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01. CAREERS IN ACCOUNTING SPEAKER SERIES
This year's Careers in Accounting Speaker Series will be an excellent opportunity to answer all your questions regarding the various accounting designations. Not only will you be learning about the different areas of work each designation specializes in, but you'll be able find out answers to topics such as:
- How their designation increases chances of finding careers during recession?
- Travel opportunities of designations - working internationally?
- What type of Industries/Jobs are currently seeking for your designation?
With various representatives from firms around Vancouver, you'll be able to network and learn about why they are so passionate about their careers. Join us for a catered networking dinner from Calhouns under the Blue Whale in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! $12 for members & $15 for non-members. Spaces are limited, so sign-up quickly! Come by to the CA Hall and visit our booth for more information and tickets.
There will be approximately 15 reps from CA, CMA & CGA to network with students.
Speakers:
CA: Mark Stradiotti from The Bowra Group
CMA: Tina Hu from Lululemon
CGA: TBA
CIA: Marian Jakovic, Controller at CHC Helicopter
Registration will be restricted to BCom students until Thursday, so get your tickets soon!
When: February 1, 2012 from 5:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Beaety Biodiversity Museum, UBC
02. CGA OFFICE HOURS
Come out and meet one-on-one with our CGA representative to discuss any questions you may have regarding the learning process, training program and possible future career opportunities with a CGA designation. You may register for a 15 minute session to meet with our representative. Please register here and don’t forget to include your phone number and email address in the description box. Failure to do so will result in your appointment being cancelled.
After you have arrived at the registration form through google calendar, go to January 31, 2012 in order to successfully register.
When: January 31, 2012 from 11:00pm-3:00pm (15 minute appointments available)
Location: HA 191B
03. THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE
We would like to cordially invite you to attend the University of Waterloo Accounting Conference (UWAC) 2012! As the premiere undergraduate accounting conference in Canada, UWAC offers delegates the opportunity to develop both technical and soft skills relevant to accounting and to meet industry professionals and motivated students from across the country. In addition, there are numerous workshops and socials, as well as a $1000 case competition based off of a real-world company. This year’s theme is “ Defining the Future”, which refers to financial planning and how organizations use budgeting and costing to set attainable goals. Our keynote speakers for 2012 feature David Denison, President and CEO of CPP Investment Board, and Karen Maidment, Board of Directors of TD Bank Group. Delegates have the exclusive opportunity to participate in 4 workshops, run by Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young and PwC. If you have any questions, feel free to check out our website at www.uwac.ca or e-mail us at
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. Hope to see you there!
Please refer to attached documents for further details!
04. KPMG’s ACE THE CASE PROGRAM
KPMG’s Ace the Case Program starts with a 2-day case writing workshop held in each of our national KPMG offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montréal. Ace the Case is designed to teach you valuable tools such as how to plan, write and debrief a case, which will help you succeed at school, in competitions, and even later in your professional career.
The competition will have three levels and the first will be a regional competition. The top team from each session of Ace the Case will move on to compete against each other in the National finals. The winning team at the National finals will be given the honour of representing Canada at the KPMG International Business Case Competition in Hong Kong from April
18th to 20th, 2012.
Aside from being helpful to anyone in business, case-writing skills are even more important for aspiring CAs as they are crucial to success on the UFE—the toughest part of the CA process. Whether you’re already a skilled case writer, or have never written a case before, attending Ace the Case will give you the opportunity to see first hand what a winning UFE preparation course is like, and meet a leading UFE preparation professional: Bruce Densmore of Densmore Consulting
Services Inc. Bruce has helped thousands of successful UFE candidates
from KPMG pass the final hurdle in one of the world’s toughest
professional examinations.
Ace the Case also provides a great opportunity to mix and mingle with some of our amazing KPMG people and learn what makes us one of the leading professional services firms.
Ace the Case in Vancouver
Date: February 10 and 11, 2012
Location: KPMG’s Vancouver office
777 Dunsmuir Street – Suite 900
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