Managing a Finance Career Abroad
8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
How to, Frameworks, Checklists and Tactics to secure, manage and excel in a Finance career abroad
Managing a Finance Career Abroad
8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
How to, Frameworks, Checklists and Tactics to secure, manage and excel in a Finance career abroad
Course overview
Embark on a global Finance career that is self fulfilling & life changing
Searching, managing and excelling in a finance career abroad is hard. It takes a lot of effort, hard work and reflections to kick start the flywheel of a finance career abroad.
That's why I started this workshop to bring like minded aspirants together to realize their dreams of a finance career abroad.
Working as a cohort of like minded aspiring global finance professionals, the course takes on relevant, practical and actionable points covering:
Course Content:
1. Module 1: The readiness test: Are you ready for a Finance Career Abroad? Answering the "Why"
2. Module 2: How to grow into a state of readiness? The "Prep"
3. Module 3: The "Search". How do you get a role abroad? Key Principles, Search Filters
4. Module 4: The "Leverage": How to differentiate oneself in an international role & excel in it
5. Module 5: The "Plan": Managing a career abroad and planning your next career move
Review and reflections
Plus: 2 in-depth Q&A / AMA sessions
(all Zoom sessions are live, taught by Alvin)
With:
1. Personal competency frameworks I used in evaluating technical and non-technical skillsets needed to embark on a career abroad
2. Finance career planning checklist and tracker to take stock of career achievement, progression and mapping our your next move
3. Case studies of Finance professionals with global career footprint including Alvin's
4. "Search Mode" planner to kickstart a global career search process or to manage an international career
Who is this course for
01
Finance professionals that want to embark on a finance career abroad. From how to search, how to prepare & how to shortlist potential moves
02
Finance professionals that want to learn how to manage a global finance career, balancing career trajectory and personal life / growth
03
This course is not a detailed step by step job search guide for roles abroad. Its also not for aspiring finance professionals
What you’ll get out of this course
How to assess if you are ready for a career abroad in Finance
We will review collaboratively via a checklist on your preparedness to embark on a career abroad. Example: 'What is your level of finance experience & competency ?' / 'What skills you possess that is useful in a career abroad'
How to find pathways to a finance career abroad. Tips / Tactics to secure leads / opportunities and capitalizing it
We will review possible and most likely pathways to a finance career abroad (within current role / organization or outside). I will provide a framework of different pathways to apply and assess 'fit' / likelihood for hire
How to prepare for a finance role abroad and preparing for a life changing move
From a technical & personal standpoint, we will review steps to be undertaken prior move, during move and priorities setting in the first 90 days of your role abroad
How to manage and excel in a finance career abroad
Now that you've landed your dream role abroad, we will review career building & planning. We will answer Qs such as:
a. How do I differentiate myself vs local hires? What makes me special in this role?
b. How do I progress? How can I progress in my role vs local hires?
Learn from those that has done it
Don't take it from me alone but many others that will guest 'host' the course sharing their finance careers abroad - covering specific topics of interest
+ Top global recruiters
+ Current Big 4 Directors abroad
+ CFOs with global experience in MNCs / Start Ups
Most Importantly - A Global Finance Career Community!
Network with members of the course & future courses to gain meaningful connections, knowledge and know how on managing a finance career abroad. Opportunities of future career roles abroad are also abound as you network and learn more from one another!
What people are saying
John Vermaaten (USA)
Mohammed Jada (New Zealand)
Adel Du Plessis (South Africa)
Dickson Chow (Malaysia)
Meet your instructor
Alvin Liew Voon Siong
Alvin Liew Voon Siong
ACMA, CGMA, FCPA (Aust)
+ Global citizen with a firm belief that investment into education uplifts , transforms and grow societies.
+ Based in Thailand with global finance career footprint in South Africa, India, Malaysia and Vietnam. Worked & lived across 2 continents, 5 countries.
+ Currently the Thailand CFO for private equity owned OCS Group, a leading global facilities management company.
+ I mentor fellow finance professionals who wants to embark / have embarked on a global finance career. I've now formalized my coaching / concepts where I conduct pre workshop sessions offline & online on LinkedIn.
+ Many of my mentees today work across various industries in different finance roles (FP&A Manager, Tax specialist or Financial Controller). They all embarked on a career abroad from home.
+ I teach, educate fellow finance professionals via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinliewvoonsiong/) and alumni networks (CIMA UK and CPA Australia)
+ Firm believer that the best finance career you can embark on is an international one
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Managing a Finance Career Abroad
Course schedule
6 to 8 hours in Total
Two 3 Hour Sessions
To be advised (GMT +7 timezone)
This will be followed by at least 1 hour of live AMA with Alvin, Guest Speakers (optional & recorded)
Managing a Finance Career Abroad Pre Workshop Resource
Here's my pre workshop resource to provide you a flavor of how to secure, manage and excel in a finance career abroad.
We cover topics such as the "Why" >> "Search" >> "Prep" > "Leverage" and "Plan" in this pre workshop resource on a high level overview.
For more detailed insight and actionable points, feel free to DM me 1:1
Embark on your career abroad!
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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