Accounting · Western University · Class of 2027
James Matthew Owens
I'm a fourth-year accounting student at Western University, graduating April 2027 and applying to CPA pre-approved roles in Toronto. Three internships and two years running a student organization's books have taught me where the work actually is: clean reporting, reconciled numbers, and processes the next person can pick up without asking me how they work.
- Program
- Honours Specialization in Accounting, BMOS
- Institution
- Western University
- Graduating
- April 2027
- Designation
- CPA Ontario, with PEP prerequisites complete at graduation
- Seeking
- 2027 CPA pre-approved rotational & assurance roles in Toronto
- Available
- May 2027
Experience03 roles
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Client Engagement Intern
Summers 2025, 2026Jarvis Consulting Group · Toronto, ON
Two consecutive summer terms supporting the client engagement team, returning in 2026 after earning a return offer.
- Support 6+ account executives across their client portfolios, working with senior technology leaders
- Help run the firm's Iteration Lab podcast: interview questions, short-form editing, and scheduling
- Replaced the manual CEO-to-finance expense submission process with a Power Automate workflow, creating a consistent record of what was submitted and approved
- Built an Excel relationship-mapping tool covering 500+ client contacts to make disorganized CRM data usable
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Marketing & Project Management Intern
2024-PresentStirlingshire Investments · Remote
The main marketing contact for a firm of 40+ financial advisors.
- Handle website, content, and onboarding requests for 40+ advisors
- Coordinate 10+ social posts and three articles each week across advisors, compliance, and leadership
- Work with compliance to review advisor-facing content before publication, reducing revisions and keeping materials accurate
- Sourced 12 CEO podcast appearances and coordinated 50+ leadership meetings at Web Summit Qatar
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Marketing Intern
Summer 2024Muskoka Cruises · Bracebridge, ON
A summer with a Muskoka cruise and tour operator, working on promotions and partnerships that drove bookings.
- Created and launched a Mother's Day promotion that sold out and generated over $3,000 in revenue
- Built a healthcare giveaway partnership that reached 4,000+ people and increased website traffic by 18%
LeadershipVolunteer
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VP Finance
2024-2026Western for the Elderly · Student organization, Western University
Elected VP Finance after serving as Director of Finance. I owned the club's budget end to end, and it is the closest thing I have to the actual work of the designation.
- Managed roughly $3,400 in club funds across 20+ events
- Reviewed and approved expense claims against budget lines, processing 100+ reimbursements per term
- Rebuilt the club's budget tracker to improve visibility into where money was going
- Tracked spending against budget and reported variances to an executive team of 20+
- Closed my term with a surplus, which the club put toward a $1,000+ karaoke machine donated to Sharon Village Retirement and Long-Term Care
EducationCredentials
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Honours Specialization in Accounting
2023-2027Western University · BMOS · London, ON
- 81.7% cumulative average · 86.8% in third year
- Dean's Honour List, 2024-25 and 2025-26
- 100% in Advanced Finance
- Fourth-year coursework includes auditing and taxation
- All CPA PEP academic prerequisites complete on graduation
Capabilities
Accounting & Finance
- Financial accounting
- Management accounting
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting & forecasting
- Reconciliation
- Expense review & approval
- Variance reporting
Systems & Automation
- Microsoft Power Automate
- Excel modelling & tooling
- CRM data management
- Web development (HTML, Python)
- Process documentation
Client & Project
- Account support
- Project coordination
- Compliance review workflows
- Stakeholder reporting
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