HK
Sector: Accounting & Finance
Candidate Blog: I’m an accountant, I hate my job, but seriously, I wouldn’t know what else to do
I was born to be a lot of things, but being an accountant isn’t one of them. In my heart of hearts I have always known this, but for some stupid subconscious reason, I have always ignored it. Why? Well…um…err…I didn’t know what else to do. How many people faced with the same predicament of [...]
This may come as a surprise, but there are plenty of finance professionals in Asia who want to leave their own countries
The grass is perennially greener on the other side. We constantly hear of Western professionals wanting “in” on Asia – recruitment firm Robert Half for instance, has seen a 500 per cent increase in CVs from finance, banking and accounting candidates in Europe and the US seeking work in Asia over the last 12 months. [...]
Daily Dispatches: Departures at RBS; while UBP contemplates bank licence in Singapore and Hong Kong
Plenty of resignations over at RBS’s products sales and structuring teams in Asia. (AsianInvestor) Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) is keen on private banking and asset management hires in Asia. (AsianInvestor) At least nine Chinese fund companies are on the hunt for top talent, but recruitment is super slow. (Ignites Asia) After Zimbabwe, the [...]
Guest Comment: Good interview gone bad – from perfect to incompetent within 20 minutes
An old colleague of mine asked me to be a referee on her CV. She was applying for a back-office role in financial planning for which she has about 10 years’ experience, including leading a team and working in London. During her job search she noticed an advertisement, which had been online for sometime, and [...]
The Intern: Why my job at a big four firm in Hong Kong was boring but beneficial
I have a love/hate relationship with the auditing industry; a distain for the tedium of its junior jobs and a growing respect for its ethics and accuracy. My first auditing encounter dates back to my pre-college years, when I worked in a small accounting firm in south China. After checking invoices with digital auditing workings [...]
The Intern: Why my job at a big four firm was boring but beneficial
I have a love/hate relationship with the auditing industry; a distain for the tedium of its junior jobs and a growing respect for its ethics and accuracy. My first auditing encounter dates back to my pre-college years, when I worked in a small accounting firm in south China. After checking invoices with digital auditing workings [...]
Big Four auditors: Banks in China want you
Like their counterparts in other countries, some auditors in China think banking is a more glamorous, better paid sector, so they apply to join banks after working at the Big Four accountancy firms for a few years. For their part, banks generally view candidates from KMPG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte as being highly [...]
Which three banks are the most pugnacious recruiters in product control?
Product control: it’s the chilli crab of banking jobs – a clichéd Singaporean staple that’s always sought after by foreign and local candidates alike. The extra demand created by the financial crisis for governance-centric functions like product control has helped cement Singapore’s status as a regional and (for some banks) a global PC hub. So [...]
Number crunchers no longer: accountants blossom at foreign banks in China
Foreign banks in China are being hired into a more diverse and interesting range of roles in China, and the functions which require their skills are enjoying a steady flow of vacancies. Demand for accountants has increased this year as most firms are still expanding and opening up in second and third-tier cities, says Cherol [...]
Oh to be an accountant in Asia
Qualified accountants are creeping into a more diverse and interesting range of roles within banks in Asia these days, and the functions which require their skills are enjoying a steady flow of vacancies. But banks still have demanding recruitment requirements. Accountants can be found not just in core finance positions, but also in operations and [...]
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