Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Debra Seefeld, CPA & Partner with Seefeld & Company in Houston, Texas, joined us for this week’s episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast. 10 years into her career… Debra’s interview has an interesting start in that she worked in industry under a CPA for about 10 years before deciding to pursue her accounting degree. She had great respect for the individual she worked for and therefore became interested in becoming a CPA herself, which was a major investment of time given that she was about 30 years old and had already started her family. The Business of Accounting This term comes up several times throughout our interview. Debra has always been interested in the business of accounting itself, such as how firms operate and why they work the way they do internally. It was this interest that led her to accept a position out of college with a local firm over an offer that she had with one of the Big 4 accounting firms. The decision worked out well for her though. She stayed there for about