Join us at the Master in Professional Accounting (MPA) Current Student and Alumni Panel to meet five people who have experienced the MPA program first-hand. You’ll hear about their time in the program, why they chose to study accounting, and their career path since graduating from the program. Plus, you’ll get the chance to ask the students and alumni questions.
Register here! We’ll see you Tuesday, November 30 from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. CT.
Meet the Panelists:
Kashif Ali, MPA ‘22 – Current Student
Kashif is an integrated MPA student who will be graduating this spring. He has held multiple internships in both public accounting and industry organizations, including data strategy and accounting at Amherst Holdings, tax management consulting at Deloitte, and financial analysis at Amazon. This summer after graduation, he will going to work full-time at Amazon as a Product Manager.
Marie Chhiber, MPA ‘22 – Current Student
Marie received her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in Cello Performance. As she pursued her music career and ran her own business, she discovered she enjoyed accounting (especially tax) and decided to take the plunge and change careers. Marie is seeking a tax accounting role with a medium- to large-sized tech-forward company and will be pursuing the CPA licensure.
Chad Clark, MPA ‘09 – Director of Financial Markets, PwC
Chad has spent more than 12 years in PwC’s Financial Markets and Real Estate practice. He is a subject matter specialist, focused on the taxation of securitization transactions and tax reporting for entities that hold or issue debt and complex financial instruments. His professional experience includes tax planning and reporting for corporations that hold or issue complex financial instruments, taxation of securitization transactions, and developing and enhancing tax applications and processes for debt transactions.
César Guerra, MPA ‘06 – Sr. Director-Process Excellence, Aon
César is Senior Director for Process Excellence for Automation & Transitions at Aon. His job is primarily focused on delivering reusable and scalable solutions that will help drive process optimization and efficiency globally. He currently leads a multi-disciplinary organization across the US, UK, India, and Poland. Prior to joining Aon, César was both at Amazon and General Motors. Throughout his career, he has held several leadership positions across multiple areas such as M&A, Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit and Business Services.
Katy McNey, MPA ‘11 – Sr. Manager, KPMG
Katy joined KPMG Dallas in January 2012 after graduating from the MPA program. As a Tax Senior Manager and CPA, she has over nine years of experience assisting clients with US tax compliance and consulting related to cross-border transactions. From January 2015 to April 2016, Katy served as a Seconded Assistant Manager within KPMG Hong Kong’s US tax practice. She also has significant experience managing large internal teams in a virtual environment and has been selected to serve on various internal KPMG councils which focus on firm strategy and growth.
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