Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Hear from SAF Alumnus, Margarita Cargher

Are you a SAF student who’s innovative and entrepreneurial and wondering what’s next? Are you seeking excitement and want to learn what it takes to become an entrepreneur? Come to this workshop to hear from a young alumnus, Margarita Cargher about how she got her start. Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/innovation-entrepreneurship-tickets-15351689316

Margarita discovered her first entrepreneurial sense when she was 10, selling Bead bracelets made by her friend. During her last undergraduate semester, Margarita won a financial services tender over Merx.com, and has been running her own consulting practice since then. Margarita is a graduate of AFM and Macc programs from the School of Accounting and Finance at UW. Since graduation, she developed and sold her first initiative, PartnerConnection, through her Crystal Owl Consulting business, turned a $500 thousand investment proposal into a $3 million contract, and used all possible tax credits to hire co-op students just months after graduating. Now, she primarily works with Bay Street investment banking clients developing business plans and financial models, as well as providing management consulting services to SMEs that are expanding into new marks.

Margarita was also featured on Roger’s TV on Gila Martow, MPP show Trending York Region where she advocated the importance of developing programs for young entrepreneurs.

UWAC Upper-Year Registration

The University of Waterloo Accounting Conference (UWAC) team is pleased to announce that registration is officially open for upper-year Waterloo students and external applicants!

This year, UWAC 2015 will be celebrating its tenth anniversary on May 1 to 3 at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Toronto. The conference will feature distinguished keynote speakers, workshops hosted by the National 6 public accounting firms, networking opportunities, and a case competition. The UWAC team is also pleased to announce that this year's Friday night social will take place at the Panorama Lounge, Canada's highest rooftop patio. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!

www.uwac.ca/register

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Oliver Wyman Case Workshop and Info Session

Oliver Wyman would like to invite you to attend an introductory case preparation workshop! This workshop will be full of tips, as well as hands on learning, on how to ace the case interview! Representatives from Oliver Wyman’s Toronto office will be present to answer any questions you might have about how rewarding a career in management consulting at Oliver Wyman can be.

Join us on Thursday January 22, 2015 in TC 2218 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Please RSVP at this link: http://bit.ly/1IsjRgB

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 25 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Our 3,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.

AFSA Committee Applications

Winter Applications are here! Apply today and join our lovely AFSA family. You may apply to up to 3 committees. Remember to send any other attachments that may be required to accompany your application.

Admin:  https://afsa.typeform.com/to/UvBv2c

Communications: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/An8FYD

Corporate Relations: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/k7Segr

Education: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/dWANjJ

External: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/YZRNdi

Finance: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/nISwJi

Internal Events: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/kLfKKO

Marketing: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/SAFaxs

Don't forget that apps are due Monday, January 12th, 2015 at midnight. Looking forward to reading your apps! :)

UWAC 2015 First-Year Waterloo applications

Don't forget that UWAC 2015 First-Year Waterloo applications are due soon at December 31st, 11:59PM - you don't want to miss out on being part of an amazing 10th year anniversary! http://www.uwac.ca/apply

AFSA Goes for Gold takes home first gold at BUAC 2014!

With the launch of the AFSA Goes for Gold program this past Spring, much was uncertain, as is always will be, with the launch of a new student run initiative. The program's goal, post-levy implementation, will be to send over 150 students to over 30 conferences Canada, and worldwide. Pre-levy implementation, the goal of the inaugural rendition of the AFSA Goes for Gold conference program will to send over 15 team to 12 conferences across Canada. The end goal, in addition to the the large number of students attending a wide variety of conferences, will be to amass a development and mentorship program that rivals programs like John Molson's Competition Committee (JMCC) and offer students great International opportunities like participation in the Network of International Business Schools' Worldwide Case Competition that rivals programs like the Sprott Competes program.

That being said, the new program sent two Senior Division teams to compete at the Brock University Accounting Conference. Both teams, being shorthanded, still did extremely well! Senior Team 8, composed of Abhishek Deswal, 4A AFM, Edbert Oey, 3A AFM, and Zac Hogg, 5B AFM, made it to the competition's final round. In the final round, the 3 senior AFM students showed off their integration of case based accounting and assurance (audit) knowledge to wow the judges and the delegates in the audience, and took home the spoils, finishing first place overall. It marked the first time in 5 years that an Accounting and Finance student led team from the University of Waterloo won the Senior Division accounting competition at BUAC - the last time being in the Conference's first year, 2009. JMSB's top team finished second, while Guelph's top team finished with third place honours.

Congrats to our winning team and our other great team of students who represented the new program so well at BUAC!

And yes, there is still an opportunity to apply and be eligible for the Goes for Gold program. AFSA is currently taking applications [see below].

Students are welcome to apply for our second application round to be a part of the AFSA Goes for Gold conference program!

Deadline to apply is December 10th, 11:59PM.

Students already accepted into the program from our early bird and first round application stages need not apply.

Students can find an updated application form here.

2014 AFSA Fall surveys

Hey everyone! Would you like to voice your opinion on AFSA’s performance this term? Got a new initiative that you’d really like to see implemented? Want to potentially win a $25 Starbucks or Chatime gift card as well? If so, fill out the 2014 AFSA Fall surveys and let your voice be heard!

First years please fill out the first year surveys and upper years please fill out the respective upper year one :)

First year surveys:​ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1npV1xuzGt3nGUQuOkV9LOgdoJ69h9XhC0gtWHaSBiLk/viewform

Upper year surveys: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vUWdUqBn3sj99Z7VLpOwXBGCJiBUj1om4KG0KLItrCQ/viewform

Movember campaign - pizza lunch

To end off our Movember campaign, AFSA External will be hosting a pizza lunch this Thursday November 27th from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on the second floor of HH outside the SAF lounge! We will be selling slices of gourmet pizza for $3/slice and all proceeds will be going towards Movember to support men’s health!