Forthcoming seminars
Nexia Australia is inviting clients and their colleagues to learn of the latest developments in accounting through a series of seminars to be held in the various state offices between April and June.
The complimentary seminars are recommended for chief financial officers, management accountants, financial controllers, finance managers and tax managers.
The presentations include important changes to accounting standards, a differential reporting update, which includes a current AASB research project regarding special purpose financial statements, plus Corporations Act developments and ASIC focus areas for 30 June, 2013. For not-for-profit entities, there is the addition of an ACNC update and other notifications.
Nexia Australia and New Zealand audit and accounting technical director, Aletta Boshoff will be the keynote presenter.
To register your interest in one of these upcoming seminars, please email info@nexiamelbourne.com.au to advise which state you would be attending.
The Melbourne office will be holding its complimentary 2013 Federal Budget & Beyond Breakfast at the RACV Club on May 16 with provocative and widely respected financial commentator Michael Pascoe as the guest speaker. Please contact info@nexiamelbourne.com.au for details.
Office moves
Our Sydney office has now been relocated to 1 Market Street and looks forward to welcoming clients, colleagues and friends to
the new premises.
Around the network
This year’s Nissan BRW Corporate Triathlon in Sydney attracted 12 keen triathletes from the Nexia office. Two teams completed the sprint series with a single leg completed by each participant to finish fourth and sixth overall, while two other teams contested the full distance in a relay format.
Triathalon participants from the Sydney office (l-r) Kyle Redding, Adam Perre, Anthony Proud, Mark Boyle, Matt Landon and Andrew Hoffmann. The Nexia Melbourne office also entered a team.
The Melbourne office hosted nearly 100 guests of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Young Business Forum, recently. The keynote speaker was Greg Ellis, CEO and managing director of the REA Group, a leading digital advertising business specialising in property.
It also hosted 95 people for the BioMelbourne Network briefing on “translational funding opportunities at the Wellcome Trust.” The Wellcome Trust, which is one of the largest philanthropic investors in medical research in the world, has committed £701 million in 2012 and dedicated £44 million to bridge the gap in commercialisation of new technologies and product development in areas of unmet medical need.
Led by partner Graeme Andrews and senior manager Kelly Brown, our Canberra office’s Management Consulting Division has continued to expand its staff and servicing of both government and non-government clients.
Recent client-service offerings include:
- Costing model development for projects, products or the annual business cycle.
- Financial modelling of cash flows under varying scenarios.
- Financial viability and financial capacity assessments.
- Business process analysis and re-design.
- Due diligence investigation and evaluation.
- Project evaluation assessments.
Recently, there has been the successful completion of several key engagements for high-profile government agencies that provided critical insights into the performance of strategic projects and divisions within their organisations.
Subsequently, the Canberra team has been invited to undertake further innovative and challenging work
Kelly Brown Graeme Andrews
