Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Sheila Enriquez JD, CPA, CFF, joined us for this week’s episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast! Education and Early Career Sheila came to the US on a student visa with only $500. Her mentor at Mercy College suggested that she take some accounting courses, pursue a CPA, and work as a graduate assistant in their department.  This initial influence got her started on her journey into the accounting profession. She pursued her MBA and passed the CPA exam after earning a Master’s degree. Her first job in accounting was actually as a fractional CFO (!) with a consulting firm that provided accounting and risk management consulting. Law and Forensics Law was an interest of Sheila’s, and she did well on that part of the CPA exam as well. She began attending Roger Williams University in Rhode Island where she had received a scholarship. While working and attending law school, she found that doing both concurrently benefitted her pursuit of law knowledge. She decided on this route because she e