Written by Dennisse Aira J. Isturis
Last October 18, 2025, University of Baguio On-the-Job (OJT) students held a webinar that tackled an intrusive topic of Interim Reporting. The webinar titled “Turning Data into Decisions: The Power of Interim Reporting” was engaging, especially with the help of their speaker Ms. Czara Jamille Riolada, CPA, who is in depth in knowledge of the topic. With a max number of 67 participants in the Zoom meeting, the engagement of each participant helped in making the webinar a success. With a thirst for deeper knowledge, the student organizers made sure that the event would go smoothly as they can, so that each listener may leave the zoom with either deeper or new found knowledge.
The webinar tackled the basics as well as the difference of interim reporting from the usual annual reporting. Ms. Riolada firmly discussed how much of a staple interim reporting was to the business world, especially to publicly listed corporations. Which directly influences SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth. Their relationship starts because interim reporting can be utilized and observed by shareholders within a company in order to track their investment’s health. Steady investments means steady economic growth and the bigger the corporation’s success, more people may be able to attain job positions in those companies. Ms. Riolada stated that with proper use of the estimation method, a company may be able to accurately forecast their earnings within their interim report, which can then help in further courting new investors in the business.
But, even after Ms. Riolada’s discussion, the fun never ceased, because next up was the Question and Answer portion. This was the highlight of the webinar, when the speaker had the chance to interact with the audience. It was an interactive, fun and informative portion of the webinar. Questions such as the application of the seminar to real life future incidents was asked, in which Ms. Riolada answered that interim reporting can help businesses appeal to stockholders and investors, this can also be applied to SDG 17. SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) emphasizes collaboration, transparency, and accountability among governments, organizations, businesses, and communities. Interim reporting supports this goal by providing timely, reliable, and transparent financial information, which helps strengthen trust and cooperation among all stakeholders. After, their ice breaker was a quick and fun game show that challenged the listening skills of the participants.
Overall, the OJT students’ webinar was considered a success and after the webinar, significant and positive responses were received by the group. The webinar was held in order for students to fully understand the difference and meaning of why interim reports also exist. It was also not only for Accountancy students, but students of other programs who are also interested in learning about interim reporting, this is shown when not only Business Administration students joined, but students from programs such as IT, Nursing, and the such joined as well. This was reflected in the pre registration of the webinar. Thus the group proved that anyone can be able to learn, as long as there is a good teacher.
