Future students

Four Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) students, one global debt problem, and a mission to find the story within the numbers. That’s exactly what our team - Joel, Nate, Tim, and Callum – set out to do at the 2025 Manhattan Business Analytics Competition (MBAC). 

Saturday, September 20, 2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Launch Your Career 2025

Welcome to the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF)!

As a Waterloo SAF student, you are an integral part of our mandatory co-op program, and one of the first steps on your co-op journey is participating in the Launch Your Career (LYC) conference.

Krista Fiolleau and James Thompson, School of Accounting and Finance faculty members, have been recognized with 2025 Arts Awards for their exceptional contributions to research and service.

Dhiya, Shreya, Ethan, Delaney and Nabiha, AFM and SFM students, have advanced to the semi-finals of the A4S International Case Competition 2025!

Rachael, a Sustainability and Financial Management (SFM) student, shares why she chose the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) and how its supportive community, hands-on learning, and co-op opportunities helped her find purpose and belonging.

Patricia O’Brien, Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF), has been selected for induction into the Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame under the “Leaders of the Profession” category.

This prestigious honour recognizes her outstanding contributions to the accounting profession through decades of influential research, teaching, and mentorship that have shaped both Canadian and global accounting practices.

Tim Jackson (BA'92), a sessional lecturer at Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, will be awarded an honorary doctorate at this year's convocation ceremony.

We congratulate Tim on this well-deserved recognition as he receives the University's highest honour for his exceptional contributions within the University, Waterloo Region and beyond.

Ranjini Jha, a professor from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF), will be recognized with the title of Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Spring 2025 convocation ceremony.

Even after her retirement in 2024, Jha’s generosity and dedication to SAF finance students continues through the Jha Family Scholarship for Excellence in Finance, which supports high-achieving students pursuing careers in finance.