Celestie Liew

Big 4-trained finance professional with over two years of audit experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers, transitioning into a hands-on commercial accounting role. Adept at managing full sets of accounts, preparing financial reports and reconciliations, and ensuring regulatory compliance with a strong technical foundation in MFRS, tax, and audit requirements built through rigorous financial services engagements. Holds distinction-level certifications in AutoCount and SQL Accounting, with proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver accurate financial outputs under tight deadlines.

Pursuing ICAEW ACA qualification.

Brings

Big 4 discipline and attention to detail to every aspect of day-to-day accounting operations.

PricewaterhouseCoopers PLT (PwC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Audit Associate 2 – Financial Services Jan 2025 – Mar 2026

• Revamped audit methodology across journal entry testing, credit cycle reviews, and group consolidation through identifying prior-year deficiencies and rebuilding procedures to meet MFRS and BNM regulatory standards.
• Identified critical compliance gaps across MFRS 7, MFRS 13, BNM Capital Adequacy Framework, ISSB and internal Sustainability Frameworks. Introduced enhanced walkthroughs, workflow documentation, and refined fraud-risk criteria to strengthen regulatory coverage.
• Led the adoption and implementation of PwC Halo 2.0 of key banking clients, a firm-level technology for journal entry, and delivering full deployment over six months.
• Led a small audit team as auditor-in-charge for subsidiary and Labuan branch audits of leading Malaysian banks, holding accountability for the accuracy and integrity of financial statements.
• Delivered complex assurance across structural investments, fair value valuations, loans, financing, tax, and revenue cycles, ensuring compliance with MFRS 140 and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Advanced sustainability assurance for leading banks through limited assurance on sustainable finance reporting and GHG emissions (Scope 1, 2 & 3), ensuring compliance with ISSB, IFRS S1 and S2.
• Strengthened team capability by coaching junior associates on complex audit procedures and piloting generative AI applications to enhance precision in credit risk analysis and document review.

Audit Associate 1 – Financial Services Nov 2023 – Dec 2024

● Led end-to-end inaugural audits for new clients including a leasing company's first year of operations. Partnered directly with management to produce its first complete set of financial statements.

● Identified and corrected systematic expense misclassification for an inaugural-year client; analysed the full expense ledger, reclassified items to appropriate cost categories, and proposed correcting journal entries to ensure accurate P&L presentation in the client's first statutory financial statements.

● Strengthened credit risk assurance through in-depth borrower reviews, aligning loan staging and expected credit loss calculations with MFRS 9 across financial services clients.

● Designed and executed full-cycle audit strategies across loans, funding, payroll, and PPE covering walkthroughs, control testing, and substantive procedures to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.

● Delivered sustainability assurance for financial services clients through limited assurance on sustainable finance reporting and GHG emissions (Scope 1, 2 & 3), enhancing reporting quality and data integrity.

ICAEW Aug 2023 - Present

Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) July 2019 – Aug 2023

Multimedia University Cyberjaya Campus CGPA : 3.92