Dan Fumai
Accounting for the San Diego Padres
May 18, 2006 | by brett | Permalink
Dan Fumai is the Vice President Controller for the San Diego Padres. after spending eleven years with the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. His goal while attending Boston University was to become a partner in an accounting firm. Interestingly enough, he was one year away from accomplishing that goal when he left the firm for the Padres after eleven years of service. When asked why he left, he still wasn’t sure but said that it was aonce in a lifetime opportunity that he could not resist.
Dan works mainly with baseball’s Debt Service Rule and said that 25% of his responsibilities with the organzation are devoted to the rule. When asked what he enjoyed most about his both his position with PWC and now with the Padres, he responded by saying that the people you work with is the most important thing. “If you don’t enjoy the person you work for or the people you work with, then you will not be happy even if you are getting paid double the amount of money.”
His advice to students is to express your interests to your employer so that they will provide you with opportunities that you will enjoy. Mr. Fumai communicated his love for sports to PWC, so they couldn’t really blame him when he packed his bags and headed for San Diego. When asked on how students should go about getting a job in sports, he said, “try and meet as many people as they can so that they can think of you for openings that may arise. “It’s not who you know, but who knows you.”
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