The biggest misconception is that it’s merely administrative, when in reality, this position is responsible for coordinating success in all facets - acting as a liaison between clients and the firm, identifying and implementing workflow improvements, managing software tools, facilitating internal & external communication, and assisting with marketing and strategic planning.

People often think my job is just paperwork, and while there is a lot of that, there is much more to be done. I do everything in the office, except give investment advice. And I’m even licensed to do that as well. But, I prefer to be behind the scenes, making sure everything works like a well-oiled machine.

People assume that the role of an Intern involves only coffee runs and making copies when in fact most of us are doing full time Tax Preparation.

People’s first assumption about me is that I love numbers; I do not. I love puzzles and I truly believe that tax planning is simply a massive puzzle begging to be solved.

The biggest misconception people have about my position is that the more experienced an accountant is, the more they talk in incomprehensible numbers. I have found that we accountants tend to start learning incomprehensible numbers right away, then spend the rest of our lives learning to translate those numbers into human speech. The more experienced the accountant, the better he or she should be at understanding and explaining.

That once a shareholder you have more time to do “fun stuff”. Not so! The responsibility to Staff and my clients is still there and more so. But I wouldn’t change it.

Everyday is different... there is not a day that I come into work and my day goes exactly as planned, I love it! I think most would think that operations is not very exciting, especially at an accounting firm. But it is just the opposite. There are so many moving parts and with our growth and expansion we have exciting things going on all of the time.

That we are all super introverted and our favorite thing is crunching numbers. A lot of us are social and our favorite part of the job is meeting clients.

As an intern, there is more of a misconception about day-to-day tasks, with assumed tasks going along the lines of getting coffee or scanning papers. In reality, there is a lot more hands-on accounting work that allows for someone like me as an intern to prepare taxes.