Research Analyst at Emerging Asia Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; EAI; Management Consulting industry)
October 2007 – Present ( 3 months)
Appointed as regional researcher for Malaysia and Indonesia in the area of telecommunication and oil and gas industry.
Owner at CoBeDo, Soundread Enterprise (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; SE; Management Consulting industry)
June 2006 – Present (1 year 7 months)
As a consultant, I have relentlessly and successfully pursued my goal of helping business start-up and existing organization to realign and redefine their business process and structure. I have significant recent experience in opportunity and market research, design and deployment of accounting system and business process reengineering. My knowledge as an accountant and business consultant with 10 years experience in all phases of business process cycles, including planning, business process design, deployment and monitoring, and project management had added as advantage to my business.
In-country Analysts at Euromonitor International
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; EI; Market Research industry)
January 2007 – May 2007 ( 5 months)
I was a contract consultant for Euromonitor International (http://www.euromonitor.com) focusing on opportunity analysis for health, accident and home content insurance in Malaysia. I had to identify distribution channel, possible opportunity, underserved market segment and possible risk in distributing insurance product through direct marketing (i.e. direct mail, telemarketing and direct response advertising) for East Malaysia region. The identified channel must not contravene with any possible regulatory that fall under the rules and regulation that administered by Bank Negara Malaysia. The outcome will be publish by Euromonitor International in May 2007 at their website.
Manager, Business Development and R&D at KKYS Sdn Bhd
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; KKYS; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 – February 2006 ( 6 months)
• Strategy formulation and establishment of Key Performance Indicator for Private Education Entity that link working hours and monetary values.
• Budget plan and variance control for USD2.7 million budget.
Financial Controller at KKYS Sdn Bhd
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; KKYS; Higher Education industry)
July 2000 – September 2005 (5 years 3 months)
• Successfully deployed a budget plan of USD2.7 million and reduced budget variance by 30%.
• Successfully selected and implemented Windows based LAN accounting software for day-to-day operation and financial reporting procedure for audit purpose. The selected application saved procurement budget by USD160 ,000 and reduce workload by 50%.
• Formulation of compliance procedure both for audit and applicable Company Act 1964 and Income Tax Act 1965.
Audit Professional at Ernst & Young
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; EY; Accounting industry)
November 1995 – June 2000 (4 years 8 months)
• Perform Statutory Audit for various companies in accordance with Company Act, 1964.
• Perform financial audit for state government link trust fund with a total asset of USD136 million.
• Special audit for Security Exchange Commission for Initial Public Offering Exercise and Compliance Purpose for a shipping company with total turnover USD9.5 million.
• Merger and due diligence review for a takeover exercise involving fixed asset