Professional experience
Noel is an experienced audit practitioner with a variety of clients and specialises in educational institutions, not for profits, manufacturing entities, retail entities, Aboriginal corporations, wineries, service and support entities and superannuation funds.
He has also worked on litigation engagements involving audit-related matters and been a member of various audit committees and boards for corporate and not-for-profit entities.
Noel approaches each engagement with an attitude to having a complete understanding of the organisation; its operations, business structure, systems, transaction flows and risks. From this Noel together with his team, develops an audit plan and approach which is tailored to the organisation and their risks.
Contemporary assurance services require an understanding of and a strong technical knowledge of auditing and accounting standards and required reporting compliance framework. It requires an ability to develop an understanding of the business operations and its financial risk, and to work to communicate with people and clients. Noel’s approach is to use his experience and expertise to ensure excellent outcomes for clients.
Qualifications
Noel holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales and Master of Economics from Macquarie University, New South Wales. Noel is an ASIC Registered Company Auditor, approved self-managed superannuation fund auditor and Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Skills
Audit and Assurance
As an ASIC Registered Company Auditor, Noel has extensive experience in the audit of large reporting corporations, non-reporting corporations and Not-for-Profit clients.
Noel approaches each engagement with an attitude to having a complete understanding of the organisation; its operations, business structure, systems, transaction flows and risks. From this Noel together with his team, develops an audit plan and approach which is tailored to the organisation and their risks.
Noel’s audit engagements and clients benefit from his significant experience across a number of industries, operations and systems. His technical skills and understanding of risk, corporate governance and operational requirements from sitting on boards and committees on not for profits, have been of invaluable experience and have enabled Noel to provide clients with practical solutions to problems they have faced.
Corporate governance
A high level of technical knowledge of financial statements and firm understanding of risk within organisations make Noel a valued member of any board.
He is currently Director and Treasurer of CanDo4Kids – Townsend House Inc and CanDo Internet Inc and The Royal South Australian Deaf Society. He also chairs the Audit and Finance Committees for these boards. In addition Noel also acts as company secretary for a number of companies and has an understanding of their corporate governance responsibilities.
Education industry
Noel has been involved in the audit of Colleges and Schools throughout his career and has an extensive client portfolio of Colleges and Schools which operate in South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.
He was appointed Chair of the Nexia Australia Specialist Education Industry Group. His expertise within this industry is of note and allows Noel’s clients within this space to work with a Partner who truly understands the challenges facing schools and how to address them.
Noel organises training days for his clients within the not-for-profit and education industry. In planning for these days Noel ensures that relevant technical accounting updates are provided to clients in a practical manner and appropriate speakers are engaged to discuss pertinent topical issues.