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  • About the speaker

    • "Very effective and amazing...mapapa Wow ka talaga ;-D" - Anonymous practitioner 

    • "Excellent facilitator" - Accountant of an NGO

    • "Very knowledgeable on the topic, with sense of humor, makes the discussion lively" - General Accountant of a Trading Company

    • "Mr. Palacio is very knowledgeable on the subject matter" - Accountant

    • "Very knowledgeable on the subject matter and very approachable" - Auditor of a CPA firm

    • "Very knowledgeable and entertaining. Topic is very relevant and easy to understand." - Internal Audit Supervisor of a Real Estate Company

    • "An effective speaker" - Partner of a CPA firm

    • "Allan is an authority on the subject; excellent trainor"  - Independent Contractor

    • "I would love to learn more about acceleration of financial reporting tools/business models seminars." - Finance Manager of a distribution company.

    • "Keep up the good work and more power. Thanks" - President of a manufacturing company

    • "Well-versed, always ready to assist" - Site Accountant of a manufactuirng company

    • "Very clear in explaining each topic. Its just as im not CPA so there are things that i cannot fully understand". - Admin/Accounting of an IT company

    • "Very approachable" - Financial Analyst of an IT company

    • "Excellent" - Associate Partner of a CPA firm

    • "An excellent resource speaker! Looking forward to see you in the future seminars." - Managing Partner of a CPA firm

    • "Excellent!" - Finance Director of a global pharmaceutical company

    • "Excellent" - Accountant of a national government agency

 

  • About the seminar

    • "(I realized) that I have little knowledge of excel eventhough I have been using it for a long time" - Senior Partner of a CPA firm

    • "Very useful and will help facilitate audit and accounting works" - Practitioner

    • "I gained many (insights) like being familiar with different formula of the excel" - Accounting Associate of a national membership organization

    • "It is very useful on my work...this seminar is worth of my time and money ;) looking forward to another seminar with Sir Allan" - General Accountant of a Trading Company

    • "I (did not) realize how powerful Excel as a tool until this seminar. I hope there will be future seminars like this that will help us maximize the use of Excel" - Accountant

    • "Very useful for my (tax & accounting) practice but nakaka-braindrain. :-)" - Auditor of a CPA firm

    • "(I learned the basic) programming in Excel - design of accounts and data base for financial statements and analysis as well as management reports" - Independent Contractor

    • "(I learned) a lot about use of excel functions in financial reporting" - Finance Manager of a distribution company

    • "I can (now) design a template suited for my small businesses for accellarated reporting" - President of a manufacturing company

    • "With the tools I learned, I can now do more jobs in a jiffy and focus on the more important aspects of my work." - Anonymous

    • "(This is) a must-attend seminar/Workshop. - Site Accountant of a manufacturing company

    • "I can apply (the learnings) on our office system" - Admin/Accounting Officer of an IT company

    • "Excel will help to improve our work." - Financial Analyst of an IT company

    • "I was able to know the secrets for easy and faster financial reporting using excel." - Associate Partner of a CPA firm

    • "Gained so much more particularly on pivot and vlookup." - Managing Partner of a CPA firm

    • "I've gained many techniques which is a big help for me, especially in excel." - Accounts Payable Processor of a manufacturing company

    • "(I learned that Excel is a) very useful tool indeed!" - Finance Director of a global pharmaceutical company

    • "Generating financial reports can be amazing" - Accountant of a national government agency

Alejandro "Allan" Palacio, CPA

Vice-President of CIASP

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March 6-7, 2015, Mandaluyong City:

Seminar on Accelerated Financial Reporting in association with PICPA National Office

  • About the speaker

    • "(I am) very satisfied with the delivery of the topic." Chief Accountant of a real estate company

    • "Thank you, Sir!" - Financial Analyst of a local NGO

    • "He is excellent, I really learned a lot from him." Junior Accountant of a real estate company

    • "Very good speaker that he can can share his knowledge with zero base knowledge on the subject matter." - Accounting Unit Head of a real estate company

    • "Very informative, the applications are very helpful on ease of workload specially on the Accounting Department." Accounting Officer of a manufacturing company

 

  • About the seminar

    • "(I learned) a lot, actually. 95% of the topics, I just learned during this discussion." - Chief Accountant of a real estate company

    • "Reports can easily be done within minutes with the right knowledge of excel formulas" - Financial Analyst of a local NGO

    • "I realized that making financial reports can be easy." - Student

    • "It is (just) a matter of exploring tools that are free and think of ways on how we can used it to improve our work." - Junior Accountant of a real estate company

    • "(I learned that) we can still learn and work more with the help of the technology." Accounting Unit Head of a real estate company

    • "(I learned) that there are many ways of easing the workload, and presenting it more understandable for the Management." - Accounting Officer of a manufacturing company

February 26-27, 2015, Ascott Hotel, Makati CIty:
Seminar on "Applying CAATs in Financial Reporting" at the Center for Intenal Audit Services Philippines

  • About the speaker

    • "Very good" - Business Process Specialist of a service company

    • "You're excellent sir!" - Accounting Assistant of a service company

    • "Great and excellent" - Anonymous

    • "Amazing" Purchasing Assistant of a service company

    • "Very good" - Budget Officer of an NGO

    • "Great Job!" - Audit Staff of a hodling company
       

  • About the seminar

    • "(I have learned that) you can do anything in Excel" - Business Process Specialist of a service company

    • "I was able to familiarize (myself with the basic functionalities of) Excel" - Accounting Assistant of a service company

    • "(I have learned how to apply Excel to improve my work) efficiency and accuracy" - Budget Officer of an NGO

    • "(I have learned very) useful techniques that can be applied to ease work and deliver it on time." - Audit Staff of a hodling company

    • "(I have learned the) effective use of Excel (that) promotes efficiency." - Anonymous

    • (I have learned) a lot! I can already relate some of the lessons to a different field - and I have the answers now for what were just questions for analysis/reports." - Sales Executive of a service company

February 12-13, 2015, Ascott Hotel, Makati CIty:
Seminar on "Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques Using Excel" at the Center for Intenal Audit Services Philippines

  • About the seminar

    • “I find the course very practical and useful. It can be applied not only in finance but also in human resources, such as share or bonus systems calculation”, Nguyen Bich Ngoc, Financial Controller, Midway Metals Vietnam Ltd.

    • “I have attended the seminar and found it interesting. I am now trying to apply (the key leanings’ from the seminar) to our report”, Duong Hong Anh, Financial Controller, VinaCapital Real Estate Ltd.

    • "I find this seminar very interesting and practical. I am tremendously pleased. The seminar helps me to put the theory into practice. Thanks for the interesting lecture and genuine enthusiasm", Hien Nguyen, Lecturer of Accounting and Auditing Faculty, University of Economics and Law.

    • "This seminar in "Data Analytics" is great, since it gives us a clear picture on how to let our data talk clearly and perfectly to all levels of staffs. I used to spend a lot of time in analysing and preparing charts. Hopefully, this will help me a lot", a participant in June 2013 Cambodia seminar.

    • "The most useful… is how to design the report and how to do a good presentation. This is very good for my work", a participant in June 2013 Cambodia seminar.

    • "This seminar is perfect for me in making slide presentations for meetings. It will save me a lot of time to produce quality reports", a participant in June 2013 Cambodia seminar.

    • "Presentation gave useful techniques that can be applied in our daily analysis job. The course focus on basic techniques & tools and allow participants to master these techniques through practical case studies", a participant in June 2013 Saigon seminar.

Events at CIASP

2013 Data Analytics: "Let Your Data Talk!" seminars at Grant Thornton Vietnam & Cambodia

Events with other organizations

2014 Seminar on "Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques Using Excel" at the Institute of Internal Auditors Philippines

  • About the seminar

    • "I've learned that excel is one of the most under rated and under appreciated tool. Basic Excel Training gave me a new perspective on Data Analytics & Visual Presentation. Had I known these techniques (I've learned from this Workshop), I would have doubled or tripled my productivity."

    • "The training helped me learn the better use of Excel functionalities --- more efficient and effective audits. I'll be using all the data analytic techniques from here on."

    • "I now have a different perspective of Microsoft Excel in relation to my work. Before, I use Excel merely in computing voluminous transactions and arranging the records according to requirements. But now, I see it as a “superb” tool in accelerating the preparation of the report, and facilitating analysis and visual presentations. "

    • I can use this tools to be more efficient and effective in my work --- a very powerful tool.

    • I can leverage on this tool for a more efficient audit planning, execution and reporting. I can now cleanse, normalize and validate data, particularly in looking for duplicate or missing entries. I can now tell story in my report using colorful charts.

    • I've learned a lot from this training -- new techniques and functions that will help me in my new job as internal auditor. I look forward to attending more trainings from IIAP, surely a big help for me as a beginner internal auditor. 

    • This training is such a big help for me for it enhanced my skills in creating more effective and efficient compliance reports of our company. I am very excited to apply these learnings on my daily work and help me become more effective in performing my role. 

    • While taking the training, our CAATS report was always on my mind. I am already envisioning our CAATS report to have this "amazing visualization". I cannot wait to amaze my fellow auditors, audit heads and even other units of the bank. Just simply amazing using Microsoft Excel.

    • The technical training session was complete and comprehensive and has enlightened me with the functionality and power of excel. The different techniques in performing the different functions that I thought were only available in ACL or other programs can also be performed in excel with ease. This will guarantee a boost in confidence, not only in performing data analysis but also in delivering other engagements as a professional auditor.

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