Today I shadowed the finance department at SAS. Similar to the IT department, I shadowed many different people today, switching about every half an hour. While I did meet many different people in finance department today, one experience that stood out was the meeting I attended with my mentor, Melody. This meeting was interesting as it spanned many departments. The finance, IT and human resource departments were coming together to discuss leaves taken by employees, such as maternity leave and medical leave. Each department played an important role in the discussion of its employees: The HR department handles employees, the finance department handles salaries to employees, the companies biggest expense, and IT handles the software that is used to track employees. The factor that was adding additional complexity to the issue was that the SAS company is found in over 40 countries. The team was in charge of employees in all of these countries, with each of these countries having their own policy in paid and unpaid leave. I really enjoyed attending this meeting as it was interesting to see many different departments coming together. Though I don’t think that I want to become an accountant, I still had a fun time learning the intricacies of the finance department,
