I hope it is because of Saraki they reopened this case. They should leave Akingbola alone o.

TFLASHOGEE:
good day E-family their Is nothing much to worry about cause the plane was from (Addis ababa Ethiopia to Nairobi Kenya) and not the regular to canny

This was my thought when i heard the news until i heard otherwise. May God rest the souls of those that died and shield us from timely death.

Treasure1611:
Hello My people good day, I would really love to hear from anyone living in New Brunswick. The choice of province to settle is a tough one. We are considering Job opportunities vs Cost of living.
We are wondering if New Brunswick is a good idea for a new immigrant to land and if there are also huge job market for people in finance/banking. Although I'm aware that Ontario is the financial hub of Canada, but worried about the cost of living there.

Will appreciate inputs please, its been a tustle of the mind and we hope to land soon.

Thank you so much.

TD bank is currently recruiting for their finance hub in Monckton. Visit their site. That is if they are still recruiting. It's been on for a while.

Please is it true that WES now needs our WAEC result for credentials evaluation? Please which of the bodies is fastest for this exercise?

Awaiting urgent response.

voguemum:


Waina maker is commercially sold as a "vitumbua maker", It is a non stick electrical appliance use to fry vitumbua also known as waina or masa in the Northern part of Nigeria.

"Waina" or "Masa" is a popular delicacy amongst the Hausas. The dish is basically made from a slightly fermented rice meal and it is similar to a pan fried rice cake which is paired with pumpkin or groundnut soup. And of course it is highly nutritious.

Below is a picture of the vitumbua maker a.k.a waina maker.

So sorry for the distraction...*runs away*

Please when you have prepared your masa with kulikuli pepper, let me know so that i can come and greet you. I can also manage it with vegetable stew.

rastaLivity:
Allah forbids such_he just can't wait for his 66 virgins in paradise

Phillip is a Christian

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.flare.com/news/doug-ford-changes-for-ontario/amp/

Those of us in Ontario, the time to enjoy the OSAP loan is now especially the part of it that you don't have to repay. By next year, a lot will change. I hear people are rushing to enjoy it while it lasts.

If you have the intention to go to school, delay no further as we don't know what OSAP will look like next year.

Please anyone well informed should enlighten us on changes in OSAP loan.

Please can we end bullying boss13? This is cyberbullying and it's not right. He made a suggestion which didn't fly, Do we still have to overflog it? For all you know he may have a useful post for us but at this rate, he would not post it. Please let's end it. Thanks.

amdman:
TESTIMONY TIME

So I have been 6weeks in Canada and I can say that God has been so faithful, so much so that my greatest challenge many a times is making the best choice amongst many good options. Here are a few highlights:

Starting a Business
Participating in Acces' Entrepreneurship Connections has been very helpful in getting to understand how things work here. My business' niche is highly regulated, so there is a lot of work to be done. Lots of useful contacts made. Looking forward to Business Day 1.

Finding Work
First week of February, I decided to start job-hunting so that bills will be getting paid. Before the week was out, I got and resumed at this interesting job at an Airline Servicing Company. Also got an RBC invite for an info session and interview. Aced it and got an offer to resume at RBC this February as a fulltime staff. They will be bearing the cost of obtaining some certification that I require. Today, I got another offer from TD Bank...but RBC's offer appears better, and I love the atmosphere at RBC's head office where I will be working.

Finding Accommodation
This has remarkably been easy. When I needed to move from Airbnb to a more permanent accommodation, I found a lovely place in Toronto where the Landlady didn't care about my newness to Canada. No job reference, credit check or guarantor required and rent is paid month to month (not first and last as is usually required). Now because of my new job at RBC, I need to move to Mississauga. Guess what? A Canadian friend connected me to a couple in Brampton that have a furnished 1-bedroom basement apartment for rent and we agreed on a month to month rent of $625 CAD! For a 1-bed apartment within GTA! Amazing!

There are so many other things to be thankful for in this new place called HOME, and it can only get better.

TIP: Doing as much research as possible before landing is important to hit the ground running.

Congrats. More to come.

Goandsitdown. Afraid dey catch Obj. Nigerians will take you seriously when you start by probing yourself and your party members. Vindictive old man.

wendylicious9:
hi guys,

I'm about to start the process of converting my ACCA to CPA, Please I need help with paying for the Overview of Canadian Law and Tax online. The website is rejecting my GTB card. please assist me.

Thanks

I think they only accept certified cheque. Those that recently converted should please confirm.

https://events.genndi.com/replay/818182175026321159/ddbee6a893/4/108763337


This is a webinar on good resume writing.

Kindly follow this lady (Linda Raynier) on youtube regardless of which stage you are in your career. Whether you are an apllicant or already working. she has a video on dealing with office politics. She is one of us (based in Toronto) so you can relate to what she says.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMtBEgk9ls

The 2 courses posted above are at discount and expiring soon.

I didn't subscribe so i don't know much about it.

https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-financial-analyst-course/?k_clickid=b65455ed-e39b-45f7-a9ea-3db145524bfa_167141298&utm_campaign=NEW-FB---Instagram-creative-FinancialAnalyst-EN-ENG_._ci_648826_._sl_ENG_._vi__._sd_All_._la_EN_._&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=_._ag_FEIG_STIG-Similar+(GB_US_and_2_others,+0_._ci_%7BCourseID%7D_._._pi_2587625264610855_._gi_all_._ai_19--65_._an_6BI7wn-648826-10_._la_%5BEnglish+(US),+English+(UK)%5D_._lo_%5BAustralia,+Canada,+United+States,+United+Kingdom%5D_._

Financial analysis training.

https://newskillsacademy.com/course/the-microsoft-office-certification/?ref=26

Full package of microsoft suite.

If things were done the right way in this country, will he be sitting on Niger Delta oil money.

Philippians4v9:
Hi Guys,

If you are new to Canada, you might have a bit of struggle in getting some information which is why you have this forum and other forums. Please subscribe to my channel and you will learn some new things. I will try my best to talk about everything I have learnt since I arrived Canada in 2016. We are about entering the tax season and I will be starting a series on Taxes in Canada. You can subscribe and learn more from me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjI534k3DFM&t=11s

Thanks for this. Your video reminds me of someone i know who did a softlanding in December 2018. I hope he knows he has to file his tax before April ending this year.

pyruvateluv:

Good day, I currently work as a banker in Nigeria although I intend to advance in finance sectorwhen I get to canada, would CPA be a better choice considering that I studied science at my undergraduate?

Do you want to wait until your finish your CPA before going into the labour market? Your major concern should be what you should do to get a job immediately you land. then afterwards you will start the CPA. CPA is not cheap and it is not easy too. i heard there are projects to be done. i dont know how true. maybe someone that did CPA from the scratch can help us out with both the fees and courses.

With your banking experience you can get a job in the bank and for branch job there is this exam they do to make it easier for them to get branch job. i dont know the name.

Also some of the roles performed by FT in the branch are transferrable skills for financial analyst. like posting journal entries, amortisation and prepayment(your salary upfront i.e. all those allowances they pay you upfront after which the expense line is debited monthly until year end), the salary schedule they send to you to review so that you ensure you are not debited for another branch staff's salary. reconciliation of accounts(there is difference btw proof of account and reconciliation of account. proof tells you the make up of the balance while reconciliation is btw 2 accounts to identify entries outstanding in the 2 accounts), even the reports you prepare in the branch that shows variance analysis in your targets for account opening and reasons for the variance)probably so many public holidays in that week or traders were on strike or a reputational risk that caused customer's flight.(a negative news in the market about your bank). then your branch p and l analysis. probably one or more expense line was above the limit, you give reason(s) why you overshot (PHCN and diesel) and attach mgt approval. branch budget preparation, how you assisted in preparing the branch budget, how you generated 3 years historical data from your software and was part of the team that prepared the budget by working with some mgt assumptions like interest rate, inflation rate etc. how you spooled some detailed report for the team to investigate some high figures you spooled out for the report. also review of balance sheet, how you were assigned some gl accounts to be reviewing on daily basis to escalate any abnormal entry for appropriate reversal. also some gl accounts having abnormal balances. asset that should have negative balance, if you notice a positive balance, you escalate it. then generating flash report for the branch manager by downloading your p and l and comparing actual with budget so that any further entry that can be posted to enable you meet your target can go in before month end and then the dashboard report on the 1st to 3rd of the new month to review your actual figures with budgeted figures and to prepare for MBR(monthly business review) in your head office. All these reports are where the excel skills are needed. you have to show them the skills you have in representing figures in charts as well and highlighting the top three staff in marketing team based on volume and count. my dear if you can demonstrate these confidently, then you have no problem getting financial analyst role.

Also you dont need CPA to get a finance role. what they are interested in, is your skills though you will have to convince them that you are in the process of pursuing CPA. once they look at your resume and see those keywords, they invite you for interview and then you will tell them how you qualify for the role. sometimes they give you practical spreadsheet to analyse and watch as you do it or give you time they feel is sufficient to complete the test. if you said in your resume that you know SAP FICO, they can ask you the transaction code to debit GL or whatever. sometimes they dont drill you that much. you are safer fully prepared so that however the interview turns out, you are okay.

okay bye.

Ambode is in trouble. they will open his books and throw him to jail. na sugar coated reconciliation dem do. dem dey wait for am. he should strike a deal with agbaje so that he wont be investigated.

joo2018:
Hi. A lot of the IT pages from thread 1 have been linked in page 1.

See here: https://www.nairaland.com/4933819/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant#74340248

thanks. will go through it tomorrow to identify the post. very busy now. i know the post listed some online places to learn IT like udemy.com, coursera.com linkedin learning etc.

I forgot to add that i also have a job referral from someone i met here. Don't hoard information. Your destiny helper may be reading your posts.

Thanks sweetheart.

I have had many inboxes in response to my recent post. Some asking for recommendations on where to learn SAP, ORACLE, HYPERION, JEDWARDS etc online. I know someone had earlier posted some sites for online IT training in part 1 of this thread.

I have been trying to retrieve that post without success. Please if anyone can help the house with the post.

While registering for any online course be sure of the contents. I have had to watch 2 SAP FICO youtube videos that instead of teaching me how to use FICO to post my transactions, generate my reports, process my accruals, post my payables and receivables, it was teaching me how to configure and implement SAP FICO in the workplace. Why i knew i was not getting what i wanted is because i was doing a refresher. If it was my first time of seeing FICO i would have thought that was all i needed to know so please beware and ask questions before paying for any online course.

Ok bye

Gregeal:
pls share the link again. Thnaks

Shared in my post above. "Find a job in Canada- how to make it happen".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhA3zeELPzc

amdman:


Acces Employment is fantastic if your profession falls within the scope of their services

Yes Access Employment is good but the best is networking/referral jobs. You can get a position you never dreamt of by referral. Referral jobs here is on another level.

Network, Network and Network. I have shared a video here on how to network. Sometimes we think networking is about people from the same place like us. It is people in my industry and field(career interests who have made their mark in the field here though some jjcs can also give you the link you need) That means it is good if you are in the banking industry to network with bankers and best if you are in AML in the bank to network with with people doing AML in the bank. They will easily remember you if there is an opening in their office. I went for a conference last September and met a lady in AML in one of the banks, by then i was already giving up hope on networking. She was even the one that initiated our conversation and when i told her i had AML skills she told me to forward my resume to her as she is aware of an opening for AML role in her office. I reluctantly did but didn't follow up because as at that time i was reconsidering which career path to follow. It was just to keep the conversation going that made me mention i had AML experience which she saw as an opportunity to help me.

Sniff online for groups or associations in existence in your field and connect with them, volunteer if necessary, make your presence felt. Do notice me and someone will notice you and help you. You have achieved your bottom line las las.

pejuhazel:
Hi @czaratwork, thanks for the tips for us accounting. I have a Bsc in accounting from a school here in Nigeria and an Msc in oil and gas accounting from the UK, I plan to get a CPA after moving to Canada (currently post AOR). My question is will I be able to claim exemption with my Msc or my Bsc will be more recognised?

I don't know much about CPA exemptions. I used the conversion route.

Regards

olajide21:
Somewhere in Calgary, NW.

It's -18degree today oo

Hi! You are owing us your consolidated landing gist. So far, you have released them in bits. Welcome to Canada. May the land yield its increase to you.

iaatmguy:
Thank you very much for this, my wife is also a tax accountant/consultant, your input is really appreciated.

Are you already in Canada? Which province are you in? Are you aware of BLACK FEMALE ACCOUNTANT NETWORK that operates within GTA for now. It help new immigrants integrate into the system. I mean black female accountant immigrants. If interested, your wife can PM me.

Influential101:
Thanks for this, very invaluable

How easy will it for someone who has been working as a tax accountant to migrate to a finance role? I have been working in tax but I will like to go into core accounting/finance..

I'm aware of the need for a CPA designation. Then, I want to know if there's a difference between CPA.CA, CPA.CMA and CPA.CGA..Is any of them preferred by employers?

Thanks

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Professional_Accountant

The above link will answer the question on difference. I know if you are converting from ACCA to CPA, your added designation to CPA is CGA (General Accounting)while if you are converting from CIMA your added designation to CPA is CMA (Management Accounting) For CA, i think it is for those that are in public accounting.

Then for changing path, it is difficult unless with internal reference. The best is to get in with the skills you have (foot in the door) and then change within the company. They normally recruit based on experience and not what you want unfortunately. But you can give it a try. If you can defend the finance skills in your resume then good. Meanwhile Tax is also a good one over here.

The career path for finance analyst is attractive. From finance analyst to senior finance analyst to finance manager to controller/chief financial officer to CEO.. Most CFOs end up being CEOs because they work closely with CEOs and have understood the challenges of the role. So it really makes sense changing your path. And while at this you try and get a Canadian based masters degree.

My posting is not cordinated because i am multitasking presently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kayOhGRcNt4

in addition to my earlier post on excel, before you claim you know it make sure you can defend it as some companies can give you online excel test (google kenexa prove it excel test. the video is also on youtube, indeed also has online excel test) or they can give you raw data to use particular tool(s) in excel to analyse.

Learn it, work with examples and be confident about it. meanwhile it is not rocket science just learn the ribbon to click to perform a particular task like record macro, create pivot table etc or the command with the correct syntax to type to perform a particular task like vlookup, sumif, iferror etc.

good luck