Company Trip

After a few weeks of tests and assignment,

we finally can have a short Sem break before the final exam

1 Week Holiday!

Just before my 1 Week Holiday

I went for a company trip organized by Monash Accounting Club

We visited 2 famous company

The first company is...

Just a brieft introduce about this company

It is one of the largest professional services firms in the world

and one of the Big Four auditors

along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC.

They are actually offering 3 lines of services

Audit, Tax and Advisory

Honestly

I am actually not aware that KPMG is one of the Big Four auditors

all I know is the Ernst & Young

However, after a 3 hours tour in the company

I start to realize what are the job scope for Auditors about

It is actually quite a hectic job

Of course, hard work paid off.

The 1st question I asked is

"How much will an Auditor earn per month approximately?"

For fresh degree graduates, it is around $2600

"So what's highest level income can an Parter earn in Auditors Firm earn?"

It is around 1 - 3 million per year.

"So how long could a person takes to reach that level"

It is depends on your capabilities and the amount of hard work had that you put in,

One of the youngest partner in KPMG is only 29 years old as he start at 19 years old.

And this is the fastest time for the time being for one to reached partner level.

The working environment at is very stressful

All you can see is stacks and stacks of file on top of the employee table

They looks really stressful

may be this explained why they are one of the Big Four Auditors

After visiting KPMG

We went over to visit the second company

BASF is one of the world leading chemical company

Malaysia's BASF is establishing a shared service centre

Stop there!

You guys must be wondering why is Chemical Company do with me

as I am a Accounting and Finance student.

However, every company needs accounting and finance department

however BASF Malaysia is a shared service centre

so called a main service centre

It provides support services in

financial and accounting, Information technology/information services and human resources

to BASF subsidiaries and affiliates in 15 countries in Asia Pacific.

Basically, the difference between BASF and KPMG is the working environment

I felt the BASF has a better working environment compared to KPMG

Their wall is very colorful and even their room name is unique

unlike other company

their room name is actually the country name

e.g. Korea, Japan, Australia, Kuala Lumpur and etc.

The interesting part about BASF is that they are actually having this program

That actually train fresh graduates for 2 years

and if after 2 years

he/she gets through the test or requirement

he/she can promote to become manager

It sounds "fast" and interesting

and you know is not that easy

but it is not impossible though

It is a good experience after the company trip

One important things that I forgot to mention about is

In order to work with them

one of the requirement is that your GPA has to be more than 3.2

3.2 is quite a high achievement as you has

consistently get Distinction for 3 years

which means for all the 24 units for Monash Business Students

you have to get at least a Distinction for every units.

Anyway, I personally think that GPA is really just a passport to interview

It only shows that you can study well, you are very hardworking

but if you just happen to throw a stone to the competitive world out there

everyone is at least a degree holder and some are double degrees

So, seriously,

How are you going to fight with them?

By participating co-coriculmum activities? Yes you can

By studying oversea? Yes you can, as you can get a greater exposure.

and there are more.

Do you think GPA is important?

Do you think participating CCA is essential?

Do you think studying oversea would make you a better chances then?

The Answer is a Yes.

BUT

Do you know why?