b'KPMG Campus VisitCultivating tax careers: leader in charge of campus recruiting, this was my firstThis partnership provides the Trulaske College of BusinessMADA Scholars. Yearly scholarships are awarded to master KPMGs national tax recruitingstop.with KPMG software, curricular resources and facultyof accountancy students who embody respect for inclusion KPMG offices in St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago alltraining opportunities. The MADA program serves to keepand diversity. partner visits Trulaske frequently benefit from Mizzou hires. This can be attributedcurriculum in line with field advancements.These curricular and financial contributions continue to February 23, 2023 to the efforts recruiters make to establish connections withIn the fall of 2022, the School of Accountancy announcedmagnify the bond between KPMG and Mizzous School of BY KYLIE GROH students well before graduation. KPMG maintains a presencethe furtherance of its relationship with KPMG throughAccountancy. in Cornell Hall by participating in many events organized by This February, KPMGs National Tax Recruiting PartnerBusiness Career Services, including informational panels, Vivian Wang paid Stevie Neumans Tax I Class a special visit.mock interviews and career fairs. Vivian Wang and Jerry Briggs, a St. Louis KPMG tax partner,In addition to recruiting students, KPMG supports shared the presentation, Grow Your Career in Tax, withaccounting programs across the country, including Trulaskes almost 250 students.School of Accountancy, to drive practical use of the latest Prior to her presentation, Wang held office hours foranalytics technology and meets its vision of making KPMG students to seek advice about the accounting profession andthe employer of choice where underrepresented talent can tips for securing a job post-graduation. Wang finds tremen- build thriving careers. The KPMG Master of Accounting dous value in building relationships with aspiring profes- with Data Analytics (MADA) Program was created out of a sionals.desire to equip students with a background in data analytics. People are the heart of our business, Wang said. WereData analytics is changing our profession in every single getting great talent from Mizzou. We want to make sure thatway possible, Wang said. And so the firm has invested in we get leadership out to Columbia. In my role as the tax talentthat. 40 School of Accountancy2023 Newsmagazine 41'