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Talking to my son’s 1st grade class tomorrow for career day. How do I explain what I do? 🤪

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Billy tells me he has 3 crayons and 5 markers….. i count billy’s 3 crayons and 5 markers and he pays me in candy so i can tell jessica that you have the goods

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True story. So I spoke in my kids tK class, came up with this “great” presentation involving counting different colored paper clips. The guy after me was an FBI agent with a bullet proof vest and handcuffs. It’s been years and My kids still remind me of that story!!

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“I review work prepared by 22 year old accountants who don’t know what they’re doing and leave vaguely worded notes for them to figure out what to fix. It’s like a puzzle on both ends.”

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I would just tell them you are a fire fighter!

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Tell them you do not do taxes

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Warn them!

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CHERISH IT

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I’m here just to read the comments 🍿🍿

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Update: it went ok. I pretended I was a controller in industry and said I count money and make sure sales and expenses are correct and create reports.
When my son got home from the school the one career he could not stop talking about was (drum roll) “a drink maker” 😂

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A good drink maker makes more than an A1.

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I dare you to kick it off with a derivatives and hedging seminar followed by a debt/equity section…

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I was thinking about walking through the VIE checklist 🤣

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In school settings, I always go with a comparison of the financial statements to a students report card, except that the companies create their report card themselves, and thats why we need auditors to make sure that their "report card" is actually true. Because so many people rely on a company's report card, ie. Financial statements

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This is good. Where were you yesterday!!!!!

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For companies to be able to sell their products and services that help people, they need to get cash from banks or people to pay for their ideas. I help those people giving them money better understand what the company does and whether it’s a good place to put their money. If it weren’t for me, none of your parents would have jobs because no one would give the companies they work for money.

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Not even that really...

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My 2yo thinks I “count money and tell people when they count money wrong”

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Profesional double checker

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You make sure numbers match

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Inventories and taxes ;)

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Police for the financial markets!

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Say you make sure that adults don’t lie on paper

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Well put 👏🏽

check numbers

just show a bunch of clips from the movie pretty woman.

You're a senior manager. Talk about the fun times where you get to go b/s with the clients. Golf games, happy hours, parties... Make sure not to mention RFPs, personnel reviews, and client relationship management.

I do experiments to test the total cash or equivalent of cash.

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