Andrew and Sarah met early on during their time in the Business Honors Program at Leadership Kickoff their Freshman year. Both Sarah and Andrew come from burnt orange and accounting families and have been avid Texas fans their entire lives. The couple got married in 2021 and you can often find them hanging out with family and friends watching Texas athletics over some good Tex-Mex.
Both Sarah and Andrew majored in Business Honors and Accounting and continued onto the iMPA program to earn their Masters in Professional Accounting. Andrew also majored in Plan II Honors. Sarah stated that she was drawn to the Business Honors Program for its small classroom settings, the personal professor-student relationships, and its rigorous course-load. After some time in the program, she found that her favorite aspect of the program wass the tight-knit community that it built.
Now, Sarah and Andrew are both Senior Associates at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Dallas, TX. Sarah works in the audit group where she serves public Consumer Service and Industrial Products clients. She works with engagement teams to perform audit procedures over companies’ internal controls over financial reporting and their financial statements to provide reasonable assurance that the financials are free from material error, as well as provide specific audit findings, to users of their financial statements. Andrew works in Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services, which is a part of the Consulting solutions practice, specifically in the Deals platform. He provides accounting services for transactions – IPOs, acquisitions, divestitures, etc., helping both industry and private equity clients. Sarah and Andrew are also a part of the PwC UT Recruiting team!
When asked about what impactful moments led her to her career at PwC, Sarah said, “Throughout my career I have always prioritized raising my hand – to help others or take on more work, etc. At times this effort has brought an overload of work, which over time has allowed me to learn to build work/life boundaries; But often, this effort has provided me with numerous opportunities to be faced with a challenge in which I typically was unable to solve alone. These challenges taught me to use all resources I have access to, to reach out to my superiors and learn from their experiences, and to also share in the knowledge I gain from conquering these challenges.”
Separately, Andrew said that it was his class with Professor Steven Smith that convinced him to go into accounting. Furthermore, growing up he often recalled a the national championship UT won in 2005, which encouraged him to work hard in high school so he could attend UT.
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“Canfield helped me in many ways, but I would say the two biggest are giving me a great community of friends in college that helped drive me to work hard and think about my future, and secondly by putting me in numerous group work situations. The group dynamics are probably the most important thing about the jobs that business students will go in to, and there are no better teams than those of BHP students”, said Andrew when talking about the moments he felt that Canfield Business Honors most impacted his career.
Sarah and Andrew will soon be making a big move to PwC Switzerland. There, they will be partaking in a 2-year rotation with the company. They have always wanted to live and Europe and have had a shared interest in the region since they each studied abroad in Europe in 2016 (Sarah – London, Andrew – Rome). During this rotation they will continue their same work that they are currently doing as US audit/consulting resources.
We asked both Sarah and Andrew if they had any advice for current Canfield BHP students, and this is what they had to say:
Sarah: “I recommend all BHP students participate in everything the program has to offer – HBA, professor/TA office hours and events, optional courses, group study sessions, program socials, etc. The BHP faculty and community is one of the best resources I invested in while I was at UT and I am forever grateful for the knowledge, skill sets, friends and mentors it has provided with me throughout the years.”
Andrew: “Enjoy the 4 or 5 years – you don’t get it back! Join as many clubs and organizations as you can your first 2 years – those relationships you build will remain very important in your careers. Don’t worry about getting a job – you’ll get a great one.”