PWC Visit

The PwC Visit was successfully held on 25^th April 2008 (Friday) at PwC, Kuala Lumpur. It was organized by Sunway Student Service Department (SSD) and co-organized by Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC). There were 19 participants in total and of these figures, 13 participants came from Victoria University (VU), 4 from SCT, and 2 were course coordinators: VU lecturer Puan Suhana and Ms. Elisa from SSD. The bus was 30 minutes late and the group left for PwC, Kuala Lumpur at 2pm.

At 3pm, the group arrived at PwC and was welcomed by Mr. Rueben at the ground floor. The group was lead to the meeting room on the 15^th floor. Ms. Jennifer conducted the first round presentation on PwC. After that, the Senior Executive Director conducted a presentation on the social activities and System and Processing Assurance (SPA) of PwC. Then, a refreshment break session was provided and participants were able to converse with the PwC staffs, Ms. Jennifer and Mr. Rueben.

After the refreshment session, the Senior Manager conducted the second round of presentations. He explained the relationship between IT and Accounting. Participants were participating actively during the Q&A session.

At 4.30pm, the group was lead by Ms. Jennifer and Mr. Rueben for a short tour around the PwC office. The group left at 5pm and reached Sunway University College at 6pm. The evaluation questionnaires distributed to 13 participants from VU were returned upon arrival at Sunway University College.

Questionnaire Report:

Most of the participants strongly agreed that the trip was educational and well organized. They gained increased awareness on current job opportunities, developments and innovations in the accounting industry from the exposure to one of the Big 4 accounting firms. Participants became aware of the knowledge required in fresh graduates, which were not merely strong academic results but strong soft skills as well. They felt that the staffs were friendly and helpful and the speakers delivered their presentations well.

However, most of the participants disagreed that the transport coach was punctual as he was 30 minutes late for the departure to PwC, Kuala Lumpur.