Stephanie Reichert '14
Love of Accounting, Music Leads to Big 4 Job
For Stephanie Reichert ’14, majoring in accounting and music at Trinity allowed her to combine her passions. Her connections then led to an accounting position at Deloitte in Chicago.
“I felt supported, loved, and encouraged by my professors, supervisors at the Bootsma Bookstore Café, and by other students and staff,” she said. “It was always evident that I was not just a number and that they were invested in me and wanted to see me succeed.”
Currently an audit assistant, Reichert recently passed all the CPA exams and will officially become a CPA in the fall of 2016.
She pointed to Dr. Lynn Spellman White as one of her biggest supporters. “She fully understood my passion for accounting and music. Her dedication to not only me, but all of her students, has been shown recently with Trinity placing number one in the CPA pass rate and average exam score for Illinois.”
White helped Reichert secure an internship at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Reichert’s supervisor at Gallagher began his career at Deloitte and encouraged Reichert to apply for her first full-time job there. “Between nhis recommendations and my original interview through the Illinois Small College Placement Association (ISCPA), I was able to receive my job offer for Deloitte,” she said. Reichert was attracted to Deloitte because of the career opportunities available at a global accounting and consulting firm.
During college, Reichert was encouraged to show her faith through hard work. “At Deloitte, I have had managers tell me that there’s just something different about me,” she said. ”It has been encouraging to hear this as I let my hard work speak for itself.”
Reichert’s Christian liberal arts education allowed her to see the world differently. “It also taught me how to let my actions speak louder than my words. Now that I am at Deloitte, I am working with people from around the world. Often I find co-workers are not surprised when I tell them that I am taking time off to attend Bible studies and that I attend church on a regular basis.”