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NIK ZAFRI BIN ABDUL MAJID,
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Email: nikzafri@yahoo.com, nikzafri@gmail.com
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Kelantanese, Alumni of Sultan Ismail College Kelantan (SICA), IT Competency Cert, Certified Written English Professional US. Has participated in many seminars/conferences (local/ international) in the capacity of trainer/lecturer and participant.

Affiliations :- Network Member of Gerson Lehrman Group, Institute of Quality Malaysia, Auditor ISO 9000 IRCAUK, Auditor OHSMS (SIRIM and STS) /EMS ISO 14000 and Construction Quality Assessment System CONQUAS, CIDB (Now BCA) Singapore),

* Possesses almost 30 years of experience/hands-on in the multi-modern management & technical disciplines (systems & methodologies) such as Knowledge Management (Hi-Impact Management/ICT Solutions), Quality (TQM/ISO), Safety Health Environment, Civil & Building (Construction), Manufacturing, Motivation & Team Building, HR, Marketing/Branding, Business Process Reengineering, Economy/Stock Market, Contracts/Project Management, Finance & Banking, etc. He was employed to international bluechips involving in national/international megaprojects such as Balfour Beatty Construction/Knight Piesold & Partners UK, MMI Insurance Group Australia, Hazama Corporation (Hazamagumi) Japan (with Mitsubishi Corporation, JA Jones US, MMCE and Ho-Hup) and Sunway Construction Berhad (The Sunway Group of Companies). Among major projects undertaken : Pergau Hydro Electric Project, KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, LRT Tunnelling, KLIA, Petronas Refineries Melaka, Putrajaya Government Complex, Sistem Lingkaran Lebuhraya Kajang (SILK), Mex Highway, KLIA1, KLIA2 etc. Once serviced SMPD Management Consultants as Associate Consultant cum Lecturer for Diploma in Management, Institute of Supervisory Management UK/SMPD JV. Currently – Associate/Visiting Consultants/Facilitators, Advisors for leading consulting firms (local and international) including project management. To name a few – Noma SWO Consult, Amiosh Resources, Timur West Consultant Sdn. Bhd., TIJ Consultants Group (Malaysia and Singapore) and many others.

* Ex-Resident Weekly Columnist of Utusan Malaysia (1995-1998) and have produced more than 100 articles related to ISO-9000– Management System and Documentation Models, TQM Strategic Management, Occupational Safety and Health (now OHSAS 18000) and Environmental Management Systems ISO 14000. His write-ups/experience has assisted many students/researchers alike in module developments based on competency or academics and completion of many theses. Once commended by the then Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia for his diligence in promoting and training the civil services (government sector) based on “Total Quality Management and Quality Management System ISO-9000 in Malaysian Civil Service – Paradigm Shift Scalar for Assessment System”

Among Nik Zafri’s clients : Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn. Bhd, (MRP II, Accounts/Credit Control) The HQ of Royal Customs and Excise Malaysia (ISO 9000), Veterinary Services Dept. Negeri Sembilan (ISO 9000), The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (Aspects of Project Management – KLCC construction), Corporate HQ of RHB (Peter Drucker's MBO/KRA), NEC Semiconductor - Klang Selangor (Productivity Management), Prime Minister’s Department Malaysia (ISO 9000), State Secretarial Office Negeri Sembilan (ISO 9000), Hidrological Department KL (ISO 9000), Asahi Kluang Johor(System Audit, Management/Supervisory Development), Tunku Mahmood (2) Primary School Kluang Johor (ISO 9000), Consortium PANZANA (HSSE 3rd Party Audit), Lecturer for Information Technology Training Centre (ITTC) – Authorised Training Center (ATC) – University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) Kluang Branch Johor, Kluang General Hospital Johor (Management/Supervision Development, Office Technology/Administration, ISO 9000 & Construction Management), Kahang Timur Secondary School Johor (ISO 9000), Sultan Abdul Jalil Secondary School Kluang Johor (Islamic Motivation and Team Building), Guocera Tiles Industries Kluang Johor (EMS ISO 14000), MNE Construction (M) Sdn. Bhd. Kota Tinggi Johor (ISO 9000 – Construction), UITM Shah Alam Selangor (Knowledge Management/Knowledge Based Economy /TQM), Telesystem Electronics/Digico Cable(ODM/OEM for Astro – ISO 9000), Sungai Long Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Bina Puri Group) - ISO 9000 Construction), Secura Security Printing Sdn. Bhd,(ISO 9000 – Security Printing) ROTOL AMS Bumi Sdn. Bhd & ROTOL Architectural Services Sdn. Bhd. (ROTOL Group) – ISO 9000 –Architecture, Bond M & E (KL) Sdn. Bhd. (ISO 9000 – Construction/M & E), Skyline Telco (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Knowledge Management),Technochase Sdn. Bhd JB (ISO 9000 – Construction), Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM – ISO 9000 & Internal Audit Refresher), Shinryo/Steamline Consortium (Petronas/OGP Power Co-Generation Plant Melaka – Construction Management and Safety, Health, Environment), Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Negotiation Skills), Association for Retired Intelligence Operatives of Malaysia (Cyber Security – Arpa/NSFUsenet, Cobit, Till, ISO/IEC ISMS 27000 for Law/Enforcement/Military), T.Yamaichi Corp. (M) Sdn. Bhd. (EMS ISO 14000) LSB Manufacturing Solutions Sdn. Bhd., (Lean Scoreboard (including a full development of System-Software-Application - MSC Malaysia & Six Sigma) PJZ Marine Services Sdn. Bhd., (Safety Management Systems and Internal Audit based on International Marine Organization Standards) UNITAR/UNTEC (Degree in Accountacy – Career Path/Roadmap) Cobrain Holdings Sdn. Bhd.(Managing Construction Safety & Health), Speaker for International Finance & Management Strategy (Closed Conference), Pembinaan Jaya Zira Sdn. Bhd. (ISO 9001:2008-Internal Audit for Construction Industry & Overview of version 2015), Straits Consulting Engineers Sdn. Bhd. (Full Integrated Management System – ISO 9000, OHSAS 18000 (ISO 45000) and EMS ISO 14000 for Civil/Structural/Geotechnical Consulting), Malaysia Management & Science University (MSU – (Managing Business in an Organization), Innoseven Sdn. Bhd. (KVMRT Line 1 MSPR8 – Awareness and Internal Audit (Construction), ISO 9001:2008 and 2015 overview for the Construction Industry), Kemakmuran Sdn. Bhd. (KVMRT Line 1 - Signages/Wayfinding - Project Quality Plan and Construction Method Statement ), Lembaga Tabung Haji - Flood ERP, WNA Consultants - DID/JPS -Flood Risk Assessment and Management Plan - Prelim, Conceptual Design, Interim and Final Report etc., Tunnel Fire Safety - Fire Risk Assessment Report - Design Fire Scenario), Safety, Health and Environmental Management Plans leading construction/property companies/corporations in Malaysia, Timur West Consultant : Business Methodology and System, Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) ISO/IEC 27001:2013 for Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya ISMS/Audit/Risk/ITP Technical Team, MPDT Capital Berhad - ISO 9001: 2015 - Consultancy, Construction, Project Rehabilitation, Desalination (first one in Malaysia to receive certification on trades such as Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination and Project Recovery/Rehabilitation)

* Has appeared for 10 consecutive series in “Good Morning Malaysia RTM TV1’ Corporate Talk Segment discussing on ISO 9000/14000 in various industries. For ICT, his inputs garnered from his expertise have successfully led to development of work-process e-enabling systems in the environments of intranet, portal and interactive web design especially for the construction and manufacturing. Some of the end products have won various competitions of innovativeness, quality, continual-improvements and construction industry award at national level. He has also in advisory capacity – involved in development and moderation of websites, portals and e-profiles for mainly corporate and private sectors, public figures etc. He is also one of the recipients for MOSTE Innovation for RFID use in Electronic Toll Collection in Malaysia.

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Monday, September 14, 2015

FALSAFAH PERNIAGAAN - SOALJAWAB MENGENAI PENGURUSAN KEWANGAN - BERSAMA NIK ZAFRI

Salam Tuan Nik,

Soalan berkaitan dengan falsafah perniagaan. Saya pernah jumpa satu teori atau method dalam pengurusan perniagaan yang menyatakan bahawa "pengurusan perniagaan itu adalah pengurusan RM (ringgit malaysia) dan MASA (time). keberuntungan perniagaan itu bergantung kepada kecekapan usahawan itu mengurus RM dan MASA secara berkesan"

Saya ingin mendapat pandangan Tuan Nik terhadap pernyataan di atas.

Jika boleh, Tuan Nik tolong berikan panduan bagaimanakah yang dikatakan mengurus RM dan MASA yang berkesan.

Ini kerana seringkali kita dapati ada usahawan yang mengalami masalah kekurangan modal kerja dalam menjalankan perniagaannya. Malah ada juga usahawan yang gagal memenuhi pesanan pelanggan dalam tempoh ditetapkan.

Diharapkan Tuan Nik dapat memberi panduan bagaimana nak mula mengurus RM dan MASA ini, aspek kawalan yang boleh diamalkan serta bagaimana nak mengukur keberkesanan pengurusan RM dan MASA yang telah dijalankan.

Jawapan

Salam saudara

Sebenarnya saudara merujuk kepada Time Value of Money.

Ianya bukanlah satu falsafah perniagaan tetapi suatu disiplin yang agak piawai terutamanya pada perniagaan yang melibatkan kewangan/perbankan - namun boleh juga digunakan (di mana berkenaan) pada mana-mana bentuk perniagaan sekalipun.

Kalau nak bercakap pasal ni..aduh..panjang ler...lagipun saya lebih mudah memahami dan menerangkan dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Antara lain sila rujuk artikel dari Wiki

Ini adalah formula yang hampir sama saya gunakan. Maaflah, bukan tak nak jawab - tapi sukar nak 'translate'.

Sebenarnya topik ini sangat kompleks lebih-lebih lagi apabila kita mengaitkannya dengan pengurusan masa. Topik pengurusan masa ini bergantung kepada persekitaran kita umpamanya (sekadar menyebut beberapa contoh) Semasa bekerja dan selepas persaraan, Pengurusan Projek Pengurusan Perniagaan dll. Ianya juga bergantung di atas suasana ekonomi semasa.

Berikut adalah sebab-sebab antara kenapa perancangan wang kita gagal (terutamanya di Malaysia) tidak kira samada entiti itu sebuah syarikat atau sebuah keluarga atau individu

Kita kadangkala tidak merancang perbelanjaan dengan betul dan akhirnya kita sering bertanya "Ke mana perginya wang yang kita ada?" kerana rasa sepertinya 'wang itu seperti air mengalir' sentiasa kehabisan. :

1) Keutamaan perbelanjaan - apakah perbelanjaan yang biasa dilakukan - apakah sasaran jangkapanjang dan jangkapendek - sentiasa menyemak perbelanjaan dan tidak berbelanja atas barangan/perkara yang tidak diperlukan.

2) Tiada simpanan atau rizab - kalau nak dikira setiap entiti perlu ada sekurang-kurangnya 30-50% daripada pendapatan/keuntungan tahunan (bergantung kepada kes)

Caranya ialah mempunyai tabiat yang baik dalam perbelanjaan. Ini akan membantu kos kontigensi atau semasa kita kecemasan. Margin simpanan ini penting kerana ianya akan memberikan rasa selamat dan jiwa yang tenang.

3) Terlalu banyak hutang - walaupun kredit diakui dapat membantu kita semasa kecemasan (bergantung kepada cara kita menggunakannya) tetapi kredit juga boleh menjatuhkan seseorang atau sebuah organisasi menjadi terikat kepada pembayaran yang tinggi walaupun secara berperingkat. Jika terlepas satu atau dua bayaran, kemungkinan boleh membawa kepada kemuflisan.

4) Bonus, pulangan dsb. - jika mendapat pulangan cukai, atau mendapat bonus atau kenaikan gaji atau mungkin mewarisi harta, kebanyakan dari kita atau syarikat suka membelanjakan wang secara mewah dan akhirnya duit sebanyak mana pun boleh kehabisan.

5) Tiada perancangan 'overhead' - ini juga antara sebab terbesar apabila mengabaikan

a) pembayaran 'installment' tidak kira apa juga aset - tambahan pula kos penyelenggaraan untuk aset-aset ini juga tidak diambilkira, (jika kos penyelenggaraan diabaikan, besar kemungkinan aset kita akan cepat rosak dan akhirnya kos pembaikan malah susutnilai juga sangat tinggi - di sinilah kita akan mengalami kerugian), selain itu - pembayaran bil air, elektrik dll juga perlu diambilkira.

Saya pernah melihat beberapa organisasi yang sengaja melambat-lambatkan pembayaran gaji atau 'progress payment' samada untuk 'rolling' dahulu (ini kira ok la gak) atau lebih teruk, ambil dulu - tutup 'lubang lain'.

Ini juga berkaitan dengan penstrukturan kredit (Debt Restructuring)- bukan sahaja organisasi malah individu.

6) 'Nett & Gross' - kadangkala kita tidak terfikir bahawa 'bersih' dan 'kasar' adalah berbeza. Kita sering terfikir yang besar (gross) dan akhirnya kita hanya mendapat tersangat kurang dari nilai yang kita harap-harapkan.

Walaupun kita bukan akauntan sekalipun, kita perlu juga tahu asas perakaunan.

Jika kita bakal mendapat wang bayaran dsb., kira dahulu apa yang perlu dibayar (payable) - contohnya hutang/kredit/installment dsb., malah saya sendiri pun mengira caj bank ke atas contohnya cek outstation, pemindahan wang menggunakan sistem perbankan talian atau ATM, dll., kadar faedah pinjaman atau gadaian dsb. (mortgage & leasing), liabiliti dll., gaji pekerja/kakitangan dll.

Inilah yang bahayanya - kita rasa kita akan dapat RM1 juta, tetapi sebenarnya selepas ditolak, sebenarnya bahagian kita hanyalah RM500,000.00

7) Sikap tidak sabar menanti - perkara ini berlaku kerana terpengaruh dengan rakan-rakan, organisasi yang bersaing dengan kita, iklan media dll.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Career Path, Challenges & Preparation for Future Accountants - Lecture in UNITAR - by Nik Zafri






13 July, 2011 - I was invited to become a guest speaker for UNITAR (also known as UniRazak and soon UNTEC) - Smart/Pintar Campus situated at Leisure Commerce Square PJ-Bandar Sunway for a group of students of Bachelor in Accountacy (Hons) at Block B1 L 10 to deliver a 3 hours lecture on Career Path, Challenges and Preparation for Future Accountants to face the current employment, corporate and business world.

(I was also feeling a little nostalgic as I was employed with SunCon (Sunway Group of Companies) in the early 2000 and used to have a good lunch at Jaring and Mentari Business Park)

I wouldn't really want to call it a lecture but rather a crash course or workshop geared towards seeking solutions that can be utilized in years to come. Although the event is not as 'big' as it sounds but I feel honoured to be invited to share my 2 1/2 decade experience, knowledge and skills.

This is the 4th University/Institution of Higher Learning that has called me up to deliver nothing academic but more towards competency. The first one was UITM Shah Alam.

I must say that I was impressed by the quality of students and the lecturers as well.

The questions being highlighted by the students and based on my discussion with the lecturer serves as a living proof that most leading universities and institutions of higher learning are seriously changing their modules to cope up with the real world.

The climax of the lecture are the real life domestic case studies and the applicability of accounting, audit, taxation,corporate governance, fraud detection, due dilligence and finance in different types of industry - namely construction, manufacturing and service industry. Some of the most interesting topics such as identifying intangible cost, cost of quality, safety and environment, contigency etc. - proving how these costs affect the industry greatly

i.e. Prevention and Appraisal Costs are actually INVESTMENT and without investment, the probability is very high that the organization will end up in bearing internal failure and external failure costs. Even safeguarding safety and health is now too important for an organization to ignore.

From what I have gathered, it is clear to me now that the local case studies need to be enhanced further. While foreign case studies are allowable in most accounting modules, still they are not as interesting as the domestic issues.

This is clear during my lecture where students are extremely attentive and participative. In a way, they feel the 'ownership' feeling (patriotic) towards 'local companies' - and the spirit of wanting to help has been unleashed.

Another topic that gained interest was the use of ICT application and system such as CRM and ERP, use of simulated projections vs actual etc.

I have also told the students of the significance of registering with institution of accountacy and/or being registered as a CPA. Furthermore :

"There is no law stopping you (students) to participate in national accounting conferences or the like despite your status as a student. There is also no law stopping you from learning the accounting standard. Effective now. You need to mingle round and network with professionals attending the conference. Do not be afraid to ask questions to the paper presenter. There are great challenges lie ahead for accountants. "

"Accountants nowadays are interelated to all departments and units - business development, R & D, procurement, logistics, operation, QA/QC, Safety, Environment etc. Accountants are no longer narrowed towards Accounting Department only"

To the lecturer :

"Thank you for trusting experienced professionals to come and update you what is there in the real world, trends that has changed which the academic modules need to keep up with. I hope that I can come again here to share my views and experience to all the students"

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The Star – Business – Home: Business : News

Saturday July 16, 2011
Bank Negara, corporate sector in graduate training scheme
By JOHN LOH - johnloh@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara and the corporate sector have joined hands in a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project to improve human capital and enhance graduate employability.

The Graduates Programme, now in its second phase, will involve the training of 200 unemployed graduates, particularly from low-income families, over a 12-month period comprising two months of intensive classes and 10 months of industrial attachment at one of 48 participating companies.

The participating companies include Dell Malaysia, Unilever Malaysia, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), Albukhary University and Top Glove Corp Bhd.
Bank Negara assistant governor Marzunisham Omar told a media briefing that the central bank had allocated RM20mil for the programme but had spent not more than half of that amount.

The move is part of a raft of short-term measures announced by the Government to reduce unemployment rate among graduates. It involves various government and government-related entities such as Khazanah, the Higher Education Ministry and Bank Negara.

Marzunisham said results from both batches of the programme had so far been positive.

“Ninety-eight percent of participants in the inaugural batch have secured jobs with their attached companies as well as other companies.

“Seven percent in the second batch secured permanent jobs one month into their attachment,” he said.

A Proton representative said the programme was a chance for companies to test graduates that would have otherwise been bypassed.

“Companies tend to take experienced hires, hence the thousands of unemployed graduates. Their strategy is usually to get a trained army to fight, rather than train the army to fight,” he said.

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The Star : News : Home > News > Nation

Sunday July 17, 2011
The problem with fresh grads
By P. ARUNA - aruna@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: Poor attitude -including asking for too much money - is the chief reason why employers shy away from hiring fresh graduates. Another common complaint is that many graduates are poor in English.

A survey by online recruitment agency Jobstreet.com showed that 55% of employers cited unrealistic expectations of salaries while 48% of them said poor English was the main reason why Malaysian fresh graduates from both public and private institutions remain unemployed.

“While previous surveys named poor English as the main cause for unemployment, bad attitude has now topped the list,” said its chief operating officer Suresh Thiru.

He said their attitudes were so bad that some did not even bother to inform the companies if they were running late or unable to attend scheduled interviews.

It was announced that the number of jobless graduates had increased from 65,500 to 71,600 although the overall unemployment rate had dropped from 3.4% last year to 3.1% during the first quarter of this year.

Another study by recruitment agency Kelly Services showed that fresh graduates asked for flexible working hours and expected their work to accommodate their personal life, not vice versa.

Its marketing director Jeannie Khoo said employers were also turned off by the lackadaisical attitude and lack of drive to improve among many of them.

“They have the misconception that they can earn high salaries at entry-level. They enter the banking industry expecting to earn RM3,000 while the market rate is only RM2,200,” she said.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia head of recruitment Salika Suksuwan said some candidates had many offers in hand but acted unprofessionally in rejecting job offers - by not turning up for interviews or the first day at work.

“We sometimes have to call them and remind them about a scheduled interview when they didn't turn up,” she said.

Talent Corp CEO Johan Mahmood Merican urged fresh graduates not to make demands on their salary.

“It is more important to join a company that can develop your skills and prepare you for future opportunities,” he said.

In a related development, Human Resource Deputy Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said half of the applicants who registered with the JobsMalaysia portal (www.jobsmalaysia.gov.my) had found employment.

Speaking when launching the Graduan Aspire 2011 employment fair yesterday, she said about 300,000 job applicants were currently registered with the website.