Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Michele Heyman, owner of Heyman & Associates in Austin – an accounting firm that specializes in forensic accounting, business appraisal, & fraud prevention, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast! It started in high school… Michele first contemplated pursuing accounting as a profession when her high school accounting class was visited by an audit partner that talked to the class about his career path. The way he described auditing work appealed to her, and it sounded like accounting could give the successful individual a comfortable lifestyle, so she decided to pursue it. She attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, and took the public accounting route and became a CPA. Becoming self-employed Although it was audit that first attracted her to the profession, she initially worked in tax. Over the years she worked off-and-on in audit while doing tax work as well, until she eventually decided to start her own practice in 2011. Starting with only 2 clients, she’s