Hey everyone, my name is Caroline. I'm an audit
associate at PwC. And I'm about to start my day, so I thought I would take you through a
little day in my life. Kind of see what being an audit associate is like, so let's go. I'll
usually get up around 6:20 and get ready for the day. All right guys I'm about to take the
train into work. I usually take the Red Line to South Station from the train station nearest
to my house and that's only like half an hour. Then I hop on the Silver Line, so it's a super
streamlined process to get to work from my house. So, let's go. So, I graduated from Babson in
May of 2023 and when I was there I concentrated in Accounting. And I did an internship with
PwC which led into a full-time offer as an audit associate in the health industry sector,
which I'll explain a little bit more about what that means later, and I currently work out of
the Boston office as a hybrid employee. I'll get to the office, take the elevator all the way
up to the health floor, and I'll get settled in. I'll make a coffee and then I'll set all my
stuff in an office space cause I usually have an early morning team meeting. But, this
is kind of what the office space looks like. My team has team huddles pretty much every
morning just to check in with everyone's tasks and maybe any more tasks that need to get done
for the day. In my role we mainly serve Healthcare clients, so think of like biotechs, hospitals,
research institutions. And we're looking at their pieces of supporting documentation to
back up the numbers that they're presenting in their financial statements, so it's really
cool cause you also do get to travel to client sites and everything and kind of see a little bit
of the behind the scenes that you wouldn't as an ordinary person. I started my role in October,
so I've been here for about 4 months. But one thing I think of a lot is how Babson definitely
set me up for success my role, and the number one thing that comes to mind is public speaking. We
get so many opportunities to do that at Babson through presentations ranging from FME - just to any class, honestly. And I feel like I'm not ever scared to present my ideas in a meeting or
speak up for myself, so I'm definitely glad I got that experience at Babson. At Babson I was the VP of
Marketing for the Babson Accounting Club. I was an FME Accounting Mentor. I was also a financial
accounting tutor. And I felt like there were so many avenues for me to kind of demonstrate my
leadership and lead people that were interested in accounting or needed help with accounting. And I
think that definitely set me apart as an applicant - showing my passion for accounting and also my
passion for things outside of accounting. I was also the VP of Women Who Lift. Shout out
Women Who Lift always. But there were so many opportunities for me to build leadership skills
at Babson and I think that definitely allowed me to excel in my role. I was also a member
of Chi Omega when I was at Babson and I got to be Treasurer for a little bit which was really
great experience with accounting and finance. And, not to mention Babson had amazing resources
for obtaining an internship or a job offer and I mainly used the mock interviews that CCD did.
And it was really nice to kind of practice my interview skills in real time, with a real person.
And, I would obviously be remiss if I didn't give a shout out to the Accounting Department who is
so so supportive of any accounting endeavor you might have. And, I feel like that support definitely
uplifted me to reach for my biggest of dreams when it came to a career in accounting. And, I think
overall I'm so grateful that Babson was able to give me a world of opportunity and experience and
I don't know if I would have gotten that anywhere else. After lunch I worked some more on tasks
that I was assigned for the day and look at this view. It is absolutely stunning. It is
just so beautiful looking out the window and seeing a beautiful waterfront or, you know,
some really nice buildings. I ended up logging off around 6pm this day, and before I went
home I had to stop by the grocery store of course. And, I love working in Seaport
because there are just so many things to do or it's just super convenient to grab
groceries before going home. So, that is what I did. And, then I ended up taking
the train home to Quincy per usual. So, I just got in my car and I'm about
to head home and have dinner. But, I hope today kind of encapsulated what it's like
to be an audit associate at PwC in the health industry sector. I am still fairly new, so I'm
still learning the ropes and everything. But, I hope today kind of gave you a good idea of
what it's like. If you have any questions feel free to reach out, learn about
anything it is that you want to learn about me, I am more than happy to help. But, thank you for
watching this and I hope you have a great rest of your day.