As of the writing of this post, I am in the final week of Part 3 of the report. Unlike the first two parts of the report, we are not allowed revision opportunity for Part 3. This means my group needs to make sure our report is as complete as possible. Just like for Part…
My CFE technical review process is the following: I would read the Knotia chapter readings alongside the CPA Competency Map. The competency map is used to guide the depth of my review. For example, since my CFE elective role is Finance, I only need to pay attention to the levels required for Core for the…
I thought I was quite behind on my CFE prep schedule until I read my last CFE prep post just now. I found out I am only several days behind (just need one more day of Assurance review) as my plan was to finish Assurance in May. This made me really happy because it means…
I am at the 2.5-week mark for Capstone 1 as I am writing this post. My group and I had our first chat call with our facilitator tonight. Originally, I thought about writing a post with my thoughts and what worked/did not work for me after I finish Capstone 1. However, I decided to provide…
My Capstone 1 module workshop just wrapped up few hours ago. If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that I debated writing a post on this right away. It was a struggle to stay productive after as the 2-day weekend workshop was live with multiple activities (including a short presentation with your group).…
I recently attended another CPA PEP Talk hosted by CPA Alberta. This time, current and future CFE writers got to hear from a panel of four successful CFE writers who shared what worked for them. Some of them passed as first-time writers and some did after an unsuccessful attempt. I learned something new and reaffirmed…
My first thought when I started this post was, “where did the time go?” At work, our year-end concluded in January. Since my company’s parent company is a public corporation, we had a tight timeline to make sure deliverables were completed on time. As a result, I was quite busy when the year started. However,…
In addition to my regular long-form posts, I thought it will be fun for me to track my CPA CFE prep in a diary format. They will be less informational and more about what I did or did not do every day leading up to my CFE in September. As of the writing of this…
CPA Alberta has been hosting a series of virtual CPA PEP Talks that are perfect for candidates all over Canada. Since I am writing the CPA CFE in Sept and starting Capstone 1 in May, I signed up for the Capstone 1 session as soon as it was announced. Andrea Au, a successful 2020 CFE…
I wanted to get ahead with CFE study so I finished the assigned readings for Performance Management (PM), my last CPA PEP module, early. Unlike with Finance, I did not use the Densmore package for PM this time. I have heard that PM was going to be a relatively easy module (especially compared to Finance)…