As
expected, the best assistant has 1001 unique ways to ensure my life in the
institution miserable. She began with lists of task on the third day of the new
environment, including the September account and report. The next morning she
already asked for the September report. It is the first time I tried to do such
report, as normally it was my boss who writes the report. Pressured from her, I
wrote as simple as I could and delivered to her. She accepted the report
without any comment and I have doubt that she reviewed the report.
The
second task was to change and update the signatories. It is an easy task,
however to get the signatories to sign on the specimen card was the actual
challenge. It feels like buying an Iphone on its 1st day of sale,
with crowds of people and you have to queue and wait for so long. Since I have
a good relationship with the banking institution, the task was completed much
earlier than expected. It was supposed to ease the backlog payments but they
are out of country for some business. Hence when they come back I was struggled
to get their signatories for payment, and believe me, it is a real challenge to
get their signatures. I feel like wanted to make an appointment with them just
to get signatures for payment. Adding to the problem, all payment are done
manually, through instruction letter, not through internet banking like we used
to do. It added to my administrative works as I need to go to Leboh Ampang
frequent than before. At one point of time, there was a time I reached bank at
5.15pm on Friday and the bank almost close. I was just arrived there and
received a call from best assistant asking me to go bank to the institution,
just to write another payment instruction, with a reason, it was an urgent
payment. It was very provocative reason when I found out that the payment was
actually for the third party whose was the arranger of the “Surprised Day”. Even
though I explained to her that the bank will close as soon as I leave, the best
assistant still insist for me to go back to the institution until later I heard
she sound very angry to me. It was Friday, and the institution declared closed
until the next Wednesday, rationally there will be no one would come on the
next Monday just to deliver the payment letter to the bank. However being
unreasonable superior, it is pretty clear that the best assistant is out of her
mind. The next week I found out that they chase others to go home by six with a
reason to lock the door since it would be a long leave. See? Just like I
thought, the best assistant was unreasonable.
The
third task was to make an expense projection for the next three month. Again,
it was an easy task for me, but unfortunately I did not get support from my own
supervisor or even the subjects of the kingdom. Some of the subjects seem
suspicious looking at me like I wanted to steal information. Perhaps the
statement “confidential to insider but not outsider” was applicable here. I did
best I could even though the best assistant seem not interested to the
information. In the same week as they have business trip, I was called by the
King, asking the cash position and forecasted expenses for the next quarter. I
gave the figures but reminded the King that my projection was limited to the
extent of my knowledge and accessibility. Perhaps, concerned with the cash flow
liquidity, the King ordered his subjects to give me information for the cash
management as a console uniform. In my view, without the interference of the
King, I may perhaps until today would not able to access information, consider
the mentality of the subjects and the best assistant attitude. Coming to the
day of fund transfer, the best assistant still did not show her interest or in
exact word, ignoring what the CFO supposed to do. To save the institution, it
was me who proposed amount for the fund transfer and give the suggestion,
whilst the best assistant then gladly gave her signatures and claimed the
credit.
Not
only that, I was instructed to do administrative works, until I feel sometimes
becoming a secretary to her, arranging her a meeting, follow up something,
taking notes, printing and other stuffs.
The
biggest task for me as of now was to do the next year budget. It may not easy
but at least I have experienced to make a budget in my previous company with 7
years forecast. However, the biggest challenge was to work with an ex-CFO of
one institutional here. He is a bossy man with some requirement to follow,
stubborn and wanted to do things by his own style. One statement that I could remember
“Oh, you have to learn from hi, he got ACCA long time before I have”. Daa.. Do
I care? I’m also a chartered accountant, but I never market myself in such
cheap way. However, I still find my self a good heart because compared to other
subjects I still hold my patient working with this old man. In completing the
task, we have emailed best assistant for her respond and information gathering,
but none of our email being replied. It was already three weeks and from
informal information, I found out that the best assistant was actually behind
the schedule. The best assistant was supposed to circulate the budget to the
board members by 20th. I was smiling alone. It was actually the day
before, she busy asking for the information and requested us to complete the
task. I think, desperately she called the business team for meeting just to get
information. It seems that she was actually not having any idea what the
business is, or otherwise we would not be in such “informative” meeting. With
all the stress I completed sealed budget and make a report before submitted to
her this afternoon. We will see who will claim for the credit. You could guess
who J
