Accounting Stream Aim

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• Accounting Stream - Aim
• To equip students with the Theories and the
  Practices of Accountancy and related knowledge
  to become PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS (CPAs)

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WELCOME TO Jan 28 Forum
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Courses Offered

• (I) Required Courses
• - Intermediate Accounting I
• - Intermediate Accounting II
• - Cost Accounting
• - Taxation
• - Auditing

• (II) Additional Electives
• - Advanced Auditing
• - Advanced Accounting
• - Advanced Taxation
• - Accounting Theory
• - Accounting Information
• Systems
• - Advanced Management
• Accounting
• - China Accounting
• - Company Law
• - Financial Statements Analysis

Accountancy Degree Holder

Technical Knowledge Skills
Entry Right to HKICPA QP programme
ACCA 9 papers exempted
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CPA QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME (QP)

• A Comprehensive training program that provides
  knowledge and skill necessary to become a CPA.
• Need Degree in Accountancy (or graduates in other
  conversion programme) to be qualified in
  registering QP programme.

Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Financial Reporting
Financial Management
Auditing Information Management
Taxation
Final Professional Exam (6 hours open book)
Practical Experience
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Why Accounting???
Licensed Professional, fit my
interests,useful and practical
Attractive Pay, Bright Future, Challenging
Career, etc
They are year 3 students
Photos Taken with 2007 Graduates
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• Enhancement Program
• Purpose to further strengthen students
  expertise and skills
• expected of a professional accountant (for
  selected 2nd year students).
• Guaranteed summer internships with reputable CPA
  firms
• (including Big 4)
• Chinese and English Workshops
• Toastmaster Club or English debate team
• Business seminars on current development of
  the profession
• Luncheon with professors and
• industry practitioners
• Accounting Case competitions
• Visits to CPA firms
• Annual Dinner of HKICPA

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Seminars by External Speakers
SPEECH
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VARIOUR RECRUITMENT TALK FROM CPA FIRMS PARTNERS
MOCK INTERVIEW WITH INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS
SEMINAR ON JOB SEARCH SKILLS
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COMPANY VISITS/ ATTEND SEMINARS OPEN COMPETITIONS
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Numerous Scholarships Awarded to
Outstanding Students BY ACCOUNTANCY
2007 AWARDS PRESENTATION CEREMONY
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Career Prospects (HIGH MARKET DEMAND)
Supply and demand of new career entrants
(accountants)
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Great Employment Opportunities
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Career Prospects

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Big Four Accountancy Firms
• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• Ernst Young
• KPMG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Other Top Ten Accountancy Firms
• BDO McCabe Lo Co.
• CCIF
• Grant Thornton
• Mazars
• Industry and Commerce
• Government Departments
• Education

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2006/07 GRADUATES EMPLOYED BY BIG 4 AND TOP 10
CPA FIRMS
Top ten firms
Deloitte
PWC
EY
KPMG
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2007/08 EMPLOYMENT OFFERS FROM BIG 4 TO YEAR 3
ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS Up to Jan 23, 2008
20 OFFERS FROM BIG 4
PWC
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Other Top Ten firms are in the interview process.
Additional offers from Big 4 and other firms will
come in the next few months.
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SALARY OFFERED BY BIG 4 CPA FIRMS
11,100
10,600
10,300
10,200
9,800
9,800
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Career Choice

• A wide range of services provided
• Auditing
• Tax advisory
• Management and information technology consulting
• Financial consulting
• General accounting services and year-end
  financial reporting
• Company listing and secretarial
• etc...

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2006 ACCOUNTING GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION
9,530
9,150
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CONNECTION WITH INDUSTRY

• All accountancy faculty are CPAs with intense
  industry connection. We actively promote
  Accounting students to quality employers
• LINGNAN ACCOUNTING CIRCLE
• Alumni Association for Accounting Graduates
  with hundreds of Lingnan CPA alumni
• Separate Accountancy Advisory Boardwith
  prominent accountants from leading CPA firms as
  members

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• It is an exciting time to be members of the
  Accounting stream at Lingnan, to enter the elite
  of the Accountancy World AND
• Be a member of the exclusive Lingnan Accounting
  Circle!