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About the Instructor
Mr. WAYNE SOO
Certified Public Accountant
CPA Singapore, CA (Malaysia), FCCA (UK), FCMA (UK), PNA (Australia)
MSID, MBA (Manchester), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) USA
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Singapore
Professional, Commercial and Consulting Background
Wayne Soo gained his more than 16 years of auditing, accounting, management
and financial experience initially with a Top 4 public accounting firm (both in
Malaysia and Singapore). He subsequently held various middle and senior
management positions in industry and commerce before establishing his own audit
and insolvency firm which is on the audit panel of the National Council of Social
Service (NCSS) and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
(MCYS).
To date, Wayne has been intimately involved in providing assurance, tax and
advisory services to clients in industries such as charities and institutes of public
character (IPC), IT start-ups, E-commerce projects, retail and general trading,
aerospace and aviation, engineering, property development, hotels and resorts,
leisure and entertainment, palm oil plantations, food and drinks manufacturing,
power generation, leasing and financing, pharmaceutical corporations; to name
but a few.
Since 2000, Wayne has also set up a company that provides financial
management consultancy and business advisory services and training to small and
medium-sized (SME) enterprises and organizations.
Seminars, Workshops and Speaking Engagements
Wayne has successfully structured workshop materials and facilitated in-house and
public training courses on financial, strategic planning, balanced scorecard,
performance measurement and general management topics in Singapore,
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Wayne’s workshop style is one of facilitation. This includes classroom discussion
and sharing of pertinent knowledge, case study analysis and hands-on exercises.
Written assignments, group projects and mock exams will also be arranged where
relevant.
Since 2001, Wayne has been an adjunct lecturer and tutor with a number of
private schools for the ACCA and CIMA professional accountancy qualification,
specializing in auditing, internal controls, corporate governance, strategic business
planning, management accounting and general management topics. Wayne has
spoken at a number of discussion forums relating to the above areas.
Wayne’s core competencies in seminars, workshops and academia include the
following subjects:
- Advanced Financial Statement Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Corporate Evaluations
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- International Accounting Standards and Practice
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Strategic Cost Management
Publications in Professional Journals
HRM topics have been regularly published in professional journals such as
- Global Partner, the official magazine of The Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants (CIMA), Singapore
- Human Capital, the official magazine of The Singapore Human Resources
Institute (SHRI)
- The Singapore Accountant, the official magazine of The Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (ICPAS)
- HRM, a commercial publication headquartered in Australia
Wayne is the co-author of “SME Guidebook: Financial & Management
Accounting for Business”, which was jointly published by CIMA and Centre for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
Contributions to Institutions and Associations
Wayne is actively involved in a number of institutions and associations and their
activities:
- Founding and Past President of The Manchester Business School Alumni
(Singapore Chapter), 2003-2005
- President of The Manchester Business School Alumni (Singapore Chapter),
2009-2011
- Vice President, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Singapore Branch, 2008-2011
- Honorary Treasurer of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)
Singapore, 2008-2011
- Mentor for participants in the NUS Business Plan Competition, 2004 to date
- Mentor for participants in the NTU Business Plan Competition, 2006 to date
Professional Qualifications
Wayne holds 5 professional accounting qualifications and is a member of national
accounting bodies in Singapore, Malaysia, UK and Australia.
He also holds an MBA awarded by the Manchester Business School, UK. His current
area of research interest is the management effectiveness and profitability of SME
and MNC operations.
Wayne is listed in The International Who’s Who of Professionals directory in 2001
and is a Certified Management Consultant and Council Member of the Institute of
Management Consultants (IMC), Singapore. He is also a full member of the
Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners (ACFE) USA.
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