The first seminar of CKSC-JPIA entitled Expanding Your Career Opportunities: Seminar on Certified Management Accounting (CMA) Program, Institute of Management Accountant (IMA) Philippines and Competency Crisis took place at the CKS College Main Campus, Ching Ban Lee Memorial Hall on August 22, 2015 at 1:00 in the afternoon.

Opening the event was JPIA President, Samantha Joyce Corpin. Tami Lee Ann Tan and Mikee Marielle Chua, the masters of the ceremony, introduced the speakers.

Mr. Leo Yatco, CMA, MBA, CPA with Masters in Business Administration and also an instructor of Insights Financial Review Services, Inc., gave a briefing of what their program is all about, what benefits the students can get in joining the program and a briefing on what the next speakers will be talking about.

Mr. Edison Chu, CMA, CIA, CPA, shared his journey on how and what he has experienced along the way before reaching his current position in his workplace. He shared the things that happen in the workplace, the kinds of people one will encounter and the job one may assigned to do.

The last speaker, Mr. Angel Secerio Jr., CGMA, CFE, CMA, US CPA, is the current president of the Institute of Management Accountant, Philippines. Like the previous speakers, he also talked about his journey, how he was able to become a CPA, how he aspired to achieve more titles along the way, and some of the difficulties he encountered in his life. He encouraged the students to aspire and work hard to achieve their dreams to become a CPA and more in the later part of their lives. Before ending his speech, he offered the students who aspire to become Certified Management Accountant (CMA) 10 free slots of CMA review worth P 65,000.

The event concluded with the giving of certificate and token of appreciation to the speakers by JPIA President, Samantha Joyce Corpin, and JPIA Vice President-Internal, Iris Altura, and the closing remarks by Bryann Raymart Inn, JPIA treasurer.

Article by:Hilary Bridget Qu