1. Curriculum Vitae
CHOW YEE MUN, CARMEN
Address: Block 365, Yishun Ring Road, #03-1556, Sg 760365.
Mobile: +65-9062 4296
Permanent Status: Singapore PR
DOB: 28.06.1983
Email: carmencym@hotmail.com
Expected salary: negotiable
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1. 2012 Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
• CA Singapore member
1. 2003-2006 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• ACCA, Sunway University College
2. 2001 Foundation
• Certified Accounting Technician (CAT)
FTMS School of Professional Accounting & Finance
First attempt for all papers
3. 1996-2000 Secondary School
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya
• SPM (2000)
• PMR (1998)
4. 1992-1997 Primary School
Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan (c) Jinjang Utara, Kuala Lumpur
• UPSR (1995)
2. FAMILY BACKGROUND
Name Relationship Occupation
Chiew Pak Weng Spouse Logistic Executive
Yap Set Ha Mother Retiree
Chow Tat Wai Brother IT Specialist
WORKING EXPERIENCE
• Ameroid Logistics (S) Pte Ltd (Feb 2014 – Current)
• Position: Finance Manager
• Current salary: S$7,500
• Joining salary: S$7,000
• Reason for leaving: Seeking a position in the challenging and full spectrum of
finance/accounting function; stable work environment.
• Role/responsibilities
Primary role: Assist Chief of Financial, Director
- Responsible for the day to day finance and accounting activities of the company,
including corporate secretarial matter, audit matters, corporate tax matters and funds
management,
- Implement accounting policies/models, SAP system as well as procedures,
- Responsible for finance department’s structure including staff development plan and
training, this is to ensure we manage staff retention level and achieving organization’s
goals and objectives,
- Report to management on variances from established budget and the reasons for
those variances including monthly and quarterly reporting to HQ,
- Assist in budgets, forecasting and monitoring business performance,
- Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company and monitoring
cashflow,
- Interpret the company’s financial results to management and recommend
improvement activities,
- Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of
company throughput,
- Compile key business metrics and report on them to management,
- Create additional analyses and reports as requested by management including
developing current and future cost analyses,
- Oversee the extension of credit to customers,
- AR billings management
3. - Debtors management
- Ad-hod assignment as and when required.
Highest achievements in Ameroid:
1) Build up a quality finance/accounting function including hired right candidates;
2) Direct the team to meet Organization’s mission and vision;
3) Implement policies, SAP system and business models including transforming manual
billing to electronic billing, electronic accounts book keeping and improve debtor’s
collections ratio and etc.
• Triumph Drilling (S) Pte Ltd (Feb 2011 – Feb 2014)
• Position: Management Accountant, Group
• Current salary: S$6,646 (excluding monthly travelling allowance – S$250)
• Joining salary: S$4,000
• Reason for leaving: Seeking a position in the challenging full spectrum of finance
and accounting function, where extensive knowledge will be further developed and
utilized.
• Role/responsibilities
Primary role: Assist Financial Controller, Group
(US GAAP for consolidation accounts, FRS for local HQ entity)
- Responsible for the day to day accounting activities of the group, ensuring data
integrity and timely financial reporting, this is to be achieved by managing a group of
Finance team players in Singapore (HQ) and Malaysia (Active subsidiaries).
- To ensure accurate (all AR/AP/FA tie to GL ledger and compliance to Group policies)
and timely closing of period-end accounts and processing of transactions, providing
effective support to the business, this is to be achieved by reviewing all AR/AP/GL
transactions in HQ and FA handle by myself,
- Responsible for the daily accounting and transaction processing of the business,
reviewing variance analysis for each Rigs monthly for internal report purposes,
- Provide guidance and review the transaction processing of the business performed
by finance team including invoices posting (ensure accounting code, business unit
code and entity recording appropriate) and GL posting (ensure accounting treatment,
account code, business unit code and entity recording appropriate), this is to ensure
proper accounting practice, compliance to Company Act, Income Tax Act and Labor
Law,
- Responsible month-end closing of the Group and entity-level accounts of the business
and generation of report and consolidated financial statements,
- Prepare / review monthly audit schedules and reconciliations and perform inter-
company billings and reconciliations of inter-company transactions and balances,
- Assist in the group external audit, ensure the group audit run smoothly with expected
timeline, discuss with auditor on issue highlighted, ensure the final group financial
statement appropriately acceptable by stakeholder,
- Maintain Group Fixed Assets registers and AFE log (i.e. a worksheet for controlling
actual spend on approved capital expenditure item), ensure all relevant item being
capitalized/expense off appropriately,
4. - Assist the Group Financial Controller in all aspects of accounting and financial
matters, which include the accounting policies, internal control, compliance to required
law and regulations, risk management, year-end audit procedures, correction of Group
balance sheet items, credit application procedures and the preparation of various
reports / responses to stakeholders
- Concurrently working on a task whereby executing the migration and setting up new
accounting system (ERP system) to ensure all issues arose from existing accounting
system and overseeing operation needs (eg. Purchase department, HR department,
Rigs stock management) and
- Ad-hod assignment as and when required.
• Deloitte &Touche LLP (Sep 2010 – Jan 2011)
• Position: Audit Senior
• Last drawn: S$3,950
• Joining salary: S$3,950
• Reason for leaving: Seeking a position in the challenging finance and accounting
function in commercial sector, where extensive knowledge will be further developed
and utilized.
• Role/responsibilities
(FRS for most of the portfolio – client based)
- Understanding client’s business nature, operating environment and implement
financial or non financial policies where highlighting to the management on the
operating process/internal controls to be improved. (Industry: SME)
- Experienced in GST reconciliation to ensure GST submission is accurate.
- Experienced in substantive testing to ensure the account is recorded
completeness, accuracy, existence and cut off.
- Substantive analytical/analysis review for financial statements. Analytical analysis
highlight to the management relates to the significant flux and then investigate
further.
- Experienced in consolidation of accounts/group accounts.
- Ensure future operating budget by performing cashflow forecast review. To
highlight to the management relates to business strategy or forecasting.
- Ensure going concern of the entity by performing going concern review. To
highlight to the management relates to the operating performance of the entity.
- Ensure compliance to relevant accounting standards, law and regulation whereby
strong accounting/relevant regulations knowledge needed.
• Moore Stephens LLP (Dec 2007 – May 2010)
• Last Position: Audit Senior
5. • Last drawn: S$3,300
• Joining salary: S$2,200
• Reason for leaving: Gaining and accumulating experiences to advance my career
in audit, finance and accounting function.
• Role/responsibilities
(Both FRS and IFRS application)
- Understanding client’s business nature, operating environment and implement
financial or non financial policies where highlighting to the management on the
operating process/internal controls to be improved. (Industry: Shipping,
Manufacturing, Listed company, Constructions)
- Experienced in GST reconciliation to ensure GST submission is accurate.
- Experienced in substantive testing to ensure the account is recorded
completeness, accuracy, existence and cut off.
- Substantive analytical/analysis review for financial statements. Analytical
analysis highlight to the management relates to the significant flux and then
investigate further.
- Experienced in consolidation of accounts/group accounts.
- Ensure future operating budget by performing cashflow forecast review. To
highlight to the management relates to business strategy or forecasting.
- Ensure going concern of the entity by performing going concern review. To
highlight to the management relates to the operating performance of the entity.
- Ensure compliance to relevant accounting standards, law and regulation whereby
strong accounting/relevant regulations knowledge needed.
- Experienced in China accounts as being travel and worked in China.
• Roger Yue, Tan & Associates (June 2007 - Sept 2007, contract basis)
• Last Position: Audit Assistant
• Last drawn: RM1,700
• Joining salary: RM1,700
• Reason for leaving: moved to Singapore to earn more to support family.
• Role/responsibilities
(MFRS application)
- Checking of accounts making sure it is prepared accordance with accounting
- principles and standards.
- Preparing of accounts in accordance with MFRSs and local standards.
- Advise the client on the non compliance of accounting standards and tax
implication.
• Fadason Holding S/B (Aug 2003-Feb 2004, contract basis)
• Last Position: Account Assistant
• Last drawn: RM850
• Reason for leaving: contract end and continued ACCA course.
• Role/responsibilities
- Issuing receipt from progress payment.
- Collect payment receive from bank and house owner.
6. - Reconcile daily bank balance with the book of account.
- Issuing letter for progress payment at each expected due date.
- Issuing cheques for operating expense.
- Prepare full set account.
SKILLS
• Language Skills: English, Malay, Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese(Dialect)
• Business process quality control, compliance to International Financial Reporting
Standard, Leadership skills, Financial Analyst, Forecasting cashflow, GST compliance,
EQ Management, IFRS, FRS, US GAAP, MFRS
• Fundamental Corporate Secretarial Practice, ISO 9001 Quality Management System,
Workplace Safety and Health (Safety) Committee, Payroll Administration
• IT Skills: Microsoft Office applications, Excel 2010, Advance Excel Reporting
AFTER WORK ACTIVITIES
• Zumba (calorie-burning dance fitness)
• Cycling (fitness centre)
• Charity Fun Run (jogging)
REFERENCES
1. Ms Gan Hwee Shu
HR Director
3, Anson Road #10-03
Springleaf Tower
Singapore 079909
Tel: +65-6320 1700
2. Mr Alvin Kerk
Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
DBS Building Tower Two
#32-00, 6 Shenton Way
Singapore 068809
Tel: +65-6224 8288
7. - Reconcile daily bank balance with the book of account.
- Issuing letter for progress payment at each expected due date.
- Issuing cheques for operating expense.
- Prepare full set account.
SKILLS
• Language Skills: English, Malay, Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese(Dialect)
• Business process quality control, compliance to International Financial Reporting
Standard, Leadership skills, Financial Analyst, Forecasting cashflow, GST compliance,
EQ Management, IFRS, FRS, US GAAP, MFRS
• Fundamental Corporate Secretarial Practice, ISO 9001 Quality Management System,
Workplace Safety and Health (Safety) Committee, Payroll Administration
• IT Skills: Microsoft Office applications, Excel 2010, Advance Excel Reporting
AFTER WORK ACTIVITIES
• Zumba (calorie-burning dance fitness)
• Cycling (fitness centre)
• Charity Fun Run (jogging)
REFERENCES
1. Ms Gan Hwee Shu
HR Director
3, Anson Road #10-03
Springleaf Tower
Singapore 079909
Tel: +65-6320 1700
2. Mr Alvin Kerk
Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
DBS Building Tower Two
#32-00, 6 Shenton Way
Singapore 068809
Tel: +65-6224 8288