ICBC International

“The work culture.”

“Overall, as my first formal paid internship, working as an accountant as ICBC Paris has not only allowed me to learn the structure and financial details of a company, but has given a chance to incorporate what I have learned from classroom into practice. The daily approachment work taught me that accountants have to be careful because all numbers are important; the accounts would not be balanced with a mistake of 0.01. This has also showed me how accounting is extremely essential when international commercial banks process financial transactions. Additionally, the reimbursement work at the Accounting Department has reflected what I have learned from Introductory Accounting class even more. When I recorded the reimbursement of the company, I truly see the relations of Debit and Credit. I can relate them to the overall balance of the company. Without these accounting tools and rules, the financial system at a corporate will be unorganized and the corporate will be hard to function and to move forward. These tools truly help a corporate learn itself and make properly and timely adjustments. From the work that I do at ICBC Paris Accounting department, I haved truly realized the power of accounting in a corporate”