Never ones to turn down an adventure, Danielle and Cody Leach, who graduated from the Jenkins masters of accounting (MAC) program at NC State in 2014, have put their accounting degrees to work across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The couple laughs that they are one of five couples in their class who met and later married through the MAC program. \u201cWe joke that the program is also a matchmaking service,\u201d Cody says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But their time at Jenkins provided them with much more than just a life partner – it also gave them experience, connections and skills that they\u2019ve been able to apply professionally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After graduating from the Jenkins MAC program, Cody took a position at KPMG in Silicon Valley while Danielle joined the Raleigh office of PwC. However, it wasn\u2019t long before they were ready to go on a new adventure – this time together, and on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy manager and mentor at PwC did a rotation in New Zealand and spoke so highly of the experience,\u201d Danielle says. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t figure out a way to make the timing work with either of our companies, so we decided to just try on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two learned it was relatively easy for accountants to receive working holiday visas for the Commonwealth of Nations where their professional accreditation is recognized in places like Australia, Canada, UK, South Africa and – yes – New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The couple headed overseas in June 2019. Danielle took a contract position as a senior accountant with the global telecommunications company MNF group. Her next contract was with the country\u2019s Ministry of Justice, where she currently has a position as a finance business partner overseeing accounting of some of the group\u2019s business units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Cody, he took a position as a senior financial analyst with the Wellington City Council before launching Quesin Consulting, where he serves as an accounting and finance process consultant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love doing accounting consulting and it\u2019s something I hope to continue when we head back to the United States,\u201d Cody says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for when the two will make their way back to their home country, it\u2019s still undecided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt honestly changes by the day,\u201d Cody laughs. \u201cOur work visas will expire in September, so we may head back then, or we might decide to travel around New Zealand some more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Either way, Danielle says, their time with the Jenkins MAC program will serve them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were able to develop a great network of connections while going through the program,\u201d she says, \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful for the practical lessons I took away from my time with the MAC program – because it\u2019s information that I am able to use everyday in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never ones to turn down an adventure, Danielle and Cody Leach, who graduated from the Jenkins masters of accounting (MAC) program at NC State in 2014, have put their accounting degrees to work across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The couple laughs that they are one of five couples in their class who met and later married through the MAC program. \u201cWe joke that the program is also a matchmaking service,\u201d Cody says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But their time at Jenkins provided them with much more than just a life partner - it also gave them experience, connections and skills that they\u2019ve been able to apply professionally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After graduating from the Jenkins MAC program, Cody took a position at KPMG in Silicon Valley while Danielle joined the Raleigh office of PwC. However, it wasn\u2019t long before they were ready to go on a new adventure - this time together, and on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy manager and mentor at PwC did a rotation in New Zealand and spoke so highly of the experience,\u201d Danielle says. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t figure out a way to make the timing work with either of our companies, so we decided to just try on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two learned it was relatively easy for accountants to receive working holiday visas for the Commonwealth of Nations where their professional accreditation is recognized in places like Australia, Canada, UK, South Africa and - yes - New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The couple headed overseas in June 2019. Danielle took a contract position as a senior accountant with the global telecommunications company MNF group. Her next contract was with the country\u2019s Ministry of Justice, where she currently has a position as a finance business partner overseeing accounting of some of the group\u2019s business units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As for Cody, he took a position as a senior financial analyst with the Wellington City Council before launching Quesin Consulting, where he serves as an accounting and finance process consultant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI love doing accounting consulting and it\u2019s something I hope to continue when we head back to the United States,\u201d Cody says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for when the two will make their way back to their home country, it\u2019s still undecided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt honestly changes by the day,\u201d Cody laughs. \u201cOur work visas will expire in September, so we may head back then, or we might decide to travel around New Zealand some more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Either way, Danielle says, their time with the Jenkins MAC program will serve them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were able to develop a great network of connections while going through the program,\u201d she says, \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful for the practical lessons I took away from my time with the MAC program - because it\u2019s information that I am able to use everyday in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Danielle and Cody Leach, who graduated from the Jenkins masters of accounting program in 2014, have put their accounting degrees to work across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"displayCategoryID\":323,\"caption\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[323,398,286,9],"tags":[442,250,344],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-15931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate","category-mac-program","category-newswire","category-students","tag-jenkins-graduate-programs","tag-jenkins-mac-program","tag-poole-college-of-management"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":323,"name":"Jenkins Graduate Programs","slug":"graduate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":323,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Stories about our graduate students.","parent":1810,"count":244,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15931"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15950,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions\/15950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15931"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=15931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This story is the sixth in our \u201cLife After MAC\u201d series.\u00a0 All Jenkins MAC alumni are encouraged to share their stories with us. If interested, email,\u00a0Andrea Young<\/a>. All stories in the series can be found on our\u00a0alumni website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n
This story is the sixth in our \u201cLife After MAC\u201d series.\u00a0 All Jenkins MAC alumni are encouraged to share their stories with us. If interested, email,\u00a0Andrea Young<\/a>. All stories in the series can be found on our\u00a0alumni website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"