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Sales Strategy and Operations with Matt Montsinger

Matt began his career with EY, splitting his time between the Audit and M&A groups. After two years, he pivoted to a sales strategy role within Gartner. Matt provides added background on his current role and how public accounting helped him get there.

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  • Audit to Strategy & Operations
  • Climbing the corporate ladder
  • Importance of good managers
  • Routine vs. project-based work
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Making the switch from Audit to Deals with Amanda Cook

Amanda started her career with PwC in the audit practice. After a few busy seasons, she wanted to explore other opportunities within the firm and landed in the deals group. Amanda provides her best practices and how to make internal career transitions.

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Lessons learned from our first 50 guests

We’ve sat down with 50 accounting and finance professionals to provide the story of how they’ve taken their careers to the next level. Here are our takeaways.

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Buying a CPA firm with Hannah Curtis

Hannah Curtis started her career at BKD and had an incredible opportunity to buy an existing firm when she was 24 years old. Read her story below!

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Working for the fastest growing company in KC with Tyler Peterson

Tyler started his career with KPMG in the audit practice. When he decided to make the switch, he joined a local startup that was about to hit a huge inflection point. Read on for more detail!

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Corporate development with Omar Jaroun

Omar started his career with PwC in the audit practice. He made the switch to the Deals group, which he parlayed into M&A roles on the industry side. Read on!

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From consulting to operations with Garret Prather

Garret Prather began his career with Deloitte’s consulting practice and leveraged this experience into ops roles with globally recognized companies. Read about working in Big 4 consulting and how to transition into operations!

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Turning an Amazon side hustle into a full-time job with Mitch M.

Mitch began his career with KPMG in the tax practice. Since then, he has started his own online wholesale business while still having time to grow a local Bitcoin community in his free time. Enjoy the read!

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Designing careers with Mollie Amkraut Mueller

Mollie Amkraut Mueller has an incredibly interesting story, both inside and outside of her time at EY. She recently launched a startup that's helping others design careers they love. Do read the full post!

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Going early-stage with Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson started his career at PwC and recently joined an early-stage SaaS business. Brian shares great perspective on growth opportunities provided by small, fast-growing companies. Enjoy!

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Emerging technology with Ananth Avva

Ananth Avva, originally from India, started his career at KMPG. Since leaving public accounting he has worked in equity research, in Google’s finance department, and for multiple startups. Ananth is currently the President and COO for Pipefy, a workflow automation platform.

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Working in venture capital with Nicole Bentz

Nicole Bentz started her career in risk assurance with PwC and now works in venture capital. Enjoy the read!

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Navigating the transaction space with Matt Phimphavong

Matt Phimphavong began his career with Grant Thornton in the Transaction Advisory practice. Since then, he has worked within the M&A arm of a Fortune 1000 company and most recently has jumped onboard with a VC firm where he focuses on seed stage investing. Read more below!

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Starting a startup inside Deloitte with Matt Spoke

Matt Spoke is the founder and CEO of Moves. Matt has one of the most unique Big 4 experiences we've come across yet. Read about it below!

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Never settling with Alex Federinko

Alex Federinko spent 10 years at Deloitte. During that time he was in three service lines, two countries and three offices. Alex is now working in venture capital and just started his MBA at the Darden School of Business where he is an Oculus Fellow. Do read the full interview!

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BCG Digital Ventures with Christoph Mueller

Christoph began his career with EY’s audit practice. From there, he joined a startup in London, got an MBA, and has carved out a space within BCG’s Digital Ventures team. Read on for more!

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Sales Strategy and Operations with Matt Montsinger

Matt began his career with EY, splitting his time between the Audit and M&A groups. After two years, he pivoted to a sales strategy role within Gartner. Matt provides added background on his current role and how public accounting helped him get there.

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Using a tax background to pivot into private equity with Colin Patrick

Colin Patrick started his career with Deloitte in the tax practice. Since then, he has worked for two prominent family offices in the DFW metropolitan area and is now the Chief Investment Officer overseeing a family’s alternative investment portfolio. Read on!

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From tax to deals with Ali Wahba

Ali Wahba left PwC once but came back for more! He started his career in tax, left for an industry position but recently re-joined the firm in their deals practice.

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Venturing for America with JoAnna Muenks

JoAnna Muenks started her career at Grant Thornton, is a Venture for America Fellow, and recently joined a growth equity firm. Enjoy the read!

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The risks and benefits of working in a high-growth environment with Jack Caffrey

Jack started his career at EY and is now a finance exec at a PE-backed healthcare company. Enjoy the read!

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Setting yourself up for success with Mike Kistler

Mike Kistler started his career at PwC and has since worked at two of the most recognizable names in business: Google and Amazon. This has led to many opportunities for Mike, including launching products, working in emerging markets, and living abroad. Read on!

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From audit to venture capital with David Barnthouse and George Lester

We have two guests today, David Barnthouse and George Lester. David (KPMG) and George (PwC) both started in public and now work at Nueterra Capital. Read on!

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Going through an IPO with Thomas McDermott

Thomas McDermott started with KPMG and now calls CrossFirst Bank home. The company has grown rapidly since its formation in 2007 and went public in 2019.

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Credit investing with Adam Peltzer

Adam was able to break into the investment industry after starting in tax with KPMG. He recently founded a new firm focused on credit investing. Read on!

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Entrepreneurship with Argel Sabillo

Argel Sabillo is a Deloitte alum, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. This post is the first time Argel has publicly shared his story. We’re thrilled he chose this platform to do so!

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Traveling the world with Aaron Saito

Aaron Saito rocketed up the ranks at PwC and now works in renewable energy infrastructure. Enjoy the read!

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Entrepreneurial obsession with Katie Thomas

After starting her career in tax at EY, Katie left public accounting to start her own business. Read about her entrepreneurial journey below!

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Boutique investment banking with Jack Rusgis

Jack started his career at EY and networked his way into investment banking when leaving the firm. Enjoy the read!

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Breaking into private equity with Ryan Roepke

Ryan Roepke left PwC (twice) to join the investing world. Read about it below!

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Getting promoted with Scott Moir

Scott Moir started his career at KPMG and now works in FP&A at a publicly-traded real estate technology firm.

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Meet the team: Lauren Rogers

The KBS team has added another! Lauren tells us about her accounting background and why she’s excited to join Kill Busy Season.

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Making the transition into FP&A with Landon Hood

Landon Hood began his career with PwC in the audit practice and left for an FP&A opportunity. Since then, he has progressed through the ranks and has valuable insight to someone looking to make a similar career transition. Read more for the full interview!

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The tax life with Amie Kuntz

Amie Kuntz is a freelance tax writer and consultant with 13 years experience in several areas of taxation. She also runs the tax and business blog Living the Tax Life. Hope you enjoy!

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Buy-side investment banking with Mandy Prather

Mandy Prather spent five years at BKD, staying until manager. She was considering partner track, but was convinced to jump into investment banking!

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Early stage investing with Ed Frindt

Ed Frindt is an EY alum and partner at KCRise, an early stage venture fund. Enjoy the read!

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Coaching up with Margie Carmody

Margie Carmody started her career at KPMG. After making manager, Margie left public accounting for a unique role at a registered investment advisor. Enjoy the read!

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Rapid growth with Glebb Popov

Glebb Popov is originally from Russia and is now making moves in the med device industry. Read on!

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Why I joined Kill Busy Season

Brig recently joined Kill Busy Season after starting his career at KPMG. Read on!

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Partnering with small businesses with Macey Singleton

Macey Singleton has experienced what it’s like working for accounting firms of all sizes. She always had her sights set on owning her own business, so at just 25 years old, she decided to open up her own firm. Read on!

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Diving into entrepreneurship with Meagan Dowell

Meagan Dowell spent 9 years in Tax with CBIZ. Meagan left public accounting in 2018 to start her own company. Read below!

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Climbing the corporate ladder with Mike Chalfant

Mike Chalfant spent two years at KPMG, leaving as an associate to join a small business in the logistics industry. Since joining the company, Mike has been promoted up the ranks and currently serves as the company’s President.

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Breaking into transactions services with Ryan McCarthy

Ryan McCarthy, a PwC alum, is an Associate Director of Healthcare Transaction Advisory at Berkeley Research Group.

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Startup life with Gentry Craig

Gentry Craig started his career at PwC and is now the Director of Finance at Payit, a govtech startup in Kansas City. Gentry is also working on an interesting side project! Hope you enjoy the read.

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Special situations investing with Laura Dalton

Laura Dalton worked in EY's financial services group and then joined a young alternative investment firm in Austin. Read on!

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Building a team with Blake Goodman

Blake Goodman left Deloitte as a manager to join one of Kansas City’s fastest-growing companies. Enjoy the read!

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Investing in boring businesses with Jeff Crowe

Jeff Crowe started his career at KPMG and recently transitioned into a private equity role. Read on!

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Working in real estate with Justin Gress

Justin started his career with KPMG in the audit practice. He followed his passion in real estate and landed at Maxus Properties, where he has been exposed to all aspects of accounting and finance. Read on!

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Leveraging networks with Bernardo Diaz

Bernardo Diaz was born in Mexico, finished high school in two years, and started his career at Deloitte. Since then he’s worked for some of the world’s biggest brands. Read about it below!

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Continuous learning with Andrea Biagioli

Andrea Biagioli is a voracious learner focused on building out her technical and leadership skillsets. She started out in public accounting and has since transitioned into a finance role. Read on!

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Transitioning out of tax with Spencer Glenn (Part 1 of 2)

Spencer Glenn is a PwC alum and made an interesting transition from tax to FP&A. We had so much good content with Spencer that we had to split the interview into two parts. Read the first part below!

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Venture studios with Blake Koriath

Blake Koriath is the CFO of High Alpha, a premier venture studio in Indianapolis. Blake does not have a public accounting background, but has great perspective on the industry and hires CPAs!

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Starting a writing business with Katie Minion

After spending 7 years in tax, Katie Minion left accounting — sort of — to start a writing career (and an art business). Read her story below!

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Building something new with Nick Buchanan

Nick Buchanan started his career at Deloitte. Upon leaving, he forwent the traditional accounting path to start something new. Read on!

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Talking to yourself with Clint Myers

Clint Myers is a former public accountant who now works in venture capital. Clint is also the founder of Kill Busy Season, so…uh…he’s interviewing himself today.

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Choosing your next employer with Spencer Glenn (part 2 of 2)

This is part 2 (of 2) of our interview with Spencer Glenn.

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Starting your own firm with Stephen Mock

Stephen Mock is retired BKD Partner. Stephen spent 30+ years in public accounting. He started and ran his own firm for 18 years and merged with BKD in 2006. Do read the full post.

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Business development with William Webster

William Webster spent 7 years on the tax side of public accounting. He now works in business development for Pitchbook in San Francisco. Enjoy the read!

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Technical accounting with Nate Frischknecht

Nate Frischknecht lives in Salt Lake City and is currently the Senior Manager of Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting at Venafi. Hope you enjoy!

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Consulting with Sean Kennedy

Sean Kennedy is currently a manager in RSM’s Litigation and Investigation Consulting practice. Enjoy the read!

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