Season 1: Hello, World! • February 16, 2021

Teresa Smith, Principal Consultant for OnPoint Solutions

In this episode of The Outspoken Podcast, host Shana Cosgrove talks to Teresa Smith, Principal consultant for OnPoint Solutions.

Outspoken With Shana Cosgrove Season 1 Episode 12

In this episode of The Outspoken Podcast, host Shana Cosgrove talks to Teresa Smith, Principal consultant for OnPoint Solutions. Teresa talks about why she pursued a career in finance, her role at OnPoint Solutions and working with CEO and Principal Consultant Donna M. Levin. She also shares her experiences being a woman in finance and what advice she would give younger women who are entering a career in finance.

QUOTES

  • “The numbers tell the story that’s tied with your dreams and your goals and everything you want to do.” -Teresa Smith [12:46]
  • “As a woman, and again my experience, right? They want you to be direct to a certain degree, but then they don’t want you to take it to the next level. Many times in my career, I’ve been basically been told to sit in a corner and that didn’t bode well with me.” -Teresa Smith [51:12]
  • “Something that I would love to do, as being into my career, is the ability to mentor younger women, and to be able to say, ‘Don’t put up with this.’ Or also say ‘You have to pick your battles’ too, because unfortunately, we still have to do that.” -Teresa Smith [01:00:04]

TIMESTAMPS

  • [00:04] Intro
  • [01:38] Meet Teresa Smith
  • [04:17] Shana’s first contact with OnPoint Solutions
  • [08:05] How Shana and Teresa met
  • [10:36] Finance is highly personal
  • [16:55] An overview of Teresa’s work
  • [18:55] Why she loves working with Nyla
  • [19:46] “CFO for hire”
  • [21:08] Work pre-COVID and her laptop
  • [23:34] How she became a CFO
  • [26:09] What her parents did for a living
  • [30:07] Attending Penn State University
  • [39:17] Her New York connection
  • [42:31] Moving to Maryland to work at HRB-Singer
  • [46:56] Her work relationship and friendship with Donna M. Levin
  • [49:06] Being a woman in finance
  • [58:33] Her experiences in the corporate world
  • [01:00:30] Her advice to young women entering finance
  • [01:03:48] Some surprising facts about Teresa
  • [01:10:01] Contacting Teresa Smith
  • [01:10:58] Outro

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