In this episode of Life In Accounting, a podcast production of WhereAccountantsGo.com, we speak with Kim Nourie, CPA of Financial Life Advisors in San Antonio, Texas, about her early career starting at Arthur Andersen, moving through American Airlines, and then later joining her father’s firm in the financial advising industry!
Quite the Journey
In this interview like most, we spend the first few minutes weaving our way through Kim’s early career journey. And what variety there was! Kim started at Arthur Andersen, but then moved into a savings & loan institution for a short time, then spent many years with American Airlines. While the American Airlines portion of the interview was actually not the main focus, that period of time certainly was filled with a multitude of experiences. Not only did Kim have the perk of being able to travel practically anywhere in the world at that time, she also got to see much of the company itself by virtue of the fact that she worked in internal audit. It truly was a great experience for her.
Becoming an Advisor
In the later years of the accounting portion of her career, Kim started to really question what it was that she wanted out of her life overall. She came to the conclusion that she needed to make a major change, and it was then that she decided to join her father in his business – a financial advising firm. It was a major move though as she went from being a highly-experienced, and therefore highly-compensated, professional in accounting, to being basically an entry-level person in a new field. However, fast forward now about 20 years, and it was a move that paid off tremendously. Kim both greatly enjoys the role she plays in the life of her clients, as well as the change of pace that this new career path has afforded her. It truly seems like the perfect fit for Kim’s personality and life aspirations. And had she not started in accounting in the first place, it’s something that likely would not have turned out quite as well as it has. Her accounting background continues to benefit her to this day – even in the tangent field of financial advising.
Make sure you listen all the way to the end on this interview though. Kim shares some of her most valuable advice in the last three questions of the podcast. You won’t want to miss her ‘best piece of advice’ segment!
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