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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 [...]

It’s interesting to note that I have received a couple of emails from readers asking for advice about careers in accounting and the fields of study they should be doing if they want to pursue a career as an accountant.
I thought I’ll write more about it in my series on Diary of a CPA to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]