Cover Letter

Yap Wei Sheng

No. 31, Jalan 5/149G

Taman Sri Endah, Sri Petaling

57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

weishengyap1993@hotmail.com

                                                            6^th November 2014

Ernst & Young Malaysia

Level 23A, Menara Milenium

Jalan Damanlela, Pusat Bandar Damansara

50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dear Ms. Krishnan,

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

I have a very strong interest to become an auditor. I would like to join the internship programme at Ernst & Young Malaysia as a starter for my auditor journey. I am able to join the internship programme from 29^th December 2014 to 20^th March 2015. Therefore, I can join the intake on 5^th January 2015. I will take the opportunity to learn and explore advanced auditing knowledge.

I am under-graduating in Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Accounting and Finance. During the course, I am able to draw and document flowchart of purchases cycle. Meanwhile, I can use systematic random sampling technique to select samples for vouching. I believe that I can jump start my work in Ernst & Young. I am diligent as I often completed my academic assignment a week before the submission date. I am enthusiasm in learning new knowledge related to auditing in practical way.   

I am impressed by the vision of Ernst & Young, which encourages teamwork to think critically. I am interested in one of the area of assurance in Ernst & Young, which is fraud Investigations and Disputes. I am interested in tracing and vouching to investigate any misstatement in financial reports. I am also respecting the responsibility of auditor with regard to the Companies Act 1965 section 174.

I have enclosed my resume, photocopies of I.C. and academic transcripts. You may reach me at 016-2120928. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Sheng 

YAP WEI SHENG

Enclosure

Resume

YAP WEI SHENG

No: 31, Jalan 5/149G,

Taman Sri Endah, Sri Petaling,

57000 Kuala Lumpur.

016-2120928

weishengyap1993@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Accounting and Finance Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus CGPA : 3.55

August 12 – Current

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Waiter Iwate Ramen Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur §  Promote new product and record orders from customers	January 13 – March 13
Waiter Pizza Hut Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur §  Solve queries of customers and handle cash transaction	January 12 – March 12

EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

Member, Community Service Initiatives	March 11 – August 14
Member, Accounting Club	August 12 – August 14
Member, Basketball Club	August 12 – August 14
Committee Member, Designing Club	January 08 – December 10

SKILL

Language: English, Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Cantonese and Spanish

Computer skills: SPSS Statistics, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

REFEREES

Name: Mr. Stanley Yap Onn Nam

Organization Name: Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus

Position: Senior Lecturer

Phone: 012-222-2626

Email: OnnNam.Yap@taylors.edu.my

Week 11

Monday to Thursday

          One of my colleagues is rank no.2 in the world in ACCA professional exam. He is Johnny Ho Chan Wee. I asked him about the way to study efficiently. He advised me that I should convert the lecturers’ notes into my own word. Your revision will be much faster and easy to remember. Besides, I should spare two hours for revision after the class. It is efficient to revise the notes when it is still fresh in your mind. He also shared me his ACCA notes in soft copy.

Friday

         Today is my last day on working in EY, my feeling is quite contradictory. I was happy because I can relief from the tough working life. I was sad as I could not learn anything more from FIDS. I believe there is a lot of knowledge I would learn it if I could stay there longer. Another thing is that I cannot stay and have fun with my lovely colleague. I will remember every moment I'm staying with my colleagues. Before I leave, I received a reference letter from the Human Resources department.

During the lunch time, the Partner treated us a lunch to celebrate for my farewell. We took a group photograph to record the special moment.

  

At night, they planned to celebrate my farewell in The Point. It seems like a small pub. I was excited as that is my first time going to pub. We have a great night and dinner with my colleagues. After the dinner, I delivered a thank you speech to all of my colleagues and gave two thank you letters to my managers. Meanwhile, I received my evaluation form for this internship. 

     

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Week 10

Monday to Friday

            Since the project is close to the end, my manager has time to take lunch with me. My manager has strong social skill. He treats his subordinates like family members. He has a strong sense of humor. His speeches always make laughter. Everyone in this department is happy to talk with him. Hence, I manage to learn from him.

Therefore, I took the opportunity to apply my social skill on him that I have learned. Meanwhile, I ask him to provide some suggestion on improving social skill. I am happy as he guides me by steps to communicate with people effectively. I was enjoy to talk with him.

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Week 9

Monday to Friday

Today, I joined a new project to compare the commercial invoice from different sources. The sources could be from client, client’s customer and third party. The objective of the testing is to investigate the undervalued invoice amounts declaring to the Customs. It is to identify invoices that evading custom duty and tax. I was responsible to print every respective invoice assigned to me. My senior had explained to me the background of the case from the beginning, before I proceeded my work. Therefore, I understood what I am doing and how the company is operating. I was appreciated to join this department as they treat me like a family member. They often share information and knowledge to me. 

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Week 8

Monday to Friday

Today, I was assigned to another project. The project is engaged in compliance testing. I should investigate whether the claims of expenses are compliant to the company policy. For example, internal dinner should be bill on the most senior staff. I learned to write the finding professionally. Hence, it improves my writing skill. In additions, I learned some new function in Microsoft Excel and Power Point. I believe that it would help me in my future career.

The manager of the project is willing to teach me slowly and explain the work in detail. So, I understood the process of compliance testing. When we found any non-compliance claims, we will call the client to clarify the issue. When the manager speaks to client on telephone, I try to listen and learn the technique of speaking politely and professionally to the client. I am appreciating when I am working on the project.   

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Week 7

Monday & Tuesday

            Since the project is in final stage, I have been assigned a few easy tasks to do. My senior realized some mistakes on report and jot down on a notebook. Then, I need to revise the report according to the notebook. I grab the opportunity to study the report. I understand the structure of the report and some appropriate words to write a report. It can improve my writing skill on report. It was interesting when I study the finding on possible frauds and weaknesses in policy. The report allows me to learn practical knowledge.

            When I was free, I have searched for the process of computer forensic analysis to improve my understanding on investigation process. I have found the following websites that is good in explaining and clarifying the process.

·         https://forensiccontrol.com/resources/beginners-guide-computer-forensics/#uses

·         http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-forensic2.htm

·         http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/cmpjhagg/forprocess.htm

On Tuesday, I was instructed to convert scanned documents to OCR pages. OCR pages allow user to find and copy text from a scanned document. The software is called PDF-XChange Editor. However, it cannot convert multiple file into OCR pages. Therefore, the software, Adobe Acrobat X Pro, is applied. The software saves a plenty of time and allows me to do other works. I am appreciated to learn a new technique.

Wednesday to Friday (CNY)

            Wednesday is the eve of Chinese New Year (CNY) as well as firm’s holiday. I grabbed this opportunity to help my mom in house cleaning. I was excited when I saw the house became clean and hygienic, especially my room. I found a lot of unused stuff storing in my room. I decided to throw the stuff to make my room looks bigger. After I cleaned my room, I can feel and breathe the freshness in my room. Therefore, I planned to clean my room once a month. I enjoy the house cleaning and wait for the first day of CNY.  

            Today is the first day of CNY, I wore a new red shirt and pants to celebrate CNY. According to the Chinese traditional, we should not eat any meat in the first day. My mom cooked different foods and vegetables that taste like eating meat. After the breakfast, my family and I went out to shopping mall to watch a new movie. It was a great time to talk to my family. I decided to spend my holiday to stay with my parents.

            In the second to fourth day of CNY, I went to my grandmother’s house to visit her and celebrate CNY with my relatives. I shared my working experience in EY to my relatives. Since they have been working for a few years, they advised me on my sharing and taught me the way to improve my social skill. They suggested me to start talking to a small group of people. It allows me to practice and gain confidence. In additions, I was appreciated when they taught me some practical information and knowledge in auditing. 

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