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Career Advice

kentroy — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:48:15 +0800

First of all, let me introduce of my background. I'm currently working as an Audit Senior Associate in one of the Big 4. After working in audit with 2years plus I really found out that I'm not interested in audit and doesn't want to spend any more time on it. Currently I'm in a dilemma as I only know I don't like audit but I doesn't know where and what I want to go?

I have gotten one job as Accountant in commercial firm which offer me around 40% increase of my current salary. However, there something bother to stop accept this offer. As I doesn't where I want to go. Now I'm in between to deciding whether want choose go to commercial or join Tax but this will start from Associate again.

KPMG

kentroy — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:24:01 +0800

Hi, anyone have went to interview at 23/11/2016. Did you all have receive your interview result? Until today I still haven't receive my interview result. During the interview the HR person say will get the result around 1 or 1 and half week but now was a month passed. Last week I had send an e-mail to the HR person but until today still didn't get any reply from her. Does this mean indirectly tell me I had been rejected?

Audit or Tax

kentroy — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:56:08 +0800

Hi all, I'm a fresh graduate and currently doing ACCA P level. I'm having a dilemma after i completed my internship in one of the big 4 audit department. I'm not sure wanna start my career in Audit or Tax. My aim is to get the CA licence after 3 years and hoping can get a job in SG Big 4 or mid tier firm. As i know if wanna join in SG Big 4 or Mid Tier Audit division with few years experience is not impossible. However, during my internship I found out that I'm not too interested in Audit and wanna try to join in Tax, Internal Audit or Advisory.

The purpose of open this post is like to seek some advice or opinion from Tax Experience Senior who are work in Big 4. I would like to know that is it able for us to apply and get to work in SG Tax division when we have few years experience the major concern of me is the Tax law is variant in Malaysia and SG. So I'm not sure that SG Big 4 is it will take us. Beside that, I would also like to know more about Transfer Pricing this area if anyone are in this area could you tell me more about it. I also like to know which area is the best to start as a Tax Associate(Indirect Tax, Business Tax/Corp Tax, TP, International Tax, Global Employer Services).

Secondly, I would also like to know more about Internal Auditor. Anyone can tell me more about this position so that I can get some picture about this work. Beside that, I also have an interested in Forensic Accounting/Fraud Investigation and during my Degree i have took forensic accounting so I knew the basic theory about Forensic Accounting but I would like to know more about the job scope in the real working environment.

Thank you to spend your time to read my post and hope you can drop me some advice or opinion.