Welcome
Bachelor of Business Administration
in Accountancy
City University of Hong Kong
Agenda
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Accountancy as a Profession
Career Aspiration
Desired Attributes
Excellent supports for students’ activities
Accountancy Major - Selection criteria
Accountancy as a Profession
• Accountancy is regarded as one of the
prime professionals in the Business and
Financial Organizations
• On average accountants obtain the highest
return and also excellent social status
• Accountancy professional achieves high job
security and do not care about economic
fluctuations nor age issue in business
sectors
Joint Bachelor’s Programme in Accountancy
with National Taiwan University (NTU)
• First Join-Degree (BBA)
Programme between Two WorldClass Universities
• Four years of study: Students
are awarded Bachelor degrees
from BOTH CityU & NTU
Career Aspiration
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Professional Accounting Firms
Commercial Organizations
Management and Advisory Services
Government Departments (Civil Servant)
Education and Training
• Normally promoted to senior position in
about 9 years and partnership in about 12
years
PARTNER
manager
Senior
Juniors
2.5m –
8.0m+
40k 80K
22k –
35K
13k
Enterprise Risk Service
Tax
System Project Assurance
Audit & Assurance
Advisory
IT & Financial Services
Commercial Organizations
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Junior / trainee accountants ($8,000 -)
Management trainees ($12,000 - )
Financial planners ($10,000 - )
Investment bankers ($35,000 - )
Bank management trainees ($16,000 - )
Can be promoted to CFO, Director of
Finance Or Board Director ($2.0M - )
Management & Advisory Services
• Junior advisors / consultants
• Analysts in Equity Fund Houses / Venture
Capitalists
• Functional Specialists (eg., AIS security analysts)
• General management trainees
Desired Attributes
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Good personality and highly ethical
High EQ and AQ
Passionate and committed
Energetic and hard working
Excellent team member with good team spirits
Inquisitive mind and sensitive
Flexible and adaptive
Strong business & broad based knowledge & sense
Acute generic skills
Excellent Teaching and Research Faculty
Publication from our research faculty can be
found in top journals of accounting including
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The Accounting Review
Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Contemporary Accounting Research
Review of Accounting Studies etc
• Our teaching faculty is
well known not only for
the excellence of its
teaching, but also its
strong commercial and
professional background
Interaction between faculty and students is
extensive through our diverse student activities
Our Major - Course Structure
• The course structure is meticulously designed and
organized to incorporate the state-of-the-art
curriculum to cope with the ever-changing modern
business environment and challenges to accountants
• The major allows students to structure the study plan
flexibly to participate in a variety of learning activities
such as internship and exchange without prolonging
the completion of the major
EXCELLENT SUPPORTS FOR
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Excellent supports are provided to our students:
1. Accounting Scholars Programme
2. Skill training workshops
3. Double major study with National Taiwan University
4. Big 4 clubs – organized by Big 4 and offer to our AC
major students
5. Credit-bearing Local and Overseas Internships
6. Credit-bearing and non-credit bearing Study tours
7. Workshops for graduate recruitment
ACCOUNTING SCHOLARS PROGRAMME
(“ASP”)
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Senior professionals acting as professional mentors
Systematic training on skills and business practices
Supported student activities and functions
Overseas study tour
Organized spring and summer internship, local and
overseas
• Firm based special project internship
• Supported open competition
ASP
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Open Competition
Overseas Exchange
• In coordination with the College of Business, the Department
organizes regular semester and year-long exchange programmes
• Over 150 prestigious institutions around the world
• Each year about 40% of year 2 / 3 students - took part in these
experience-enriching programmes (including summer study tours
and overseas work provided by the College)
Big Four Student Clubs
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EY Academy Scheme
Deloitte Club
KPMG Elite Student Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers Elite Group /
LEAP Club
– Excellent Training and Possible
Direct Offer
Local and Overseas Internships
• Each year above 50% of our year 3 Accountancy students
undertook internship placements with prestigious employers
• Opportunities in Hong Kong and Singapore including Big Four and
other prominent international accounting firms
Local and Overseas Internships
Pre-internship training will be provided to help
students to maximize the benefits from the
internships from Audit, Tax and related
professional services experience
Study Tours
Credit-bearing tours
• Europe DEC Study Tour
• Guangzhou Accounting Study Tour
• Shanghai Accounting Study Tour
Study Tours
Non-credit bearing study tour
• Singapore Pre-internship Study Tour
• Shanghai Exchange Study Tour
Career Development Support
• Workshops on career information, interview tips and
application procedures
• CV consultation
• Mock aptitude tests
• Mock interview by alumni
who are practicing managers
Career Development Support
Part
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Initiatives
Introductory Seminar on Big-4 Recruitments – I
1. Overview of Big-4 overall recruitment process
Introductory Seminar on Big-4 Recruitments – II
1. Tips on how to tailor-make good CV and application forms
based on Big-4 requirements
2. General interview skills
Mock Aptitude Test
1. Timed written test
Resume/CV Review and Individual Consulting Service
1. One-on-one consultation
Mock Group Interview
1. Case workshops with hands-on and real life cases
2. Interactive small-group training
3. Feedback from training experts
Eligibility to join
AC graduating students
AC graduating students
Completion of Part A & B
Completion of Part A, B & C
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Mock One-on-One Interview
1. Mock interview by industry practitioners
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Students shortlisted for group interview by
Big-4 and/or second-tier Accounting firms
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Completion of Part A, B, C & D
Students completed A & B and were
selected to join the pilot run OR
Students shortlisted for individual interview
by Big-4 and/or second-tier Accounting
firms AND
Completion of Part A, B, C & D
Alumni Sharing
Mr Eddie Wong
Partner at PwC
The programme provided
me a variety of training
and knowledge that
equipped me for the
challenge in the
accounting profession.
Alumni Sharing
Mr Tony Kwong
Group Financial Controller
Valuetronics Holdings
Limited
(a Singapore listed company)
The comprehensive knowledge
and the soft skills I learned in the
programme helped build my career
in the highly competitive business
environment.
Selection Criteria
• Selection will be based on CGPA achieved in year 1
(excluding summer term)
• Some students may be invited to attend an interview – a
core component part
• As for allocation of streams, all of the students will be
assigned to PA stream in the first place
• Students who would like to choose PALS and PAISA
have to apply for the respective streams and the
allocation will be subject to the approval of the
department
BBA (Hons) Accountancy
Excellent Academic and Support Team:
• Associate Head & Team Leader, Teaching & Learning Team –
Professor Cheong Yi
• Deputy Team Leader, Teaching and Learning Team – Mr. David Yip
• Major Leader - Mr. Sunny Wong
• Internship Coordinators – Dr Raymond Wong and Ms. Yvonne Chan
• Student Activities Coordinators – Mr. David Yip and Ms. Mimi Lai
• Administrative Support Team – Mrs. Jenny Yan
• Academic enquiries:
Mr. Sunny Wong (AC3 – 13 – 266)
E-mail: actm@cityu.edu.hk
Telephone: 3442-7855
Enjoy your study at
Department of Accountancy
College of Business
City University!
Thank you!