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Joe Stafford
Joe is a junior
at Villanova University in Philadelphia, double majoring in accounting and
finance. Joe grew up in Fox Chapel and graduated from Central Catholic High
School in 2002. In his free time, Joe enjoys skiing, golf and tennis. At
Villanova, Joe advises freshman and sophomores on which classes to take and is
also the President of the Villanova Tennis Club. Joe is a huge Steelers and
Notre Dame Football fan and enjoys watching and saying one-liners from
Seinfeld.
Joe on PwC
“During my
internship with PwC I worked on both the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
and Mellon Collective Investment Funds audit. Both of these engagements were
very different in the types of work that I completed and the number of different
people that worked with at each client site. Although I was only at Wheeling
for two weeks, I feel that I learned a great deal from the various engagement
team members and from the different areas that I worked on. I was able to bring
my experiences and knowledge from the classroom into my work at Wheeling and I
was able to see how the accounting knowledge I have gained at Villanova applies
to my audit work. Although I was only at Wheeling for a short time, I really
enjoyed my time and found the differences between an audit of collective funds
and a traditional corporation very interesting and informative.
After working on Wheeling, I spent the remaining nine weeks at Mellon. I really enjoyed my time at Mellon because of the strong team feeling that is present at Mellon. Each member of the Mellon team made me feel that I was important member of the team and the work that I completed was important to the overall audit. At Mellon I learned to use the Bloomberg terminal to look up security prices, yields and details along with the many other functions that the Bloomberg service offers. I also learned a great deal at Mellon about financial services and the different types of securities and funds that are offered in the financial services industry. I hope to put this new knowledge to use when I return to school this summer. Finally, I also enjoyed all of the time I spent with the members of Mellon at social events such as the bowling tournament against the Alcoa team. I hope I get the opportunity to work with the members of the Mellon team again in the future.”
