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Paul Beswick

Paul Beswick

EY

Washington, DC USA

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Day In The Life

Professional Practice Partner / IFRS Americas Leader

I help teams with accounting issues under US GAAP and IFRS and manage our relationship with accounting standard setters.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Quaker Valley High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Accounting

    Miami University

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Accountants and Auditors:

Bachelor's Degree: Accounting

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Life & Career Milestones

I've taken a lot of twists and turns

  • 1.

    I spent 11 years at EY.

  • 2.

    I left to work with at the FASB for two years as an accounting fellow.

  • 3.

    I came back to EY for 2 months as a partner.

  • 4.

    I then had the opportunity to work at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 7 years, where I saw a lot of different aspects of the SEC: regulations, oversight, enforcement, etc.

  • 5.

    I returned to EY.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

  • How I responded: