Kelsey Parker's Meteoric Rise from Accounting Intern to SEC Reporting Accountant at a Fortune 500 Company

To characterize the first six years of someone's professional career, moving from accounting internship to an SEC Reporting Accountant at a Fortune 500 company, as a meteoric rise is probably an understatement. That is, however, the description being used by Turner Business to describe the beginning of Kelsey Parker's professional career. That career took flight in April of 2017 as a closing coordinator for Edge & Kimbell Law here in Columbus. It continued January of 2018 with an accounting internship with Robinson, Grimes & Company, another Columbus business pillar. From there Kelsey transitioned to become a post closer with Morris, Manning & Martin. Of course, this part of Kelsey's professional journey was assisted by the BBA in accounting that she earned from the Turner College in 2018. During her four years of study at CSU, she was a member of Phi Mu, Order of Omega Honor Society, and the Accounting Club, all while serving in the Student Alumni Association, as a Turner College Diplomat, and in the Student Government Association. Kelsey's BBA in accounting was certainly vital to her next post as Financial Accounting Analyst II at Synovus, a local publicly traded firm where she worked from September of 2018 to April of 2021. In April of 2021, she took the next career step by joining Global Payments, Inc., another publicly traded company, where she became a Financial Analyst/Accountant II. It was during this period of her professional journey that Kelsey earned an MBA from the Turner College, positioning her to move to the local Fortune 500 company, Aflac, in September of 2022. There she began as Senior US FP&A Analyst, and in September of 2023 she was promoted to her current post as SEC Reporting Accountant II. Based on these details about Kelsey's professional journey thus far, we may need to buckle up before delving into future chapters. Turner Business will certainly keep an eye of her journey and bring you the latest.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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