Sara Wenzel Riley

Class Year

2010

Title

Senior Tax Accounting

Employer

Miller Cooper

Current Information

Sarah Wenzel Riley ’10 is a senior tax accounting at Miller Cooper, the 10th largest accounting firm in the Chicago area

Key steps in her journey:

  • Senior Tax Accountant — Miller Cooper (Chicago)
    • Individual, nonprofit, estate and trust, business taxation
  • Senior Tax Accountant —Shepard Schwartz & Harris (Chicago)
    • Individual, nonprofit, estate and trust, business taxation
    • five years
  • Senior Associate to Supervisor — Martin Hood (Champaign, Illinois)
    • Individual, nonprofit, estate and trust, business taxation
    • three years
  • Staff Accountant —Mize Houser & Co PA (Lawrence, Kansas)
    • Governmental auditing and individual taxation
    • five years
  • MBA and CPA Certification
    • University of Kansas

Sara’s advice for students: 

“Make a plan, be flexible, and go wherever life and the people you love take you!”