Nikki Winston, CPA

Putting aside credentials and degrees and accolades and professional accomplishments for a minute: I’ve always believed in the old saying that we must live life to the fullest. I am here to do just that. NikkWinstonCPA serves as a vessel to share my vast interests, and clue you in as to what inspires me in this ever-changing world.

This is ME.

I love doing dope shit my way.

Nothing I want is out of my reach.

Cooking is fun, wellness is non-negotiable, and cleaning is therapeutic. I'll take a solo trip in a minute. I'm an introvert but love on my friends HARD.

I've collected books since I was 14. I love stilettos and bracelets. Music is LOVE and my "Wellness Room Vibes" playlist on Spotify is unfuckwittable. My website is filled with good food, wellness, my favorite songs (from the 80s and 90s) and all things related to me creating the life that I want.

Nikki Winston, CPA Journal of Accountancy Podcast - 150-hour Requirement for CPA Licensure + Accounting Pipeline Issues

I LOVE BEING A CPA EXAM COACH

What would I do if money was no object? Get candidates ready for the CPA exam.

My unplanned passion as a CPA exam coach. It was nowhere on my career goals list. I've studied what candidates are studying. I've stressed how they're stressing. I've paid money for course materials and testing fees and retesting fees (and later licensing and CPE fees). My CPA candidate journey did something to me. I thought I was going to pass 4 sections in 6 months, get my license and be done. But instead, it took 1,373 days, 13 NTS, and a whole lotta notebooks and flashcards to get me over the CPA exam hump. I journaled that experience and kept my notes that I created because I knew one day it would help somebody. Even when I failed a section, I learned something. Those 13 exams became something way bigger than I ever thought because, this was not on my goals list. In fact, being an accountant wasn't even on my goals list!

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#CareerConvos™️ with Nikki

Career advancement and leadership development for high-potential, ambitious accountants

How do I ask for more money at work? Where do I find a mentor? What's it really like to work in accounting?

These are the questions I get asked a lot and inspired me to create #CareerConvos™️, a safe space for accountants to be professionally vulnerable and get the guidance that's missing in your corporate job. The #CareerConvos™️ Library includes a world of accounting career resources, templates you can copy and look like a superstar at work and question you must ask during interviews and performance reviews. Click below and explore all that's available to you in the #CareerConvos™️ Library.

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ON THE BLOG...

Will AI Replace Accountants?

AI won’t replace accountants. It will force us to become better accountants. The pressure of AI in accounting is undoubtedly building. Transactional work will continue to change, forcing the evolution of what an “entry level role” will look like going forward. Firms will need better ways to give new accountants the reps that help them develop the judgment, critical thinking, and storytelling skills that are essential to the accounting profession as we protect the public inte

#CareerConvos™️

Nikki Winston, CPA

Executive Presence: How to Be Seen Regardless of Your Title

Executive Presence Regardless of Your Job Title

Executive Presence: How to Be Seen Regardless of Your Title Executive presence is one of the most important professional development skills for corporate employees. It influences how leaders perceive your readiness for greater responsibility, how colleagues experience your leadership, and whether decision makers view you as someone prepared for promotion. You need to demonstrate executive presence at every level and pay grade at work.

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Nikki Winston, CPA

How Rapid Growth, $67 Million in Funding Requests, Alleged Financial Fraud, Weak Internal Controls, and Questions About Lender Oversight Became a Fight Over Ethics at Uncle Nearest

The public story of Uncle Nearest was fast growth, expansion, social media toasts to success, a major distillery that we could visit & be engulfed in the history of the incredible Nearest Green, and a founder who was on the stages and in the community lifting up everybody Black from founders and young audacious Black girls. The financial story unfolding behind the brand was far less polished. Founders need to have enough financial fluency to recognize when the business story

Accounting in Real Life

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