Not-so-secret diary of a CPA (part III)


This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

I was having a seven course lunch at the Marina Mandarin Hotel on 18 April 2009 courtesy of my $160 (including cost of Members’ Handbook CD-ROM containing FRS etc) annual subscription fee and noted that it was the largest gathering of [...]

Not-so-secret Diary of a CPA (part IV)


This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

Tools of the Trade
Every professional worth his salt will have to be equipped with the tools of his trade. As a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), what are the tools of my trade?
Over my 15 years of doing external, internal and [...]

Not-so-secret diary of a CPA (part IV)


This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

Tools of the Trade
Every professional worth his salt will have to be equipped with the tools of his trade. As a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), what are the tools of my trade?
Over my 15 years of doing external, internal and [...]

Not-so-secret Diary of a CPA (part V)


This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

What is your stereotypical view of a Certified Public Accountant?
Someone who is meticulous in figures? Likes to dot every ‘i’ and cross every ‘t’? Someone who is obsessed in ensuring that debits = credits?
Or is the accountant someone who has every [...]

Not-so-secret Diary of a CPA: (Part VI) CAATs other other beasts


This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

One of the areas that I encountered in my career as an auditor is this animal know as CAATS. It’s not the meow-meow animal we all know and love but CAATs is an acronym to refer to Computer-assisted audit techiques or [...]