Traveling audit specialist ready to settle down in L.A.AFTER years of life in a variety of places--Lebanon, Canada, Virginia--Hana Hoffmann says she's settling down in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, with a job as senior manager in the assurance practice for Grant Thornton LLP  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . She was attracted by the L.A. location as much as by the company. "We always wanted to live in Southern California because of the culture and the weather. Coming from Canada, most people would understand that," she said. Just don't ask her about the traffic--a frustration arising from all the time she spends on the road. "I have been here for two months but every time I want to go out I have to go to MapQuest to print out directions. I'm not at the office too often. I'm usually out meeting with clients or between clients," she said. "I like everything about L.A. except the traffic. But I don't want to talk about that or I'll get frustrated again." Most of her day is dedicated to resolving issues that arise in the auditing process; she also researches auditing practices. Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. division of the international accounting and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm. Hoffmann's parents are Canadian, but she was born and raised in Lebanon. She received degrees in accounting and marketing from Lebanese University The Lebanese University (Arabic: الجامعة اللبنانية, French: Université Libanaise in Beirut. She moved to Canada in her 20s, and met her husband, a native of Montreal Of Montreal is an American indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia, fronted by Kevin Barnes. It was among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company. . They moved to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for job opportunities, and stayed for a time in Virginia, where Hoffmann worked for several years as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hoffmann began looking into a job with Grant Thornton because she wanted a change. "I'd been doing audit managing for the past 10 years. I was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something different in my career and I felt like there were a lot of opportunities at Grant Thornton," she said. Hoffmann lives with her husband in Santa Clarita. "We really want to explore California, go hiking, and travel to San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara." She also enjoys horseback riding. |
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