Auckland Company Accountants SIG 2024

Meeting Dates 2024:

• Wednesday, 21 February
• Wednesday, 20 March
• Wednesday, 17 April
• Wednesday, 15 May
• Wednesday, 19 June
• Wednesday, 17 July
• Wednesday, 21 August
• Wednesday, 18 September
• Wednesday, 16 October
• Wednesday, 20 November
• Friday, 13 December

Presenters and Topics 2024

• Economic Update | Jarrod Kerr, Chief Economist, Kiwibank
• Year-end accounting including leases and FBT rates | Sanjay Kumar, Associate Partner, EY
• 3 Profiling Tools that every company needs | Arlene Nicholson, Learning and Development Consultant, Binspired
• Current trends in employment | Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
  

Presenters and Topics 2023

• How to thrive in 2023 (by getting out of your own way) | Arlene Nicholson, Learning & Development Consultant, Binspired
• Economic Update | Jarrod Kerr, Chief Economist, Kiwibank
• Tax Update | Aaron Quintal, Partner, EY Private Tax; Tori Sullivan, Partner & Vrinda Kahtri, Senior Solicitor, EY Law Limited
• Changes to GST rules for invoicing & record keeping | Hannah Smith, Customer Compliance Specialist & Dave Jordan, Technical Specialist, IRD
• Ethics Update | Darby Healey, Partner, Risk and Audit Quality, KPMG
• Employment Law | Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
  The adoption of intelligent automation (IA) is not a traditional technology program, and shouldn’t be treated as such! | Maurice Dubey - Senior Manager / Financial Services Consulting at EY
• IFRS Update | James Lindsay, Associate Director, Head of IFRS Advisory
• Excel / Powerbi |Allison Kennedy, Data Insights Analyst
• Budget Changes from a Tax Perspective | John Cuthbertson FCA, NZ Tax & Financial Services Leader, CA ANZ
• How to improve Organisation Culture | Bill James, Training & Development Director, Attain
• Property Investment |Alan Henderson, Director, Erskine Owen
• Delegate or Drown! | Stuart Sinclair, Director, &SO
  Economic update |Tony Alexander, Economics Speaker and Writer
• CA ANZ update | Peter Vial FCA, New Zealand Country Head, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Recruitment updates | Clare Turner, Director, Red Consulting Group
• Work pressures and possible solutions | Sandy Hall M.Ed., Director, re/cognition
• Robotic Process Automation for Accountants | Dr Lena Waizenegger, RBA Process Analyst, Air New Zealand
• Ethics: critical to your career, organisation and profession | Peter Vial FCA, New Zealand Country Head, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Guest speaker for Christmas Dinner | Kevin Biggar, Motivational Speaker

Presenters and Topics 2022

• Tax Update | Presented by John Cuthbertson, NZ Tax & Financial Services Leader, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Economic Update | Presented by Jarrod Kerr, Chief Economist, Kiwibank
• Property Tax Update | General Updates - Presented by Len Maharaj, Agent Account Manager, Inland Revenue NZ
• Property Taxes (Bright-line Test & Interest Deductibility) - Presented by Jayshree Kushal, Technical Specialist, Inland Revenue NZ, and Ivy Lee, Technical Specialist, Inland Revenue NZ
• Fringe Benefit Tax - Presented by Rachael Lyons, Technical Specialist, Inland Revenue NZ
• Climate Change & Sustainability | Presented by Pip Best, Partner - Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY
• A toolbox for Tough Conversations | Stuart Sinclair, Director, AndSo
• A refresher on ethics and a brief update on advocacy from CA ANZ | Peter Vial FCA, NZ Country Head, Chartered Accountants ANZ
• Advanced Excel Functions and Analytics for Accountants | Tim Heng, Director, SumProduct
• Issues in Employment Law and a look into the future of work post-COVID | Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
• Tax Update | Liz Nelson, Partner - Tax, Deloitte and Sam Hornbrook, Associate Director, Deloitte
• Wellbeing and mindfulness in a post covid-world | Kirsty von Minden, Founder, Mind Bright and Accredited Mindfulness Trainer, Faciliatator & Presenter
• Excel tips and tricks | Allison Kenedy, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Ace Training Ltd & Private Trainer, Excel with Allison
• Risk Management & Insurance - What you need to know | Jarrod de pont, Senior Business Development Broker - Corporate, Crombie Lockwood
• Current isssues around trusts | Vicki Ammundsen, Director and Notary Public, Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law Ltd
  Theresa Donnelly, Legal Services Manager, Perpetual Guardian
• A Potpourri of sustainability & climate-related issues for the Company Accountant | Aleks Georgieva, Sustainability Manager, Westpac
• Olaf Adam, Senior Manager – Sustainability, Westpac
• Economic Update | Tony Alexander, Economics speaker and Writer
• IFRS Update | David Pacey, National Technical Partner, Audit, Grant Thornton

Presenters and Topics 2021

• Anyone Can Speak Confidently; the recipe to Public Speaking success | Diana Thomson, Public Speaking Coach, Keynote Speaker, Author & DiSC Certified Trainer
• A remarkable recovery in highly uncertain times. We always underestimate the adaptability of business | Jarrod Kerr, Chief Economist at Kiwibank
• Tax Update | John Cuthbertson, NZ Tax & Financial Services Leader, CA ANZ
• COVID issues | Anthony Drake, Employment Lawyer at Wynn Williams
• Latest IFRS update | David Pacey, National Technical Partner - Grant Thornton
• IRD update | Trish Spence Manning, Community Compliance Officer & Jayshree Khushal, Technical Specialist at Inland Revenue
• Managing Fraud Risk in the Digital Era | Campbell McKenzie, Director - Incident Response Solutions & Wayne Bryant, CEO and Fraud Specialist - 3rdegree
• Criminalisation of cartel conduct and managing risk | Alicia Murray, Partner - DLA Piper
• Power BI/Excel/PowerApps - what's new for Accountants | Reza Rad, CEO, RADACAD
• Current economic, political environment, changes to housing - (Pre-recording) | Liam Dann, Business Editor, NZ Herald
  Negotiation, Dr David Ferguson
• Be surprised at what you can delegate! | Arlene Nicholson, Learning & Development Consultant, binspired
• IFRS related | James Lindsay, Head of IFRS Advisory, BDO
• Keep calm and carry on | Rod Oram
• Public Sector Financial Management: next steps to meet changing expectations | Paul Helm, Head of Government Finance Profession and Chief Government Accountant at Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury
• Excel, Power automate | Dr. Liam Bastick FCA FCMA CGMA MVP
• Introducing the final Business Transformation changes - for businesses and employers & Top Solutions for Tax Agents | Kamal Gounder, Agent Account Manager & Len Maharaj, Agent Account Manager - Inland Revenue
• Finance 2025 | Benoit Lancelot - Partner, Matt Strickett - Associate Director & Angela Zhang, Manager - Deloitte
• A barrister's guide to negotiation and persuasion | Riaan Geldenhuys - Barrister, Tax and dispute resolution specialist
• Complaints process for members of CA ANZ | William Robertson, Senior Lawyer in the Professional Conduct Team – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Christmas Party | Nigel Latta
  

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