Shiphrah Cox did not originally plan to work in government, but having an education in business and accounting eventually dropped her into the current role as deputy finance director for the Maury County Finance Department, a chapter that now closes as she moves on from county work. Cox is from Pakistan, married in 2014 her husband Tim, with whom she has a daughter, Yasmin. Though she was not born here, she attended Martin Methodist (now University of Tennessee Southern), earning a Master of Business Administration degree.   Exactly six years from starting with county budget work, she is moving into the role of finance director for a company out of…