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    <title>Jobster: Answers by Mark Szott</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mark, How would you describe what you did at KPMG?</title>
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      <description>I Performed walk-through interviews to test controls over financial reporting to evaluate their effectiveness and document the results through written memorandums.

I also conducted analytical and detail procedures to assess clients' overall operational and financial performance.

I Performed control and substantive test work over account balances. 

I Planned the design and implementation of audit work for fiscal year-end financial statement audit engagements.


My primary experience is in conducting audits for clients in the manufacturing and consumer products industries.</description>
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      <title>Mark, How would you describe what you did at KPMG?</title>
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      <description>As a senior associate I have performed an asset impairment analysis according to IFRS 36.
	
I also supervise staff auditor's testwork on an engagement with eight entities.

I Conduct analytical and detail procedures to assess clients' overall operational and financial performance.

I am responsible for tracking hours and keeping the client and KPMG management informed on the status of the audit.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:52:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mark, How would you describe what you did at Michigan State University?</title>
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      <description>While working on my Bachelor of Arts Degree I was on the Dean's List six semesters throughout college and recived a cash scholarship from Institute of Management Accountants based on outstanding academic performance.

Through my coursework I acquired comprehensive understanding of financial accounting, cost accounting, government and not-for-profit accounting, federal income tax accounting, and auditing through successful completion of critical coursework, which included successfully completing an auditing project that involved checking documents for accuracy, verifying file locations and generating a trial balance and financial statements. 

I was a member of Michigan State University Accounting Club and served as a Member of Executive Board where I provided correspondence between the club and presenting companies, maintained the club's website, and chaired the Career Gallery Committee in 2003.

I was a Member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Management Accountants.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:43:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mark, How would you describe what you did at Michigan State University?</title>
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      <description>While at Michigan State I completed Accounting coursework that involved studying the role of corporate governance, financial statement analysis, and design of control systems to evaluate management's performance, database design, cost accounting, and international reporting standards.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:39:38 GMT</pubDate>
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