SEOW, Poh Sun Assistant Professor of Accounting (Education) PhD, University of Melbourne MBA, Nanyang Technological University BAcc(Hons), Nanyang Technological University CPA (Singapore) Poh Sun received his PhD in Accounting from The University of Melbourne and obtained his Masters of Business Administration and Bachelor of Accounting with First Class Honours, both from Nanyang Technological University. Prior to joining SMU, Poh Sun was a lecturer at The University of Melbourne and worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore. His teaching and research interests are in accounting information systems and behavioural issues in accounting. Research Interest Accounting Information Systems Behavioural Research in Accounting Accounting Education Teaching Interest Accounting Information Systems Financial Accounting Publications Refereed Journal Publications Information Systems Procurement Process Risk and Control: Insights from a Public Sector Organization (With G. Pan and M. Mehta), Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 2012, Vol. 11: 123-142. Fraud: A Review and Research Agenda (With G. Pan, T. Suwardy and E. Gay), Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 2011, Vol. 10: 138-178. A Visualization of Teaching the Indirect Method for Computing Cash from Operations, Accounting Instructors Report, Fall 2011 Accounting Information Systems Research Over the Past Decade: Past and Future Trends (With C. Ferguson), Accounting and Finance, 2011, Vol. 51(1): 235-251 The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 2011, Vol. 12 (1): 40-56 Page 1 of 6
Working Papers Digital Storytelling for Engaged Student Learning (with T. Suwardy and G. Pan, revise and resubmit at Accounting Education: An International Journal) Resource Enrichment Process during IT Capability Development: Lessons from a Singapore Medium-Sized Accounting Firm (with G. Pan and S. Teo, revise and resubmit at Journal of Applied Accounting Research) Revisiting the Determinants of Students' Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme in Singapore (with G. Pan and J. Tay, under review at Global Perspectives of Accounting Education) Book Chapter CPA Australia Accounting & Productivity: Answering the Big Questions (Chapter 10, pp. 113-122), August 2012, Cloud Computing: A Paradigm Shift Media and Other Coverage Business Times, September 11, 2012, Boost your Productivity with an Enterprise Resource Planning System CPA Singapore (pp. 46-48), October 2011, XBRL: Putting Intelligence in Financial Reporting (With T. Suwardy and G. Pan) Refereed Conference Presentations American Accounting Association Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (Washington DC), August 2012, Developing a Digital Story for Engaged Student Learning American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Washington DC), August 2012, Storytelling 2.0: Using a Digital Story to Teach Accounting Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference (Melbourne VIC), July 2012, Revisiting the Determinants of Students' Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme in Singapore European Accounting Association Annual Congress (Ljubljana, Slovenia), May 2012, In Search of a Different Accounting Graduate: Entry-point Determinants of Students Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme in Singapore RMIT Accounting Educators Conference (Melbourne VIC), November 2011, In Search of a Different Accounting Graduate: Entry-point Determinants of Students Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme in Singapore Annual International Conference on Information Systems Symposium on Accounting Page 2 of 6
Information Systems (Phoenix AZ), December 2009, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference (Adelaide SA), July 2009, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes American Accounting Association Mid-year Meeting of Information Systems Section (Charleston SC), January 2009, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes American Accounting Association Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Research Conference (Providence RI), October 2008, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes Asia/Pacific Research Symposium on Accounting Information Systems (Auckland, New Zealand), June 2008, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Doctoral Consortium (Wellington, New Zealand), July 2006, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Internal Control Evaluation Other Presentations Centre for Teaching Excellence Virtual Teaching Exhibition, September 2012, An E-Learning Resource for Accounting Information Systems Resource-Event-Agent (REA) Data Modelling Centre for Teaching Excellence Teaching Innovation Interest Group Brown Bag, February 2012, Using E-Learning Object to Teach Resource-Event-Agent (REA) Data Modelling in Accounting Information Systems Centre for Teaching Excellence Teaching Innovation Interest Group Brown Bag, November 2011, Using Online Quiz for Engaged Student Learning, November 2011, In Search of a Different Accounting Graduate: Entry-point Determinants of Students Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme in Singapore Grants Centre for Teaching Excellence Pedagogy Project Fund, 2012, Mobile Game for Understanding Double-Entry Accounting System (With S.-P. Wong) Research Grant, 2012, The Effects of Co- Page 3 of 6
Curricular Activities on Students Academic Performance Centre for Teaching Excellence Pedagogy Project Fund, 2011, An E-Learning Resource for Accounting Information Systems Resource- Event-Agent (REA) Data Modelling (With G. Pan) Research Grant, 2010, Determinants of Students Performance in an Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme The University of Melbourne, Faculty Research Grant, 2009, Does Structurally- Restrictive Decision Aid Improve Learning? Professional Activities On the editorial board of Issues in Accounting Education (issued by American Accounting Association) Ad-hoc reviewer for Information and Management Ad-hoc reviewer for International Journal of Accounting Information Systems Ad-hoc reviewer for American Accounting Association Annual Meeting Ad-hoc reviewer and discussant for Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference Ad-hoc reviewer for International Conference on Information Systems Ad-hoc reviewer for European Conference on Information Systems Ad-hoc reviewer for Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems Ad-hoc reviewer for Australasian Conference on Information Systems Discussant for Asia Pacific Research Symposium on Accounting Information Systems Member of American Accounting Association Member of European Accounting Association Member of Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Member of Association for Information Systems Certified Public Accountant, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore Industry Activities Consultant to KPMG Fraud Analytics Team, July 2012 March 2013 Fraud Data Analytics Project. Industry Partner: KPMG, 2011-2014 (With T. Suwardy and G. Pan) KPMG Fraud Survey. Industry Partner: KPMG, 2011-2014 (With T. Suwardy and G. Pan) Corporate Training for DFS Understanding the Revenue and Expenditure Cycles, December 14, 2011 Discussant for SPRING Singapore Roundtable Meeting on Management Associate Partnership, Talent Training and Development, 2010 University Activities Member of Student Affairs Committee, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2011-present Member of Professional Development Committee, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2011-present Page 4 of 6
Member of Singapore Qualifying Programme Committee, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2011-present Member of Teaching Innovation Interest Group, Centre for Teaching Excellence, SMU, 2011-present Project Zhuangyuan International Student Talent Recruitment in China, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2011-2012 Represented SMU for the Minister of State (Education) Dialogue session on Singapore s Tertiary Education, 2011 Befriender for International Student Host Family Programme, Office of Student Life, SMU, 2011-present Founding advisor for Project Moolah to teaching financial literacy knowledge to NorthLight School, organized by SMU School of Accountancy students, 2011- Present Mentored a group of SMU students who came in 1st runner-up (out of 47 teams) for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant 2011 Global Business Challenge Case Competition (Singapore Final), May 2011 Awards and Honours Most Promising Researcher Award, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2012 Bea Sanders/American Institute of CPAs Teaching Innovation Award (Honorable Mention), 2012, Digital Storytelling for Engaged Student Learning (With T. Suwardy and G. Pan) Nominee, International Management Teachers Academy s training program, SMU, 2011-2012 Most Outstanding Newcomer Teaching Award, School of Accountancy, SMU, 2011 Nominee, Most Promising Teacher Award, SMU, 2011 Dean s Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Business and Economics, Uni Melbourne, 2008-2010 The Best Paper Award, Annual International Conference on Information Systems Symposium on Accounting Information Systems, 2009, The Effects of Decision Aid Structural Restrictiveness on Decision-Making Outcomes Peter Brownell Ph.D. Scholarship in Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Uni Melbourne, 2006 Melbourne International Research Scholarship, Uni Melbourne, 2006 Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship, Uni Melbourne, 2006 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006 Faculty of Economics and Commerce Fee Remission Scholarship, Uni Melbourne, 2005 Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems Living Stipend Scholarship, Uni Melbourne, 2005 Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems Special Postgraduate Studentship, Uni Melbourne, 2005 Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore Gold Medal (MBA), NTU, 2003 Nanyang Business School Dean s Honours List (MBA), NTU, 2003 Singapore Chinese Chambers of Commerce Fund MBA Business Scholarship, 2002 First-Class Honours, NTU, 1999 Hewlett-Packard Prize, NTU, 1998 Nanyang Business School Dean s Honours List (Undergraduate), NTU, 1998 Page 5 of 6
Price Waterhouse Scholarship Award, 1997 Richard Hwa Education Trust Fund Scholarship, NTU, 1996 School of Accountancy Page 6 of 6