It has been five years since my first post on Feb. 18, 2006. In a way it’s the 5-year anniversary for this blog, but I haven’t really been writing as frequently lately as I should be in order to claim that legit­i­mately. This is my first post in 2011! So to celebrate, I’m raiding the archives […]

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Got an email last week about an update to the Decisions Matter ad campaign the CICA has been running for the desig­nation: The Decisions Matter ad campaign is aimed at shifting the tradi­tional perception of the CA desig­nation and promoting CAs as business leaders and key decision-makers in every organi­zation. The campaign is very different […]

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Dear readers, It is with great reluc­tance that I announce the closing of this blog. As of this Friday, May 9, 2008, I will leave public accounting to pursue new oppor­tu­nities in the wide world of industry in internal audit. I have met a lot of great people within the profession through this blog and it […]

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It’s that time of the year again and I’m feeling nostalgic. It was just over a year ago last year when I learned that I had passed the final hurdle to obtaining my much sought-after CA desig­nation (notwith­standing that pesky experience requirement which continues to elude me), the UFE. This year’s results are out this Friday, […]

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I’m going to have a fast-paced week again. This week I’m working on two clients from jobs that have wrapped up field work and two clients whose field work has yet to begin. On the two post field work jobs, I’ll be auditing the consol­i­dation of several large private companies and clearing review notes and documenting […]

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