Career Prospects
STRONG EMPLOYABILITY
As the accounting sector transforms, demand for the future-ready accounting professional continues to grow exponentially. Our SMU BAcc programme is designed to groom our BAcc graduates to be future-ready and sought after by employers.
According to the SMU Graduate Employment Survey (GES) 2023, 95.5% of our graduates gained employment within 6 months of graduation. 76% of our graduates received job offers before graduation. Among those who were employed, 68% of our graduates were employed or offered a position in the same company where they interned.
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SMU Accountancy Graduate Belinda Teo Tells us How Her SOA Education Gave her a Career Advantage
DIVERSE CAREER OPTIONS
Knowledge in accounting enables businesses to classify and interpret financial information and find their competitive edge in the global economy. Accounting offers more flexibility than most people realise, and in reality the profession provides a range of interesting career choices. The advance of technology, new business models and globalisation have created increased demand for different accounting services, offering even greater diversity in careers for the accounting professional. Accounting professionals are in demand in the following areas:
Career Pathways For Accounting
Audit & Assurance
Financial Accounting
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Valuation
Financial Forensics
Restructuring and Insolvency
Treasury
Enterprise Risk Management
Management Accounting
Tax
Here are some of our alumni and the careers paths they have taken after graduating from SMU
Kexin clinched the Young Accountant of the Year Award for the Accountants in Public Practice segment 2014, and was honoured in Prestige Singapore's "40 Under 40" for her contributions to the Singapore accounting industry in 2015. In 2016 , Kexin was featured in Her World Plus as one of Singapore's Most Inspiring and Successful Achievers. She is currently a member of SMU Board of Trustees.
Ms Lim Kexin
Tax Partner
PwC Singapore
Belinda clinched the Young Accountant in Practice Award in the Singapore Accountancy Awards in 2016, and was the Chairperson of the ISCA Young Professionals Advisory Committee from 2016 to 2022 and is currently a member of the ISCA Council.
Ms Belinda Teo
Audit Senior Manager
EY
Annie clinched the Young Accountant of the Year for the Professional Accountants in Business segment in 2014.
Ms Annie Seah
Regional Financial Director
Saison International Pte Ltd
As an Audit & Assurance Partner with Deloitte Singapore, Haridas leverages on technology and applies sound accounting knowledge to draw meaning from the numbers and evaluate a company's operations and effectiveness.
Mr Kanagasabai Haridas
Audit & Assurance Partner
Deloitte Singapore
Jingyi was appointed Partner, Transfer Pricing, in KPMG Singapore in October 2019, the youngest SMU graduate to be appointed Partner at a Big Four Accounting firm.
Ms Lee Jingyi
Partner, Transfer Pricing
KPMG Singapore
Workstream (www.workstream.is or blog.workstream.is) is an automated hiring software that leverages on data analytics, artificial intelligence and mobile workflows, to help companies to screen, hire and employ people more efficiently and seamlessly. Desmond is the Co-Founder of Workstream and was recently recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as one of its 40 Under 40 Honorees for 2020.
Mr Desmond Lim
CEO and Co-Founder
Workstream