objectives - Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Supported by :
Jointly organised by
SMPs
18 July 2016 (Monday)
Connexion Conference and Events @ Nexus
Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur
MICPA CPD Hours : 3 Hours
Member : RM159 | Non-member : RM265
Small and medium-sized practices (SMPs) are a critically important part of the profession as they
constitute the vast majority of accountancy practices worldwide, and in many parts of the world, are
employing the majority of professional accountants working in practice. SMPs typically serve small and
medium-sized entities (SMEs) which are referred to as the engine of growth and innovation in Malaysia.
Increased automation, rising audit thresholds and a host of other pressures on SMPs all contribute to
the view that it is time to specialise. There are opportunities for SMPs to diversified their service
offerings, mainly by deploying technoloy to automate the compliance side of their business while
expanding support and value added services.
OBJECTIVES
It is timely that SMPs recognise the factors that affect the provision of appropriate consultancy and
services to their clients. This Seminar will assist you to:
• Identify specific needs and overcome today’s challenges;
• Reengineer your practices to current business trends;
• Grow your practices through the review, compilation and agreed-upon procedures engagements;
• Learn the changes in the SMP landscape and the future business plans
Who should attend :
• Partners, Sole-Proprietors and Principals
• Managers and Senior Auditors
• Approved Company Auditors
• Public practitioners
• Those responsible for SMP/SME affairs at
organisations
• Professional accountancy organisations,
both national and regional
• Other interested parties
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
1.00pm
Registration & light refreshments
2.00pm
Panel Session:
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Malaysian SMPs
Panellists :
1. Paul Thompson
Director, Global Accountancy Profession Support, IFAC
2. Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan
Chairperson, MIA SMP Committee
3. Poon Yew Hoe
Managing Partner, Crowe Horwath Malaysia
This session will capture the opportunities of the SMPs in the capacity as an
advisory service provider. Explore market factors, technologies and matters
most likely influence SMPs and the clients businesses on the exposure to
financial crimes, access to finance and the extent of their internationalisation.
Get the latest insights into results of the IFAC Global SMP Survey.
3.20pm
Networking & refreshments
3.40pm
Panel Session:
Expanding Services Offerings: Non-Audit Assurance, Review, AgreedUpon Procedures Services and Business Advice
This session will share on the growing demand for non audit services, review,
compilation engagements and agreed-upon procedures services offered by
professional accountants in public practice in accordance with relevant
international standards and the different benefits of each service.
Panellists :
1. Paul Thompson
Director, Global Accountancy Profession Support, IFAC
2. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Chua Hock Hoo
Managing Partner, Cheng & Co
3. Tang Seng Choon
Head of Audit, BDO Malaysia
4.30pm
Q&A Session
5.00pm
End of Seminar
SPEAKERS’ PROFILE
Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson is the Director of IFAC’s Global Accountancy Profession Support, after serving as Director of SME & SMP Affairs where he led
initiatives to support the development of small- and medium-sized practices. Prior to this he was with Touche Ross & Co., London, specialising in
the audit of financial institutions. He also lectured on financial reporting and analysis at the undergraduate and MBA levels at universities in the UK,
Singapore and Malaysia. Paul holds a bachelor of science in accounting and financial analysis from the University of Warwick, and contributes to
publications in academic journals and professional press in the areas of bank lending, financial reporting, corporate governance, and corporate
social reporting.
Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan
Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan was elected as MIA Vice President on 27 July 2015.This is her new term as MIA Vice President.
Datuk Zaiton was first appointed as MIA Council member on 16 July 2013. Datuk Zaiton is currently the Managing Director of Capital Intelligence
Advisors Sdn Bhd. She is the Chairman of the Private Pension Administrator Malaysia. She is also the Chairman of a public-listed company, Dolphin
International Berhad, and Director of Sime Darby Berhad, BIMB Holdings Berhad and Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad.
She was the President of the ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee. She was also formerly the President/Executive Director of Malaysian Rating
Corporation Berhad (MARC). Prior to joining MARC, Datuk Zaiton served 12 years with Maybank in various senior positions including that of General Manager, Group
Strategic Planning.
Poon Yew Hoe
Poon Yew Hoe is the Managing Partner of Crowe Horwath in Malaysia and Cambodia. Professionally, he specialises in taxation and heads the tax
division of the firm as the Senior Tax Partner in Malaysia. Mr Poon's experience spans 37 years beginning with his 6 year stint with a major
accounting firm and another 2 years with a commercial firm in Malaysia.
Having been in practice since 1983, he has a diverse experience in auditing, taxation, business advisory, investigations and due diligence reviews.
His clients include public listed and multi-national companies engaged in a variety of industries including manufacturing, property development,
construction, shipbuilding, tertiary education and hospitality.
Poon is a regular speaker at seminars and serves as a council member in the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Chua Hock Hoo
Dato’ Dr. Chua qualified as a professional accountant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant in 1993. He obtained Doctorate in
Knowledge Management (PHD) from University of Malaya in 2012 and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Oklahoma City University,
USA in 1995. He had successfully completed the 5th Asean Senior Management Development Program organized by Harvard Business School
Alumni Club of Malaysia on 7th July 2013.
Dato’ Dr. Chua distinguished himself in practice as an auditor, licensed liquidator and a tax consultant. He is the co-founder and currently the
Managing Partner of Cheng & Co, a Chartered Accountants firm. Besides, he is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Malaysian
Institute of Taxation and Financial Planning Association of Malaysia, fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and CPA Australia,
associate member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and also member of Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia.
In addition, Dato’ Dr. Chua also sits on the board as a director of several private and listed companies in Malaysia and Australia. He has been appointed as an Adjunct
Professor of UNITAR International University in 2014, Industry Advisor of SEGI College KL, Audit Committee Member of the Malaysian Red Crescent, Trustee of Real
Foundation, and he is also the Founder Member of Cheng & Co Foundation.
Tang Seng Choon
Tang Seng Choon is the Head of Audit at BDO in Malaysia. He has more than 20 years’ of working experience in the accounting profession. Prior to
joining BDO, he was the Head of an Audit division at KPMG Malaysia, one of the Big 5 accounting firms; as well as the partner in charge of its
Malacca office, and a member of the Global Audit Methodology Council of KPMG.
Tang is a member of the BDO International Audit Steering Committee (ASC), which deals with the global roll out of all new audit methodology and
tools, as well as accounting and auditing issues and initiatives of BDO International.
He sits on the Financial Statements Review Committee and the Audit and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) of MIA and is currently the Audit and Accounting
Coordinator of BDO Malaysia. He is a member of the Convergence Task Force and Issues Committee of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (“MASB”) and has
been actively participating in local deliberations on financial reporting matters involving the MASB.
REGISTRATION FORM
Changing SMPs Business Model
Please □ the appropriate checkboxes.
PARTICIPANTS' DETAILS
Participant 1
Designation:
*
Member
PROGRAMME FEES
Full name as per I/C (Dato' / Datin / Dr / Mr / Mrs / Ms):
Vegetarian Meal
Email:
*
Non-member
Member
Non-member
Group of three (3) and above
The above programme fee is inclusive of 6% GST.
*For members, please tick where applicable:
Membership No.:
Participant
Participant 2
| RM 159
| RM 265
| RM 137.80
Full name as per I/C (Dato’ / Datin / Dr / Mr / Mrs / Ms):
Vegetarian Meal
1
2
Association
3
MIA member
MICPA member
Designation:
*
Member
ACCA member
Email:
*
Non-member
CAANZ Member
CGMA Member
Membership No.:
ICAEW Member
Participant 3
Full name as per I/C (Dato’ / Datin / Dr / Mr / Mrs / Ms):
Designation:
*
Member
Vegetarian Meal
Email:
*
Non-member
PROGRAMME DETAILS
18 July 2016 (Monday),
Connexion Conference and Events Centre @Nexus,
Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur
Membership No.:
ORGANISATION'S DETAILS
ENQUIRIES & REGISTRATION
Organisation:
Industry:
Contact
Tel
Fax
Email
Address
: Pugal
: 03 2279 9293
: 03 2273 5167
: [email protected]
: Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Dewan Akauntan,
No. 2, Jalan Tun Sambanthan 3
Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur
GST No. : 000955203584
Contact Person:
Address:
Email:
Tel:
Fax:
TAXINVOICE to be issued under:
Company
Individual
Signature & Company Stamp:
PAYMENT DETAILS
Payment byCheque
Bank &Cheque No.:
Amount RM:
Payment by Credit Card
Visa
Master
Cardholder's Name:
Card No.:
ExpiryDate:
I Authorise Payment of RM:
Cardholder's Signature:
Date:
IMPORTANTNOTES:
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.
Only fully completed registration form will be processed.
PROGRAMME FEE
• Fee is payable to MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS
• Fee includes course materials and one tea break.
• Full payment of the above amount shall be made within thirty (30) days from the date of the
Payment Advice or on the day of the event, whichever earlier.
• Admittance may be denied upon failure to make full payment as per the above requirement.
CANCELLATION/ TRANSFER
Upon registering, participant(s) are considered successfully enrolled in the event. Should participant(s)
decide to cancel/transfer their enrolment, a cancellation/transfer policy shall be applied as follows.
a) Written cancellation/ transfer received less than seven (7) days from the date of the event:
- A refund (less administrative charge of 20%) will be made
- Unpaid registrations will also be liable for 20% administrative charges
b) Written cancellation/no show on the day of the programme:
- No refund will be entertained
- Unpaid registrations will also be liable for full payment of the registration fee
- Partial cancellation is not allowed
You can substitute an alternate participant if you wish to avoid cancellation/transfer charges.
Any difference in fees will be charged accordingly.
*Please select the participant classification carefully as it determines the fee payable. No alteration will
be allowed after the registration is accepted. Terms and conditions apply.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE AND CPE HOURS
• Upon full attendance of the programme, participants will be issued an “E-certificate”. Participants will
receive an email with a download link and are required to download the e-certificate within 30 days. For this
purpose, it is COMPULSORY to fill in the email address clearly.
• For MIA members, the CPE hours will be credited into the Membership System within 2 weeks of the event.
DATA PROTECTION
Personal Data is gathered in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709).
DISCLAIMER
The Organisers reserve the right to change the speaker(s), date(s) and to cancel the programme should
circumstances beyond its control arises. The Organisers also reserve the right to make alternative
arrangements without prior notice should it be necessary to do so. Upon signing the registration form, you
are deemed to have read and accepted the terms and conditions.