Manager
Joined: 16 Nov 2013
Posts: 51
Given Kudos: 6
Concentration: General Management, Finance
Profile Eval
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09 Aug 2014, 21:26
Profile Eval Request:
- white male
- 710 GMAT
- Bachelors degree at state school, 4.0GPA
- Masters in Accounting, 3.8GPA
-CPA
Work: Big 4 auditor with 4 yrs experience at matriculation; experience in Healthcare, Asset Management & Life Insurance industries (private & public companies, governmental entities & NFPs); promoted to senior associate in 2 yrs v. the standard 3 yrs; lead senior associate on largest client in greater atlanta market (Bham, Nashville, ATL); tons of experience leading teams of 3-7 and working in larger teams of up to 100; substantial work with cross functional teams across the US & the globe (UK, France, Greece, Australia, India, Argentina); worked on $1 billion acquisition of life & annuity entity and currently working on $5.8 billion pending merger; responsible for creating budgets for engagement team, including a 26,000 hour budget on largest audit client in my market; instructor & career mentor for younger staff, teaching classes on ethics and technical accounting issues; campus recruiter for US firm
Outside of work: worked with 2 charities in impoverished areas of Alabama, teaching children about personal finance & raising awareness about literacy; highly involved in church, leading worship teams of 4-5 for services with 100 in attendance; highly involved in another ministry focused on physical & spiritual racial reconciliation in the Deep South; helps organize several 24-48 hr outreaches to a recovery center for at risk and recovering women; lots of international travel (UK, Ireland, Thailand, Jordan, Romania, Israel, Canada and Mexico)
Career goal: work with a small, new PE firm in the south
Schools: Harvard, Darden, Fuqua, London Business School, Mccombs
Concerns: Given my demanding work schedule, I was only able to spend 2 weeks on the GMAt. I'm confident I could've done much better with more study time but I'm applying class of 2017; is this going to hurt me?