A panel of accounting alumni visit Cabrini every year to talk to accounting majors about their job search, career path, certifications and graduate school.
On Sept. 29, a panel of special guests visited the college for a presentation in the Mansion.
For about 20 years Professor Ann Servey has organized the Accounting Alumni event. Over these 20 years there has been a lot of success with the help of this presentation. The accounting program, for example, has graduates who are certified public accountants, alumni with graduate degrees and workers for Ebay. “Accounting majors at Cabrini are movers and shakers,” Servey said. “They also give back to the school. They give back to the school by mentoring.”
One alumna at the event, Andrea Marrical, graduated in 2012. Marrical was an accounting major with a Spanish minor for a while but dropped the minor so she would be able to graduate in four years. Her current job title is revenue accountant. Marrical deals with a lot of E-Commerce clients, which essentially are big companies that sell their products electronically online.
“Every month I track their data and volume and I come up with a settlement of the fees they owe us from the contract,” Marrical said.
Marrical said that Cabrini College does a very good job at preparing its students for the job world when they get out of college. Marrical feels that a lot of people she was in school with at Cabrini already had connections with jobs that they ended up working for after they graduated.
Marrical’s advice for all accounting majors is to understand that the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam is a big commitment so if you are not ready to take it, do not take it until you are fully prepared for it. The CPA certification is very important because it’s the only qualification to be a certified accountant.
Senior accounting major, Brittany Keer, enjoyed catching up with former classmates who are now alumni and asked them questions about life after college. She also agrees with taking the CPA and believes that the alumni spoke on various important details about the field but also gave life changing advice. “This presentation will definitely benefit me in the future, “ Kerr said. “It will have a big impact on my future in accounting.”
