A bright, young man and SFU student, named Gurinder, reached out to me on LinkedIn and asked if I had any tips on the Big 4. I invited him to chat on the "Vancouver Accounting Experience" podcast. Why? Because that's what we do here. He took the initiative to reach out, ask and I answered. For all you accounting students and aspiring CPAs, I hope you get a lot of value out of this one. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

Simply put, this podcast is a big one! The first-ever two-time guest on the podcast, Christine Woodington, rejoins to share her experiences working in industry and brings a ton of value in the form of tips and advice, from job hunting to jump-starting your accounting career and much, much more. If you're an accounting student and an aspiring CPA, this is an important podcast you do not want to miss!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

Happy Canada Day Accounting Nation. If you've ever wanted to know more about I.T. audits and the CISA designation, this is the podcast for you! Jonas Kwong, CPA, CISA, CIA, Senior Internal Auditor at Teck Resources joins me on the podcast to share his valuable insights and experiences. We talk about his career path, IT audits, what it takes to obtain a CISA, spot prawns!! and much, much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

Ever wanted to know what I do as Financial Reporting Manager? Whether you're a high school student interested in accounting, an accounting student at university, or already in the CPA program, you'll need to research your career options. I always recommend speaking to as many CPAs as possible to inquire about their work, their likes and dislikes; perhaps ask about job shadowing or performing an informational interview (performed virtually during Covid-19). In order to kick off your research,...

In this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience, Christine Woodington, CPA, CGA and Chair of the CPABC Vancouver chapter joins me to chat about the benefits of volunteering. There are lots of different ways that CPAs (both students and qualified members) can get involved and volunteer. Whether it's through your local chapter, volunteering as a CPA mentor or just representing the designation as an ambassador, there are many rewarding opportunities available. We also talk about...

The last two weeks have been a tumultuous time. In fact, the last three months have been tumultuous, but the heartbreaking death of George Floyd and subsequent protest and riots have compelled me to speak out and express my thoughts on everything that's happened. This podcast is just one accountant's thoughts, views and message on what all of us can do to change the world one conversation at a time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

In this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience podcast, I answer the number one question that I seem to get: "Should I?" For which, I have a very simple, universal answer. This is a short podcast but an important one I think as there must be a reason this question keeps coming up! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

This is a 2 x Adrian podcast! A long weekend (Victoria Day in Canada) calls for a relaxed "fireside chat' as Adrian Dastur, Vice-Chair of the CPA BC chapter in Tri-Cities/Ridge Medows joins Adrian Law, host of the Vancouver Accounting Podcast. Nothing too serious as Adrian & Adrian talk about tips for aspiring CPAs, speaking foreign languages, growing up in another country, immigrating to Canada, living and working with Covid-19, and much, much more! --- Send in a voice message:...

In this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience podcast, I'm on a Q&A call with an Accountant/CPA candidate to listen, answer his questions on careers moves, and offer my two cents. The question of whether someone should leave their current comfortable, well-paying job for better career opportunities comes up all the time! A very common question. So I think this episode offers a bunch of value as I'm sure lots of people can relate and have similar questions. Enjoy! :) --- Send...

Like many, aspiring accountants can have a lot to worry about. Balancing school, exams, work, and family is tough. Managing expectations and pressure from our parents, peers, and managers is even tougher. This is exactly why we need to slow things down and talk about mental wellbeing. What is mental well-being? What should we be aware of? What are some indicators of potential imbalance? In this podcast, I chat with Anita Van Rooyen, Chief Confidence Hacker from ConfidenceHackers.com and Sam...

I'm sick! Don't worry it's not that virus - just a bad cough -- but enough to make me contemplate our life and times living with the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis that is affecting everything and everyone. I get into talking about working from home, getting the munchies, the rise of Zoom, social distancing, poor public behaviour, the lack of sport and most importantly, having the proper perspective during these challenging times.  --- Send in a voice message:...

With the global lockdown, a lot of you will have extra time on your hands. What better way to spend the time than to start thinking about the upcoming CFE! With this year's CFE (Common Final Examination) just over five months away, I thought I'd share with you my tips on study prep for the CFE and case writing based on my own UFE (CA legacy exam) experiences.  I even give a quick tip on what you can get started working on right now. Hint hint: it's got nothing to do with accounting. ---...

My CPA mentee Jane Zhang joins me on the podcast to talk about her experiences as a fairly new professional accountant working in industry. Jane talks about how her co-op job reinforced her interest in an accounting career. She also shares her advice for accounting students and explains why it's so important to have a hobby! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrianlaw/message

I'm very excited about this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience as I'm joined by Julian Robertson, Senior Student Recruitment Officer from CPABC (Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia). CPABC is the governing and regulatory...

Senior Internal Audit at Teck Resources, Tamara Oceguera joins the podcast this week to discuss all things related to internal audit. If you assumed internal audit is just like external audit, you'd assume wrong! In fact, Tamara and I agree that...

When I was an accounting student auditing was a real mystery to me. What exactly is auditing? Why do accountants hate it? If you're interested in working at a public accounting firm, most likely you'll have to choose one of two paths: 1) auditing or 2)...

I'm joined by my guest Paweł Komarnicki, Founder of Cubitoo.com, a digital agency and mentoring blog, to discuss the role of mentorship within teams. Teams can utilize mentoring as a tool to share knowledge and experiences, develop relationships, and gr...

My Guest Shoraun Chowdry, CPA, CA Shares His Passion for Accounting

Work vs.School and Discovering Your Career Path: Q&A Session w/ Adrian Law, CPA, CA.

Adrian's guest Hamzeh Najarian, CPA, CMA shares his insights as a Management Accountant

Adrian is joined by not one but two guests: Jeannie Ho, Controller Native Shoes and Michael Cha, Manager Financial Reporting, Zenabis Global

Adrian Law discusses how performing an informational interview can be useful for kicking off a career.

In this episode of The Vancouver Accounting Experience, I'm joined by my guest Gerard Gaba, Senior Accountant from MNP.

In this second episode, I get into my past, my job history and discuss how I changed careers into Accounting.

In the very first episode, I explain how I came to launching my podcast and the motivations behind my part-time business.