Dear Parents and Students
My name is Sue Kam (full name: Kam Suet Cheng). I am a tutor for A Level H2 Principles of Accounting (POA) Paper 9755 / 9593 (one to one basis), ACCA’s FIA (small classes and one to one) Paper F1 (Foundation in Accounting for Business), F2 (Foundation in Financial Management) and F3 (Foundation in Financial Accounting), Financial and Management Accounting for Degree, Polytechnics and Diploma (one to one basis).
Background:
I started my career with KPMG Kuala Lumpur back in 1993 when I was 19 years old and at the same time studied an accounting professional qualification, MICPA (Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants). I worked at KPMG for 5 years as an audit professional and then came to Singapore in 1998 to work at Price Waterhouse Coopers (formerly was Coopers & Lybrand) and worked there as an audit senior for about a year. After that, I was an entrepreneur. I was dealing in Real Estate, Curtain Contracting Works and Accounting Related Services. Due to hectic work, I never completed the final stage of MICPA. Subsequently, I took ACCA myself and completed all the examinations and hence, I am an ACCA graduate. In addition, I have also obtained a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brooked University. Since year 2008, I started teaching Accounting at GCE N, O and A Level, Degree, Diploma and ACCA, in addition to some Accounting Short Courses.
Reflection:
During my course of professional employment with KPMG and PWC, I felt that I had gained excellent technical competencies in Accounting but at times when I reflect on myself I felt I lack the practical understanding of my knowledge, which during my entrepreneurial I gradually translated those technical concepts and jargons into laymen understanding of the whole thing. Those coffee shop chats with small and big businesses owners and proprietors were my tuition sessions that translated my technical competencies into laymen understanding. I can particularly relate a time when an established investor relate to me his meeting with his fellow substantial shareholders of a Company and resolution reached through votes among them. I felt an UMMPH of my theoretical knowledge suddenly surface in real life, which gives me that deep sense of complete understanding and that sudden AAAH!
Teaching:
I started teaching in year 2008, which at that time, I wanted not only to just teach but to transfer as much as possible my knowledge, practical understanding, professional and entrepreneurial experiences to my students so that, hopefully, they can inherit my few decades of time spent in just a few short years or months of tutelage. While teaching, I am still learning, which I can particularly relate back to a time when I taught in a private school where a Chinese student asked me if Debit means Out as the Chinese Dictionary says so. My first reaction was HUH?? Wrong Definitely! But later I realized I was too quick to wrong that. I reflect back to the time when I was in KPMG preparing SSAF (Statement of Sources and Applications of Funds). I suddenly had that OH YA!! If you look at it, Credit is indeed the Source of Financing, coz when a business receives a sum of money, its either a sum earned, directly or indirectly borrowed or the business’ owner put in his own money. Hence, revenue, liabilities and capital are credit nature. Debit is indeed Out, as it is the Application of Funds, coz it is amount spent out on either expenses or non-current assets. In my more than one decade of teaching to date, I had much joy each time a student rejoiced on that UMMPH, AAAH! and OH YA! kind of sudden enlightenment understanding. I translate accounting jargons into practical understanding which I find most effective and useful to students.
Short cut to obtain a highly recognized Accounting Diploma, Degree, Chartered Accountant:
Upon passing the first 3 papers ie F1, F2, F3, you will get a Diploma in Accounting & Business
Then you can stop and later continue on with paper F4 to F9. After you cleared all the papers F4 through F9, you are eligible to get on the Oxford Brooked University program, something like upon passing a Thesis (somewhat difficult) and some Ethics simple module (not difficult) you will get a BSc(Hons) in Applied Accounting
Then you can proceed with the balance 4 ACCA Professional Papers. Together with relevant working experiences, you can get a Chartered Accountant certification. You need to take note that you need to closely ensure that your employer sigh off your work experiences and PER (Performance Objectives) as there is nothing much ACCA can do if your ex-employer/s are not willing to sign off for you later on. That's the reality quite a number of ACCA graduates face, where they are eligible for the Chartered Accountant certification in terms of academic qualifications and work experiences but could not get there as they are unable to get sign off by their employers or ex-employers. But don't worry too much as you will be able to deal with that when you get there.
I am a tutor for A Level H2 Principles of Accounting (POA) Paper 9755 / 9593, ACCA’s FIA Paper F1 (Foundation in Accounting for Business), F2 (Foundation in Financial Management) and F3 (Foundation in Financial Accounting), Financial and Management Accounting for Degree, Polytechnics and Diploma.
No reviews yet