The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Ernst & Younger (EY Singapore) have formalised a three-year partnership by a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to introduce the “EY x ISCA SCAQ Profession Mobility Programme.”
This initiative is designed to domesticate and retain accounting professionals in Southeast Asia.
ISCA famous that this programme is launched at a time when the accounting subject is experiencing important modifications, pushed by developments in expertise, the necessity for sustainability reporting, and the expansion of worldwide commerce.
It added that the sector is going through challenges associated to expertise acquisition, with Singapore estimated to require an extra 6,000 to 7,000 accountants by 2025, whereas the variety of native accounting graduates has decreased by over 10% since 2018.
The initiative will give attention to college college students from Southeast Asia, notably these in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, selling the Singapore Chartered Accountant Qualification (SCAQ) as a pathway to worldwide profession alternatives and addressing the regional expertise deficit.
As a part of the MoU, ISCA and EY Singapore will work collectively to implement the “EY x ISCA SCAQ Profession Mobility Programme,” aiming to nurture accounting expertise from Southeast Asia, particularly from Thailand and Vietnam.
The 2 organisations will collectively advocate for the SCAQ as a most popular qualification amongst college college students within the area and can collaborate with universities to realize their help.
The programme can even present coaching to develop the skilled abilities crucial for candidates to grow to be absolutely certified chartered accountants.
It would create alternatives for cross-cultural work experiences in Singapore, with the aim of retaining expert accounting professionals and growing the variety of chartered accountants over time.
College students who efficiently full the SCAQ Basis Programme and earn the ISCA Skilled Enterprise Accountant designation can be assured an interview with EY Singapore.
Those that safe full-time positions will then proceed to finish the SCAQ Skilled Programme and achieve sensible expertise with EY Singapore as an Accredited Coaching Organisation.
ISCA president Teo Ser Luck mentioned: “The accounting occupation is present process transformation, formed by digitalisation, sustainability, and globalisation. Expertise mobility can be important in guaranteeing that the occupation retains tempo with these modifications.
“Via this partnership with EY, we’re constructing a powerful regional pipeline of future-ready Chartered Accountants and reinforcing Singapore’s place as a magnet for skilled excellence.”
