FEB UI Undergraduate Accounting Students Win Four Awards at APA FEST 2020
Nino Eka Putra ~ PR of FEB UI
DEPOK – (10/11/2020) Undergraduate students of the 2017, 2018, and 2019 FEB UI Accounting Study Program succeeded in winning 4 championship titles, at the Aspiring Professional Accountant (APA) FEST 2020, organized by the Indonesian Accountants Association (IAI) collaborating with IFAC, One Young World, and Chartered Accountants Worldwide online via Youtube streaming, on Tuesday (10/11/2020). The four winners, namely 1st Place APA Award (Selection of Accounting Outstanding Students), APA Best Paper, e-APA CHAMP Work Team, and 1st Place HIMA Challenge (Student Association)
APA FEST 2020 consists of several competitions, including individual level (Award and Best Paper), team level (e-APA CHAMP), and student association level (HIMA Challenge). Participants who took part besides UniversitasIndonesia (Faculty of Economics and Business), also from UGM, UNPAD, Unibraw, UNPAR, UNAIR, UNDIP, PKN STAN, Trisakti, and other private universities in Indonesia.
The First and Second Awards were won by Belinda Azzahra Irwan Putri (S-1 Accounting FEB UI class 2018), who was named 1st Winner of the APA Award (Selection of Accounting Outstanding Students) and APA Best Paper. Belinda’s paper was on regarding the new paradigm of accountants in making integrated reporting containing sustainability reports. This paper explained that accountants must be able to use their professionalism, not only analyzing financial transactions, but also seeing the impact of these financial transactions and making the company’s environmental, social and economic capital as a strategy for future sustainability. The data obtained comes from the IFAC Report, KPMG Report, BPS Data, OJK and Ministry Regulations, as well as several standardized international journals.
“I am very happy to be proud of UI, especially FEB, in the arena of such a prestigious competition and I hope that this victory will motivate my juniors to continue this legacy next year. I also thank all components of the FEB UI Accounting Department for their support,” said Belinda.
The third award was won by Nadila Filza Rahmalina, Ainun Nisa Fitri, Catherine Nathasya Agnes Tobing, Maria Feliciana Fayola, Ramiza Yasmin Zahira who are 2017 FEB UI Undergraduate Accounting students, as the e-APA CHAMP Work Team. In this competition, the FEB UI team analyzed companies engaged in information technology and the retail industry. At each stage of the competition, the team must provide analysis and recommendations for 3 business case studies with their respective background, challenges and risks. Here the team acted as consultants, by doing a lot of analysis on competition and opportunities in the market, competitive advantage, marketing approach, investment considerations, and the risks faced by the company.
According to Nadila Filza Rahmalina, “I have had many learning experiences in participating in e-APA Champ. Indeed, the entire event is held online, but it does not rule out the possibility for us to regularly practice business cases to hone our fast, critical and strategic thinking skills. Starting from courage, tread the twists and turns together, to succeed in becoming the best! Precious stones are nothing if they don’t get polished.”
Ainun Nisa Fitri, said “This competition teaches many things, especially the meaning of hard work, the importance of feedback, and teamwork. Routine training and feedback given by various parties made me continue to evaluate myself and try to improve my performance, so that when all the efforts paid off, I personally felt relieved and happy. The results will not betray efforts.”
Catherine Nathasya Agnes Tobing, said “All I have to say is that this was hard work. We started with nothing. That’s what drives our team to work even harder. This experience teaches many things, especially to be confident, work in a team, and try to be calm in the face of pressure. We may not be the best at first, but we do our best in the moment.”
Maria Feliciana Fayola, continued “For me, the experience of participating in the APA CHAMP competition teaches us that nothing is impossible if we try and remain optimistic. I have learned valuable lessons, from nothing to become something.”
Ramiza Yasmin Zahira, added “In life, sometimes we win and sometimes we learn, but we’re lucky enough to do both in APA Champ. I believe that a good team not only has high skills and competences, but also understands each other, is full of adaptation and struggle, and must be equally happy. “
The fourth award was won by the UI Accounting student association – Accounting Professionalism Studies (SPA) FEB UI, which was named 1st Winner of the HIMA Challenge. According to Akmal Haidar Nusantara, Chief Executive of SPA FEB UI class of 2017, the Hima challenge is a video competition, which contains the needs of an accountant in the future. The materials for the competition were prepared by the SPA FEB UI publication team from the Media Visual and Communication Bureau and the External Affairs Bureau. The publication team consists of Thalia Nafa Fahira (2017), Linda Ariyani (2018), Lucia Deananta Ayudhya Graciela (2018), Nafis Danasagraha (2018), Anindita Rosamistika (2019), Clara Ardelia Putri (2019), Gerald Oktavianus Hugo (2019) ), Jocelyn Gwenfil (2019), Michael Hezekia (2019), Muhammad Zaki A (2019), and Ni Putu Ayu Kartika Diva Putri (2019).
“For three years working in this organization, it feels like this is the first time that SPA FEB UI has received an award from an external party. This feels very special and proud, because this achievement happened when I became Chief Executive at SPA FEB UI. The hope is that this competition will be the first step for the organization to continue to excel in the following competitions,” said Akmal. (hjtp)
