The Leadership Experience Many of you have spiffed up resumes, belabored through behavior-based questions, and paid attention to program presentations, all in an effort to obtain a coveted spot in one of the firms’ summer leadership programs.  But now that you’ve got the spot,...

     We had the amazing opportunity to hear from forensic accountants working for the Berkeley Research Group, a leading consulting and globe expert services firm that provides independent expert testimony.  Jeff Shaw and Matt Babcock came to us and gave us the best presentation yet for forensic accounting.  The walked us through the “Life as a Forensic Accountant.” ...

Hollie Andrus and Deborah Davis from the Utah State Auditor’s Office came and showed us how stateauditors work. The Utah state auditor’s office is the official office that audits the state of Utah. TheUtah state auditor’s office is like the Deloitte and KPMG employees for the state. They go and auditentities that are owned by the state, which are required by the state constitution...

This last Thursday Eric Lee from Grant Thornton came and gave us a deeper look at forensic accounting and fraud. In case you were not able to come to both meetings about this subject, forensic accounting is the identification, gathering, and interpretation of financial information suitable...

Mortgaged backed securitizations. The very name of these financial instruments most likely brings up bad memories for the average citizen in the United States. This last week we were visited by Peter Christensen, a VP in Goldman's BHC Regulatory Capital Group, and we learned more about...