Aspiring CPA Audit Associate with Leadership Potential

Adam W. Knox

**** *** ** ******, ******** City, MD 21042

410-***-**** (home), 443-***-**** (cell)

EDUCATION

College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA May 2024 Raymond Mason School of Business

Accounting major

Course work: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Business Statistics, Accounting, Calculus, Marketing, Business Analytics, Finance, Financial Planning and Reporting, Audit, Tax Regulation, Cost Accounting

Languages: Chinese

Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD June 2020 Integrated Humanities Program for Gifted and Talented students Advanced courses: AP Computer Science Principles, Principles of Java Programming, Business Calculus, AP English Literature, AP US Government, AP US History Languages: Chinese and French

Instrument: Trumpet

WORK EXPERIENCE

RSM US LLP, Baltimore, MD October 2025 - May 2026

Assurance Associate - Nonprofit Sector

● Involved in planning, fieldwork, and completion steps of the audit process

● Formatted general ledgers for staff use

● Gained an understanding of client processes and controls though inquiry, design and implementation procedures, and risk assessment procedures

● Selected and tested various client accounts for tests of details

● Ultilized analytical procedures to compare and verify client assertions year over year.

● Led client inquiry meetings

● Led in-person inventory observations at client sites William and Mary Residence Life, Williamsburg, VA August 2022-December 2023 Resident Assistant

● Facilitated development of community

● Planned and organized development initiatives for residents

● Mediated conflicts between roommates and among residents

● Developed and posted bulletin boards

● Addressed individual student concerns

RSM US LLP, Baltimore, MD June-August 2023/2024

Audit Intern

● Drafted engagement letters for client projects

● Assisted associates in sampling client financial documents

● Inquired with clients about the nature of their financial information William and Mary Women’s Basketball Team, Williamsburg, VA September 2021-December 2022 Student Manager

● Assisted staff with practice activities

● Set up and prepared bench and locker-rooms on game-days Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD May 2021-August 2022 Event Staff

● Usher

● Ticket Scanning

● Crowd Control

David’s Natural Market, Columbia, MD May-July 2021 Cashier and Stocker

● Restocked aisles with new merchandise

● Operated customer check out

Columbia Association, Columbia, MD June 2017-August 2022 Lifeguard

● Provided a safe waterfront at all times while on duty.

● Maintained “test-ready” CPR skills.

● Provided excellent service to guests at the check-in desk, snack bar, and pool. SKILLS

● Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Office, Teams)

● Datasnipper and Dataminer for Excel

● CaseWare

● Suralink

● IDEA

● Microsoft Copilot

● Java programming

● Point of Sale Operation

● CPR and AED Certification

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