“We’re here with Samuel Cross to ask him a bit about his work. So, what is the main purpose of your job?” I asked.
“Well,” He relied, “I go and get all kinds of data about what is going on in Reverse Logistics, I take that data, and put it in a readable format and then give it to people who are managing the business so they can make better decisions and wiser investments.”
“Ok, what do you like best about your job?” I questioned.
“The thing I like best about my job,” He answered “Is that I get to prioritize the financial information, and help to prioritize the thing that matters, and determining the best ways that we can invest money, or what processes we can change to have more utilization of our recourses.”
“Why did you initially study accounting?”
“I initially studied accounting because I love the language of money, how much comes in, and goes out, and at any given time being able to draw a picture of any persons financial status.” he said, “and I love accounting because it provides a way to describe your financial results over a period of time. It’s like a second language.”
“What was your first job involving accounting?”
“My first job involving accounting was working for a company called Ernst & Young, which is a public services firm, and, in simple terms, my job was to go and work for a client, or a business, and tell them whether or not we thought that the controls they had in place to make sure that things were happening the way they were supposed to happen, and that the results that they wee presenting were correct. Because every year, when a company closes its books, it has to tell its owners and its investors how it’s done financially, how much money is made, or lost, how much money is saved, how much cast has been saved or been retained, how many shares of stock are left outstanding, and a lot of other information. So my job was to go to those company’s and appraise their controls and to see how they are getting their information.”
“Why is the job you have now so important to Wal-Mart?”
“It’s important to Wal-Mart because the company has millions and millions of dollars worth of items that have been returned, and we have to verify that we’re doing the best we can in turning those assets around and selling them to other customers or businesses or otherwise appropriately disposing of them. And we have to make sure that the cost is appropriately recorded, because even though this is just a tiny piece of Wal-Mart, it still comes in to their big financial statement.”
“If you could change one thing about your job, what would it be?”
“Oh, that’s hard. Probably how much work there is to do.”
“Do you enjoy accounting overall?”
“Well, overall I do enjoy accounting, like I said, it’s the language of money, and without it you wouldn’t be able to tell how you were doing overall and what things you need to change as a company. It’s how we tell each other where money is, how money’s doing, how we’ve invested, what our assets are, where our recourses are, and where our liability’s are.”
“So it’s kind of like communication.”
“Precisely, it’s the international language of money. There are different variations of accounting, for instance, some countries have different laws about accounting. They’re still using the language of accounting, but some parts of it vary.”
“It’s kind of like how many people in the world speak English, but there are many different accents?”
“Precisely.”
“Alright. It’s been great talking to you, Thank You for the interview.”
“Well,” He relied, “I go and get all kinds of data about what is going on in Reverse Logistics, I take that data, and put it in a readable format and then give it to people who are managing the business so they can make better decisions and wiser investments.”
“Ok, what do you like best about your job?” I questioned.
“The thing I like best about my job,” He answered “Is that I get to prioritize the financial information, and help to prioritize the thing that matters, and determining the best ways that we can invest money, or what processes we can change to have more utilization of our recourses.”
“Why did you initially study accounting?”
“I initially studied accounting because I love the language of money, how much comes in, and goes out, and at any given time being able to draw a picture of any persons financial status.” he said, “and I love accounting because it provides a way to describe your financial results over a period of time. It’s like a second language.”
“What was your first job involving accounting?”
“My first job involving accounting was working for a company called Ernst & Young, which is a public services firm, and, in simple terms, my job was to go and work for a client, or a business, and tell them whether or not we thought that the controls they had in place to make sure that things were happening the way they were supposed to happen, and that the results that they wee presenting were correct. Because every year, when a company closes its books, it has to tell its owners and its investors how it’s done financially, how much money is made, or lost, how much money is saved, how much cast has been saved or been retained, how many shares of stock are left outstanding, and a lot of other information. So my job was to go to those company’s and appraise their controls and to see how they are getting their information.”
“Why is the job you have now so important to Wal-Mart?”
“It’s important to Wal-Mart because the company has millions and millions of dollars worth of items that have been returned, and we have to verify that we’re doing the best we can in turning those assets around and selling them to other customers or businesses or otherwise appropriately disposing of them. And we have to make sure that the cost is appropriately recorded, because even though this is just a tiny piece of Wal-Mart, it still comes in to their big financial statement.”
“If you could change one thing about your job, what would it be?”
“Oh, that’s hard. Probably how much work there is to do.”
“Do you enjoy accounting overall?”
“Well, overall I do enjoy accounting, like I said, it’s the language of money, and without it you wouldn’t be able to tell how you were doing overall and what things you need to change as a company. It’s how we tell each other where money is, how money’s doing, how we’ve invested, what our assets are, where our recourses are, and where our liability’s are.”
“So it’s kind of like communication.”
“Precisely, it’s the international language of money. There are different variations of accounting, for instance, some countries have different laws about accounting. They’re still using the language of accounting, but some parts of it vary.”
“It’s kind of like how many people in the world speak English, but there are many different accents?”
“Precisely.”
“Alright. It’s been great talking to you, Thank You for the interview.”
Nice interview, Kyla! :)
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