Having spent the past 3+ years in internal audit, first for a global building materials manufac­turer and now with a Canadian retailer, I figured I ought to go for the certi­fi­cation and make it official. So, a couple months ago I committed to earning the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) desig­nation. The first step was to […]

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Got the email from the ICAO this afternoon at about 4:30. I was accepted as a member (i.e. a Chartered Accountant) on the March 24 committee meeting! So, with that, my blog has no purpose. It all began shortly after I passed the CKE in early 2006, and you’ve been following my journey down the […]

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The silence from this blog lately has been deafening. Time to pick the low-hanging fruit and churn out something, anything, to let my readers know I’m not dead yet. First of all, my buddy Krupo’s been cranking out quality, enter­taining posts every other day it seems. In this latest post on unions, he lays the smack […]

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I’ve been very busy the past week at a job out of town, which continues this week. Blog posts have slowed to a trickle again. It’s the first job I’ve been on that is away from home, but it hasn’t been too bad and the hours we’ve been working aren’t excessive for busy season. There […]

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An article in WebCPA talks about the steps midsize firms in particular are taking to ensure their young people stay put: More midsized firms are starting to address this issue by paying attention to what younger people need to stay engaged. Some are including younger staff members in more signif­icant firm decisions through advisory boards; others […]

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