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We understand the importance of having the right partner to provide the analysis and comfort you need to guide you through periods of growth, and to help you take advantage of opportunities to improve.
Our dedicated audit team are focused on delivering tailored audit and assurance services to support your decision making.
Our processes and protocols, honed by experience, consistently deliver effective, efficient and timely outcomes.
The Cutcher & Neale team will work closely with you to ensure that those outcomes support and enhance your business objectives.
As a client of Cutcher & Neale, you will benefit from our:
Our assurance services will provide the following outcomes:
Our financial statements audit approach (external audit) is delivered in staged approach addressing business risk, the effectiveness of internal controls, contract compliance and financial reporting.
We have developed and refined this approach through our experience in auditing a broad range of organisations.
We have assisted Boards and Management teams by validating the existence and effectiveness of mitigation strategies as well as reviewing existing policies and frameworks.
Our experience with a wide range of organisations ensures our team are able to make recommendations that are practical and best fit your organisation's own governance processes.
Poor internal controls and systems lead to increased risk to businesses. These risks can jeopardise performance, efficiency and financial output resulting in poor decision making processes.
From our extensive audit experience and a client base covering a wide range of industries, our audit and assurance team are well equipped to perform specialised reviews of your systems.
Our team provides expert auditing, accounting , taxation, business and financial advice to a range of not-for-profit organisations across NSW. As specialists within the sector, we understand the specific challenges that are faced by NFPs and are dedicated to providing quality and personal service to ensure the audit process runs smoothly.
As Clubs and Hospitality specialists, we understand the pressures and challenges facing the industry. With over 70 years of experience, our team have developed an intimate understanding of the Clubs and Hospitality industries' internal systems, risk areas and KPIs, and continue to maintain strong working relationships with the sector.
We understand that owning a business takes work. That is why we strive to provide clear, practical strategies and advice to ensure there are no added financial stresses along the way. Coupled with our operational and financial management assistance, our team can help you overcome any hurdle you may face.
Partner
RCA, CA, BCom
Specialising in the not-for-profit, health services and registered charity sector, Mark leads many of the firms’ audit engagements and assists clients to improve corporate governance, financial reporting, analysis of service delivery costs and linking operational and financial performance measures.
Mark is also a Director of Mercy Services Limited, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy Australia and PNG, a registered charity and provider of aged care, disability support, community transport and mental health services. Mark's appointment to this Board provides a valuable insight into operational risks and regulatory reforms faced by community organisations.
He is a registered company auditor and has extensive experience in financial reporting, external audit, internal control audits, funding acquittals, IT audit and forensic accounting and is responsible for maintaining our audit strategy, compliance, audit templates and quality control systems.
Mark also presents seminars on topics including financial reporting, regulatory reforms within the NFP sector and risk management.
Partner
BCom, CA, RCA
Forming a collaborative working relationship with clients is a component of the audit process that Nick sees as being essential for understanding his client’s goals, effectively improving their overall business structure and in turn, their bottom line. Ensuring that the board and management are working towards strategic goals and the business is moving forward.
Nick is a registered company auditor and strongly believes in the value of the audit function for clients and is strongly committed, both personally and with his audit team, in providing extensive feedback and advice in respect to key systems and controls. Strong controls improves governance and financial reporting throughout the organisation.
His broad experience in the club and hospitality industry and also not for profits, mining and manufacturing, coupled with his strong analytical skills have been invaluable when working with Boards and Management to implement risk management and business improvement strategies.
Nick’s experienced and technology focused team can also provide your organisation with a wide range of solutions.
Associate
BCom, CPA
Natalie manages the provision of services to our NFP audit clients, researches industry changes and ensures our approach is in line with best practice.
She manages the audit process with a high level of involvement in the planning and review stages.
Natalie has been providing audit and assurance services to our clients for more than 20 years. Natalie’s expertise in the NFP sector, specifically those that are health care, membership based and charitable in their operations will be invaluable to the audit of your organisation.
Senior Advisor
BCom, CA
Anna provides a high level of support to our audit team on technical matters such as accounting standards interpretation and audit standard compliance.
Anna is also strong in HR, payroll and related taxes and is the liaison between the audit team and other divisions within Cutcher & Neale such as our tax and business services divisions.
Audit Manager
BCom, CA
Alyce joined Cutcher & Neale in 2007 and provides accounting and audit services to a broad range of clients. Alyce is across the latest technical developments in accounting standards and financial reporting.
An expert in compliance audits, Alyce has a strong knowledge of the aged care and RTO sectors and recent reforms in these areas.
Importantly, Alyce is responsible for implementing our audit strategy, compliance, and audit templates.
Audit Manager
BCom, CA
Jacob is a key part of our audit team providing services to NFP and Care sector clients, leading internal control review components and funding audits.
After starting his career in business services, he now specialises in the NFP sector and works closely with clients in health care and disability services.
His strength is in understanding both commercial and compliance obligations within contracts, analysis of financial performance and in particular budget assumptions, cost allocation and service level based reporting.
In recent years with the evolution of technology, Jacob has developed expertise in performing audits on IT system migrations, data integrity, and assessed the adequacy of IT controls within the new system.
"Club Macquarie have had and continue to have a long term relationship with Cutcher & Neale. Both the board and management appreciate Cutcher & Neale's professional guidance and also the Club & Hospitality teams experience on all financial aspects of the club.
Their understanding of the club industry proves that they are industry leaders and the customer service and commitment that they demonstrate has consistently ensured that our club performs both financially well and meeting our member needs."
"The Cutcher & Neale team adapted a mix of onsite and remote audit to meet timing requirements.
Their 'can-do' approach sees them as a valuable business partner in a rapidly changing NFP business environment."
"Since Cutcher & Neale were appointed auditors of our Club for our 2014 financial year and beyond, both myself and the Board have been impressed with their professionalism and knowledge of the Club industry.
Cutcher & Neale were heavily involved in preparing a strategic plan and assisting us to refine our accounting processes which have both improved the Clubs financial performance greatly.
Nick Nancarrow and the Club & Hospitality Team provide a friendly and rewarding service that is efficient and focused on our key risk areas. Their constant communication with the Board allows us to remain informed and ensures that the distance barrier is not a concern.
We feel our Club receives a superior service offering from Cutcher & Neale and we have no hesitation in recommending their team to other Clubs."
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