Ear on Careers – Kimberly Manis, Senior Supervisory Analyst
January 28, 2011
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In this episode of “Ear on Careers,” we are pleased to welcome Kimberly Manis, a Senior Supervisory Analyst with a financial services firm in New York City.
Kim graduated from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, and a minor in Biology. After working for ten years for an educational company, Kim decided it was time for a change so she earned her Masters in Business Administration from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Kim soon found herself working on Wall Street first as an Editor, and then as a Supervisory Analyst in an Equity Research Department. In her current position, she is a Senior Supervisory Analyst. Kim is responsible for producing and editing reports, prepared by Research Analysts, concerning individual companies and broad-based sectors. In addition to making sure that the reports are clear to investors, she also reviews financial models and ensures compliance with all of the legal and regulatory rules governing the financial services industry. The two licensing routes to becoming a Supervisory Analyst are (1) the Series 16, OR (2) Series 7, 24, 63 and 87 (Kim has these licenses). Click here to go to an informational blog about being a “SA.”
Listen as Kim describes a “typical day” for her, which starts at 4 am. She shares a “war story” that really illustrates the need for a “thick skin” in her line of work. In addition, Kim offers tips for those listeners who want to follow in her footsteps, as well as what surprises her the most about her profession. We hope this podcast gives you some insights into how you can be a part of the exhilarating and unpredictable world of Wall Street: “Booyah!”
Top-Tier Tutoring is very excited to bring you the web’s premiere “career day” podcast series – what we call “Ear on Careers.” This series of podcasts is designed to introduce our listeners to successful leaders in a variety of different fields, including business, industry, medicine, the arts, and so much more.
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Ear on Careers – Sarah Ober, Accountant
October 15, 2009
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Sarah Ober, Accountant
In this episode of “Ear on Careers”, we are pleased to welcome Sarah Ober, an accountant with Tobia & Hillyer in Fairfield, New Jersey, www.tobiahillyer.com.
Sarah’s path to becoming an accountant is not at all what you would imagine. She never even took one accounting class in college! She graduated from Seton Hall with a degree in International Relations and a minor in business, and planned to work at the World Bank. A requirement before applying there, however, was having experience in the working world. It so happened that Sarah was hired by the accounting firm of Tobia & Hillyer as an Office Manager, and simply fell in love with tax returns!
Sarah has now worked at Tobia & Hillyer for seven years, and has earned two Master’s Degrees in Tax. In her position, she reviews bookkeeping and tax returns for small companies and individuals and says that there is no typical day. In fact, during tax season, Sarah logs 12 hour days, 7 days a week, and loves every minute of it. Sarah is very proud of her recent IRS win in tax court, as she is an enrolled agent with the IRS and was able to secure a sizeable victory for her client who had lost all receipts in a fire. She credits her win to her knowledge of tax law and her people skills, obviously an unstoppable combination.
Sarah offers the following advice for aspiring accountants – take advantage of any internships offered at your college. She also suggests taking accounting classes and learning how to multitask. We hope that Sarah’s story will inspire you to consider a career in accounting, a complex field that challenges you to provide answers to clients in all types of situations.
Top-Tier Tutoring is very excited to bring you the web’s first “career day” podcast series – what we call “Ear on Careers.” This series of podcasts is designed to introduce our listeners to successful leaders in a variety of different fields, including business, industry, medicine, the arts, and so much more.
We welcome your feedback. Send us an email or give us a call at 973-243-1212.
Ear on Careers – Pat Nocito, Banker
June 11, 2009
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Pat Nocito, Banker
We are very excited to bring to you our first episode in what is hoped to be a very long series of podcasts: “Ear on Careers.” This series of podcasts is designed to introduce our listeners to successful leaders in a variety of different fields, including business, industry, medicine, the arts, and so much more. Consider this your podcast “career day”!
For our first episode, we are pleased to welcome Pat Nocito, a Vice President and Branch Manager at Capital One Bank in West Caldwell, New Jersey. Pat’s route to banking was certainly anything but direct but, in hindsight, his undergraduate degree in psychology (with a minor in finance) prepared him well for the tasks he faces daily. He explains that banking is not just crunching numbers, but really is all about people – connecting businesses to other businesses to develop relationships, and enhance everyone’s bottom line. A “typical” day for Pat consists of multitasking; dealing with the finance side of the business as well as the various people, from bosses and mentors to staff and business and consumer clients. For those considering entering the field of banking, Pat recommends becoming a teller, taking advantage of local college programs as well as applying for paid internships.
Pat stresses the importance of his college education. College taught him life lessons, brought him out of his shell and expanded his horizons, all of which serve him well as a banker. A native of Vineland, New Jersey, Pat attended St. Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania on a full scholarship. We hope that Pat’s story will inspire you to consider a career in the banking industry, as it’s not just about making deposits anymore!
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