tim Reyes Been with the firm with 14 years CSUF alumna Grant Bishop Undergraduate from UCLA 15’ Master’s in taxation from CSUF Founded in 2004 Currently have about 20 employees Tax service only Facts: Specialize in real estate, principals and partnership taxation (85%) Strip centers, home builders Tax return make-up Partnerships,

Firm: RKE LLP Date: April 3, 2018 Website: https://rkellp.com/ Presenters: Matt Regan - Tax Manager Started his CPA career when he joined RKE in 2010 Received a Bachelors degree from Loyola Marymount University Josh Ramsey - Tax Professional Formally worked in private accounting Had previously been in audit and consulting before switching to tax Received a Bachelors degree from California State University, Long Beach About the firm: Founded in 2006 and located in Torrance, CA