Accounting in Australia
Ohio Wesleyan College students Spend Week Researching Accounting Down Beneath
Title: Ellison Capers ’23
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Excessive Faculty: Lafayette Excessive Faculty
Main: Accounting
Minor: Music
Title: Payne Johnson ’24
Hometown: Barnesville, Ohio
Excessive Faculty: Barnesville Excessive Faculty
Main: Accounting
Minor: Politics and Authorities
OWU Connection Expertise: Touring to Australia to check “Comparative Research of United States and Australian Accounting Ideas”
College students Ellison Capers ’23, Payne Johnson ’24, and Kory Kaiser ’25 of Cincinnati, Ohio, used an OWU Connection Idea-to-Observe Grant to journey to Australia within the spring to check U.S. and Australian accounting philosophies and achieve firsthand expertise in Worldwide Monetary Reporting Requirements (IFRS).
They traveled with Emily West, MBA, assistant professor of Accounting, and Future Coleman, M.S., administrative director of The Woltemade Heart for Economics, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Whereas in Australia, the group met with specialists together with OWU graduate Thomas Mooney ’91, managing director of Avis Finances Group in New South Wales.
Of the expertise, West says: “This journey was an unimaginable alternative to assist expose college students to the larger enterprise and accounting world and see the totally different profession paths they could select upon commencement. Listening to the scholars share pleasure concerning the impacts this journey had on their futures was a spotlight of the journey.”
Classes Discovered
Capers: “This was my first time being outdoors of the US, and I really really feel like I discovered classes from this expertise, within the educational sense and in a life lesson sense. After listening to concerning the experiences of enterprise executives and leaders, one thing turned clear. Studying is one thing that I’ll at all times be doing; it’s not one thing that ends as soon as I depart OWU, but it surely continues into my skilled life. …
“This expertise will certainly assist me stick out amongst potential employers, and I’ve already talked about my time in Australia and what I discovered whereas I used to be there throughout job interviews.”
Johnson: “Simply how totally different the U.S. system of accounting is in comparison with worldwide programs. Numerous what we discovered over there was acquainted and in keeping with what we be taught within the classroom right here, but it surely was attention-grabbing to see how it’s carried out otherwise. If offered with the chance to do accounting abroad sooner or later, it might be one thing that I’d closely consider. …
“Having the ability to expertise what accounting is like in different elements of the world is a chance we don’t get typically within the U.S. … Having the ability to embrace this on any resume sooner or later will actually set me other than others.”
Favourite Moments
Capers: “My favourite second was driving the ferry; I obtained to see the wonder Sydney has to supply whereas chatting with my friends about how excited we had been to be there and what we hoped to achieve from the expertise.”
Johnson: “Watching the sundown behind the Sydney Opera Home and Sydney Harbour Bridge. That’s when it actually set in that our onerous work paid off.”
Why Ohio Wesleyan?
Capers: “I needed a college with professors who’re devoted to watching their college students be taught and develop. I used to be contemplating a whole lot of schools in Ohio and was particularly impressed with the real care OWU college appears to foster in addition to the success of its alumni.”
Johnson: “I selected to attend OWU for alternatives precisely like this. OWU offered me with alternatives to arrange me for my future like no different establishment may.”
Plans After Commencement
Capers: “Earlier than commencement, I deliberate on coming into the workforce doing one thing in both public accounting or information. Now, I’m working at Columbus Literacy Council, a nonprofit group whose mission is to assist youths from low-income households have a brighter future by providing them free/low-cost companies and workforce/coaching alternatives. My place is a knowledge entry specialist, and I’m working full-time. My time at OWU gave me the technical expertise I must succeed in addition to folks abilities and worldwide expertise to actually really feel succesful in my job efficiency.”
Johnson: “I plan to turn out to be a CPA after commencement and start work with an accounting agency. OWU has helped put together me with this by offering me with this TPG, internship experiences, and quite a few connections within the business.”
