Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Ben Simiskey, CFP and CPA/PFS of PLS Advisory was our guest on this week’s episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast. Where the fun is… As with most interviews, I asked Ben how he ended up pursuing accounting in the first place. His answer was a little different than we typically hear though. Ben started out as an electrical engineering major and it just didn’t seem like the right field for him. However, his college roommate was an accounting major and seemed to be getting many job interviews, along with being invited to several fun professional events. Accounting seemed to be more appealing based on what he was seeing, so he decided to change majors and go into accounting instead. Diversifying his experience Ben started out in a ‘typical’ accounting role – joining Deloitte in their Chicago office as an auditor. As his career progressed though, he realized he had an interest in financial planning. After leaving Deloitte and spending a few years with a consulting firm doing valuations and