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Accounting training and internshipsWeprovide accounting training for small businesses wanting to save money and dotheir own bookkeeping. For those accounting graduates looking to begin theiraccounting career, we also offer internships on top of the accounting training. Bookkeeping CourseForthose seeking to pick up bookkeeping skills, this course is right for you. Thisis a simple and effective way to set up a bookkeeping system for your business.No need to pay for anything extra.  ·
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4 X{4 n- ~: k2 s7 R' A3 {2 yBAS IntermediateCourse (Assistant AccountantCourse)Theintermediate course will take you through bookkeeping tasks, AssistantAccountant tasks and introduce some full Accountant tasks. You will learn howto set up and manage a set of accounts. Thiscourse builds on from the bookkeeping course to include:·
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Prepaymentsand Accruals·2 G1 S: i' B7 P5 i2 v) p
Depreciationof fixed assets·5 }1 m& w- E% s8 s, C, Y
Taxreturns for individuals and companies·
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6 j7 G' H! q. x. p" k; O5 L/ d; KSAPand Sassu Advanced Course (Accountant Course)Ouradvanced course is a comprehensive course for those who may have experience inaccounting and would like to step up to more challenging and senior tasks suchas Budgets, Cashflows, Forecasts and Analysis. Thiscourse includes the following key areas:·9 F! S1 S0 W3 o+ g6 IU& X
Budgets·
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, z1 s: i( ~5 ySAP InternshipInternshipsare the best way to apply all the knowledge gained from the training. We offerinternships for both the Beginner and Advanced course. Internships arecompleted in our offices during office hours. You will be working on realcompany data. Your work will be supervised so you can ask questions to ourstaff. Feedback will be given to all work so that you can see how to improveyour skills.  AssistantAccountant Internship·* m+ TV) M/ k. b9 I
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Multiple tasks related to Bly internalaccounts and tax clients accounts, each task with different deadline. Workreview will be provided upon completion AccountantInternship·# i* D) r+ K( @" t# J
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PRACTICE AREAS PAGE/ v0 v, _c- w9 V+ ?: h9 z& [
We specialise in the following areas:
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Tax returns
% D. [4 U! y& E% lWe specialise in tax returns for individuals, Trusts, partnerships and small business. We will help you achieve the best return possible and set you up well for the next tax year.
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/ tY8 M4 I3 [/ ?N& ~- R0 WTax advice! P$ D1 _( ?5 M" S9 d' V, q3 [
If you have a tax issue or would like some advice on some tax matters, we can help you. We can give you advice on tax matters and written advice if required.
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# E% X! w0 _; [, [# B: M: w( B4 [Business advice" B0 V; a5 h6 a' e# F
We have exposure to a number of business industries and have seen well run success stories and those starting up. We can be your partner if you need strategic advice for your business. We can analyse your situation and assist with making recommendations that can make or save money for you.- n% V`# ^% fa3 ]
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Entity selection
# N; r/ r! f3 k$ GIf you ever want to start a business or are concerned about asset protection or ownership, please talk to us about advice on how to manage your affairs. We can help you establish a business efficiently and set up structures to protect your assets. Talk to us any time you buy an asset. We want the benefits you receive to be higher than our fee.
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Bookkeeping# Nl, ]) |6 T% c# }
If your business needs bookkeeping services, we can help you. No job is too small. For larger businesses, we can offer volume discounts for more transactions.
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If you want to improve the efficiency of your bookkeeping system, we can advise you on the right software that suits your needs. We can advise on traditional software such as MYOB and Quickbooks, or even cloud software such as Sassu and Xero.c) G; J. o, X" ~! P: K, y
: S% s. {* J- @7 y( x1 e) `& vAccounting Training
) U, v0 T+ ]6 ~. `+ Y5 G' M! t3 A{: zIf you want to do the bookkeeping yourself, we provide accounting training for small businesses. We also provide training for those accounting graduates looking to begin their accounting career. We will take you through beginners bookkeeping up to advanced analysis.
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2 P0 {0 Q/ j+ y* n) C2 N* H1 C! [! sTraining needs to be applied and for those graduates looking to gain practical experience, our internship program can help you apply all you have learnt in our training course and set you up for a bright career in accounting./ J/ |' R) H1 h4 s
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9 R$ T) B3 Q- zI was looking for a job I had 2 interview with different companies. The first one was a small Chartered Accouting firm and they were looking for a casual person to assist with the tax returns when the peak period starts. They did not ask me any technical questions as they expected to train me. The questions were mostly related to my studies, future plans (if I plan to do CA/CPA studies) and work experience including internship tasks in Bly. I am still actually waiting for them to get back to me as they advised that decision will be made around 10 March.
: H* q[0 _+ d% V" RAnyway, I have already got a job as assistant accountant with a small manufacturing company. The interview process was very challenging there yet exciting. Apart from standard questions about qualification and experience I was asked to do journal entries for 6 different problems. They include: purchase of materials on credit, Payment for the purchase using Amex credit card with a surcharge 3%, sales on credit, receipt of deposit and partial payment, reimbursement of personal expenses, writing off a bad debt. And also I had to determinethe right GST amount. Though I have not done everything right, I showed the ability to think logically and when we discussed every step together it was not hard. The second task I was given a small table which I had to put in Excel and calculate the percentage change and perform What if Analysis. And the final test, I was given a customer account statement which I had to reconcile, determine the amount outstanding, and draft the email to the client explaining the situation and ask politely for money. And after it had been done, there was a shortrole-play. I had to call to the next room where another person was playing the customer and explain professionally the situation, amount and ask for money. It was fun and probably the easiest task for me, as they tested my communication skills.
0 q* e/ P% |( q( [2 H1 KAccounting training and internship helped me a lot with the technical part of the interview, but it turned out that people skills can play a vital part.
0 B, G; `) E- O6 d/ J3 s9 C& C4 GI was not asked any of the behavioural questions during this interview.9 q- C) r' K3 v4 Y- t% h, O
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I have received their call just know. They decide to offer me the finance assistant role.
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! [4 b" M9 W, F1 k- gThe interview took about 30-40 minutes; there were a finance controller, an assistant accountant and HR officer. The process was really relaxed. The company is using SUN System; I did some research before I went to the interview. 3 s) I$ O6 M7 t, g$ D0 f+ g1 i
Lots of behaviour questions and less technical questions during the interview, but I had answered all the behaviour questions and tried to relate all questions to my past working experiences., @& v9 r: t" ~% ?2 K# d
: P* u' c5 _( SThe list below is what questions I had during the interview
+ U. N: k: b: D- n1.   Can you please tell us about yourself?
0 v) a5 W% Z" s7 g2.   Why did you leave your last position?
4 [3 U; V& R( d6 N2 G3.   Why did you want to apply for this position?' E( I( ?' W1 N+ [4 sH
4.   Are you a team player
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7.   How do you propose to compensate for your lack of experience
9 w7 o+ N8 O2 ?% [- g8.   How do you react when you realize that you have made a mistake
9 C9 O6 Q0 z: S" a/ n1 @8 |. f+ T9.   Where do you see yourself 5 years from now& ~. w9 u% r( c3 ]7 E" T; s
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15. What is GST
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17. What is three way matching of invoice?
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19. Tell us about your experience in accounts payable.
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Hi Selina, Firstly, I would like to thank Coco for my reference check.Now after a long wait I have joined Ernst & Young as an entry level TaxAnalyst.After graduating in 2009 I was finding it difficult tolocate a good job in Australia. So I continued working in Retail, but wheneverI got an opportunity to learn something new, just grabbed it. During theseyears I managed to join ITP(Income Tax Professionals) Tax training School forTax consultant training, even though that was on personal taxation it has madeit easy for me to understand the procedure followed for partnership andprivate-equity, this was early 2010. I did not continue with ITP as tax wasseasonal work and I wanted something more permanent. Then kept applying forjobs but no response from the employers. I was almost giving-up on hopes, theni came across Florian's Assistant Accountant Training program but couldn't joinstraight away as i had no money. After 4 or 5 months i went back and joinedFlorian Training program in January 2011, and then I decided to come back toIndia and try for jobs. I then had thoughts that i have again wasted my moneydoing the training with Florian, but I was so wrong as that knowledge helped mewith my SAP FICO training(again thanks to Coco for encouraging us to learnSAP), i was able to understand the customization much better and the reason whyit was required. Then at interviews even without much preparation i was able toanswer questions related to AP/AR and many others. I am now back to believingthat no education goes waste, it will reflect at some point in your career. Now about the interview process: I applied for the same position in Deloitte first, that wasin November last year where i qualified the first 4 rounds and had to go forthe next two rounds of face to face interview which never happened.  Deloitte/ EY Interview process(online): 1. Basics of finance & Accounting : Questions like Golden rules of Accounting/Principles ofAccounting, when to debit when to credit, methods of Depreciation, cash/accrualbasis- all together there were 20 questions 2. Financial statement Analysis:Questions were some what related to capital markets - 5questions  3. Logical Reasoning and Numerical Ability: one can findsamples and practice online 4. English Reading & letter writing(e-mail) 5. Communication skills/verbal ability : Listening test overthe phone in a separate closed cubicle where you have to listen and repeatthe same words or sentences. The above rounds of interview were same for both, the onlyother round was an introduction round with EY, where we had to talk aboutourselves for 2 minutes. After these rounds I was called the next day by EY HRpersonnelfor the next two rounds, which happened after 2 days of theonline test. HR round went for around 10 minutes, I was asked about my expected salary for which Ianswered - as per company standards. why have you chosen to work in Taxation- Taxation has always interested me for its variety, no twocases can be similar. I enjoy applying different legislation to a casesand decided solution that best favor a client. why I came back from Australia? and few othergeneral questions. Technical round(Panel of 2 Senior Managers) for around 30minutes,Panel: Introduce yourself, Tell us somethingabout your previous company and how did the company benefit from you?Panel: Have you applied for any other job and do you haveany other offer in hand - Me: I have applied for Deloitte too and have cleared theonline test but haven't received any call for the next rounds. Panel: Deloitte processing takes longer and then asked,now that you have cleared Deloitte rounds too who would you join if u get anoffer letter from both the companies? Me: I have not come across such an event in my life andthat would be difficult to answer. Panel: Do you know Deloitte pays better that what we do?Me: YesPanel: Ok, if you get offer letter the same time and theyhave offered you better package who would you choose?Me: Deloitte, as i need the money to pay back myeducation loan.Panel: Thanks for being honest with us.Panel: forwarding a paper and pen, show us how a balancesheet looks?Panel: after my sketch, how would it lookotherwise? before i answered they started asking me two threequestions to stress me. I was actually confused which one to answer first. Ijust returned a smile.Panel:what are the sub-divisions of Assets & Liabilities in a balance sheet?Me:currentAssets, property Plant and Equipment, Investments.....current liabilities, longterm liabilities......was stopped in-between and was put with the nextquestions. Panel:When youwill be working on two to three client engagements at the same time how wouldyou manage your time?what willyou do when 2 managers have given u a task that has the same deadline but oneengagement is very time consuming and would take-up all the time?Our clientis based in US when you leave for the day they come to work, how will youmanage to communicate your work with them? There weremany other questions that I can't recollect now. But my belief is just to bemyself in an interview, as the panel is much experienced and has been throughthe same process during his career and if one fakes he would know it easily. Somy suggestion is to just be yourself when you think the question is to trickyou.  I againthank the whole Florian team. Thanking You& Kind Regards,
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Hello Coco,4 I/ k9 n. @: Aw
9 @- w0 E1 t3 \# q$ zThank you for the reference check. I'm writing to provide my interview feedback for the position national accounts claim coordinator in a liquor importer/distributor. The funny thing is they posted their job on Seek as accounts assistant but when they call they told me the job title was changed but the responsibility would be similar so I thought what the heck, always worth a shot! However, it turned out the role isn't really accounting related but they promised future training and possibility to transfer to finance, so I accepted their offer.
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My first round of interview was with HR and she asked the following questions:; I& Y$ |/ G6 W- h2 i; O8 G
" u3 n! I' ~3 L2 vTell me about your internship/Florian accounting.
; X1 u0 R) T% |' AWhat do you know about our company?
2 M0 H# |5 G( tWhat is your career goal?0 t: [7 }* N, h- [; a) F: s# A
What can you bring to the table?
# \6 M5 \3 j. q" F! j& J, C5 L- mIf someone come to you with a question but you don't know the answer to it, what would you do?
. |* ]1 d0 N( W1 ], W* ^6 tHow do you prioritize your tasks?; \; p+ m) Z& \9 F; U6 W6 b' m
4 q. {* i9 ?0 l3 D# p: t7 IThe second round of interview was with the General manger and the hiring manager. Most of the time they did the talking so there weren't so many questions but they did ask me about my experience with Florian Accounting(as would in any interviews).
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, i+ C) I6 |) X0 H5 R5 PI didn't have any experience at all prior to Florian accounting but I still got in to different interviews so I'd say the training definitely helped. I guess my advice would be keep positive and (try to) keep smiling during the interviews. Best wishes for all!6 Tk0 ?! `1 l; s: a# Q" G
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Hi Jane & Selina,
% f4 s; T- R2 ?! A2 iHere is SHRESTHA’s feedback. He has already got the offer in an accounts team in one of the large organisations.
8 y' Q5 I7 i6 p8 {$ j3 |3 AHe is kind enough to provide very detailed feedback to help all the other trainees. Moreover, he also shared his interview preparation sheet per the attached files. I believe it will be really helpful to our trainees. Please circulate this at your early convenience. " t" r_! Y1 C$ [5 w7 Z
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8 C, t# Q7 J- r. PFrom: SHRESTHA [mailto:]
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Subject: RE: hi
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& @3 t+ e/ t: `" |1 E% eHi Coco,
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# V# k0 x0 X- ]5 `6 n5 |& n& i; GThank you very much for the reference check the good news is I have been offered the role.
3 K9 D. Z3 j+ [" ^; pI do have some feedback for the trainee which are as follows:8 P- t7 d" \- z8 H: m% _
, [/ f% \. ~% Q& i4 d1 ZI had to go through few phases of interview and my first interview was with an agent in page personnel and they shortlisted me and send my CV to the company. My second interview was with AP/AR manager and then i had to give an online test of psychological and numerical test and finally I had a final interview with the Financial Officer.1 }- z2 h: }. I
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
0 u( T' b* b% G9 h) O6 }How do you get update with the new information?
) t9 ?8 h6 t* Y3 C0 q$ p/ EWhat is your biggest accomplishment so far?
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There were more behavior based questions which are as follows:
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Give an example where you have shown leadership skills.
! X5 G$ r7 Y/ yGive an example where you have shown presentation skills.
6 R3 B2 U\0 o" x6 l# p$ g1 t) nGive an example where you have worked as a team player., X* R2 t9 V0 P" I& B?( {/ }
Give an example where you have solved a problem.
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Give an example where you had a problem communicating with someone.
. \' g" Y' G. p% Y3 cWhat would you do if two people came to you at the same time with urgent work and both wanted you to do the job right now. What would you do?
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I think an interview is a two way process so therefore we need to ask more question to them as well. Here are few questions I asked and think this process makes us more interesting and makes us different from other applicants.q& E( @0 I0 LJ+ `! P6 q$ Z
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Is there anything I've mentioned that makes you feel that I am not the best candidate for the role?
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I have also attached few interview advices and preparation question that i was sent to me by page personal. I think being prepared is the key to the success so therefore we need to prepare for all possible questions.
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- e0 ~3 tm$ M1 p7 Y" U6 UAt last I would like to thank Coco and the team for their support and good luck to everybody for their future.
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9 ~$ v]' NC% _) Z# q* vKind regards,9 i4 M. Mm& j, V! l$ i3 g
Shrestha
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As you are aware I was successful in obtaining a graduate position at a top Australian manufacturing company before the Christmas break. My position deals directly with managing the company’s expenses (Expense Reporting Co-op). I am extremely happy to have achieved this position and I hope this email can inform and help other interns who are looking to secure a grad position.4 L- QS4 h! K/ C: N/ f6 q) }/ i+ I
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In the phone interview they asked general questions about my university studies and they also wanted to find out what I knew about the company. Speaking about my university studies was fairly straightforward but when it came to speaking about the company my advice to interns is that before a phone interview they should make sure they have done some research on the company. From this research interns should be prepared to talk about their general understanding of what the company does, the company’s clients, the company’s vision and values ect. (candidates may also be required to demonstrate what they know about the company in the face to face interview).
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3 C/ Y! o, K2 r- ~6 Z" eDThe next stage was the assessment centre where all remaining candidates met at the office and were put into small groups for an activity that was assessed. The activity was not accounting related and just involved your general knowledge (e.g. giving a response to a hypothetical scenario). While it is important to try and obtain an end result that best meets the task requirements, I felt what was more important to the assessors was the way you interact with your group members, alongside your contributions to the task. I find this stage could be quite challenging if you do not have much experience working with people you have never met before. Therefore in this stage I feel teamwork and leadership skills are the most important.* J# I3 t# |9 t! j9 |& B
My advice for this stage is to always try and contribute something to your group, monitor the time (you have a limited amount of time so the assessors can see how you work under pressure) and to listen to and acknowledge your team members’ suggestions. Assessors will not like it if you do not speak much but at the same time the assessors will not like it if you are too bossy/controlling. Therefore I recommend interns should try to best maintain a balance of not being too quiet but also not being too dominant. . S/ O) t" m- a) J

# I" K+ W; O* R/ J8 O0 _In the face to face interview stage the interview started off asking about myself and my experiences, my most favourite and least favourite job and my most favourite and least favourite university subject. Then they went into behavioural interview questions that included a time where I showed attention to detail and a time where I had to learn on the fly. When answering the behavioural questions my advice is to use the STAR method taught in university, and in Jeff’s interview guidance session. Many examples of behavioural questions can be found on the internet which I used to practice but I do not recommend memorising answers. I find it is better to be familiar with the many experiences you have had at your work, university and extracurricular activities so you can aim to apply these to any questions. This is a technique Jeff covered and I found Jeff’s interview guidance session to be very helpful in preparation for this stage. If interns are struggling to come up with experiences I find that there are a lot of situations from the internship at Bly that can be used to respond to the questions.
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* m/ ~+ e! F6 [' ?6 B3 `9 WIn my interview there were also no technical questions and I feel being a graduate position the interview panel did not expect candidates to have a great deal of experience in the accounting field. The interview panel seemed to be impressed that I took the initiative to build on my accounting skills by taking on an internship at Bly Accounting while studying and they were also impressed by my extracurricular activities, involvement in sport and volunteer work I have done. Therefore when applying for a grad position my advice is that if you have had other experiences that may not be accounting related, but involve certain skills such as team work, problem solving and leadership, it is beneficial to include these experiences in your resume and application. # g! C- f2 @* v" u
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I wish all my fellow interns the very best in their job hunting. All of the interns I have had the privilege to meet were extremely friendly and supportive. It is great to see Bly Accounting has such a positive work environment. Many thanks to Yolanda for all the fantastic work put into Bly and for her support and assistance. Also many thanks to Jeff, Amy, Scarlet, Lien and Humam for all their help, especially Lien.
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