He treats his job as more than a numbers game and he says that being an accountant is almost like running his own company. Tell us something people don't realize about accountants.
Accounting requires a much wider breadth of knowledge and experience than just working with numbers.
In the course of my work I often have to solve complex problems and play investigator and researcher as well. That is more than 50 percent of my job. A lot of people in accounting prefer to get in and focus on one tiny area and stay there. I constantly strive to move beyond accounting and have a broader view. These people were artists, designers, builders, technical people and others with different areas of expertise.