"A Graduate's Perspective" by Mariana Wu
Saturday, 26 June 2010 12:40

Ever wondered why you're studying business at UNSW? Mariana Wu, a Senior Accountant at KPMG and UNSW alumna answers those questions you've always wanted to know about a typical career in commerce.


How did your UNSW Commerce degree assist you in the job search?

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UNSW is a highly reputable university, with degrees from the Australian Business School being recognised both locally and overseas. Graduating from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Finance gave me a broad range of opportunities. My first step out into the real world started during the second year of my degree, when internship applications/interviews made it a year filled with stress, fear of failure and a lot of caffeine. KPMG was where I landed my first internship. I was presented with real life challenging problems and that’s when I began to realise how practical my Commerce degree really is (and started to wish I had listened more in those lectures!).

During the third year of my degree, I applied for a few internship opportunities in New York and surprisingly enough, after a few phone interviews in the middle of the night (because of time differences), I was soon sitting in the Empire State Building as well as the Trump Building on Wall St watching stockbrokers in action (i.e. pitching over the phone and slamming phones to pieces). The UNSW Commerce degree is highly regarded by employers overseas so why not stand out by doing an internship abroad?

What is full time work like? Facts about your field of commerce.

I am currently a Senior Accountant in KPMG’s Audit division, working on clients from Consumer and Industrial markets. I’ve been with KPMG for almost 2 years now and I can say that no one week has ever been the same as another.
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