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ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
“It’s not where you start, but where you finish that
counts. In life, you can’t go back and change the
beginning, but you can start where you are and
change the ending.”
MUHAMMAD HAAZIQ HAMZAH CPA, EY SINGAPORE
MUHAMMAD HAAZIQ HAMZAH CPA
EY SINGAPORE
Haaziq sees auditing as a critical skill for
accountants.
“I started my career in audit around three
and a half years ago, and I’m still on that path
and becoming more senior within my team,”
Haaziq explains.
Haaziq left Malaysia for Singapore in 2022
to take up his current role at EY.
“What I like is that you are giving clients
feedback on whether their numbers are true
and fair, and that means collecting evidence
and supporting documents to get the proof
that all the financials are correct,” Haaziq
explains.
Auditing is fast paced, he adds, because
accounting standards and regulations are
always evolving.
“You have to be thorough and detailed and
on the lookout all the time for instances of
fraud,” he says.
Staying on top of auditing skills is a
baseline, but auditing skills and principles are
applicable across sectors – from property and
manufacturing to banking.
“Auditing is critical, but it is not for
everyone, and the turnover can be high,”
Haaziq admits.
While he is happy in auditing, he also sees
the potential to leverage those skills into
a role focused on a specific sector. Haaziq
sees his career continuing along its current
path in professional services and through to
management, where he hopes to eventually
become a partner.
“I, myself, have never left the audit
field and it has been good for me so far, so
it’s a direction I am going to stick with for
a while yet.”
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