Across the network...
National
ANZ Annual Partners Conference 2015
From 9-11 April 2015, Melbourne office will host the Nexia Australia and New Zealand Annual Partners Conference for more than 80 firm partners, plus accompanying guests and children from the Nexia network who will travel to Melbourne for the two-day conference.
With a full program for the partners and a range of events and activities for the guests and children, there are sure to be a number of great initiatives and strategies developed by the end of this conference. We look forward to sharing these with you in our next edition of Next newsletter.
NEXT Leaders
Melbourne NEXT Leader Program participants (l-r) Alicia Baker, Maxine Fabre, Katie Yu, Roy Zhang, Domenic Trimboli, Priyanka Karwal, Matthew Burnes, Sheoni Argall, Bethany Ciesielski, Alexi Mann and Teena Mistry underwent three days of training with Sue-Ella Prodonovich from Prodonovich Advisory and Merilyn Speise from Catalina Consultants.
As part of Nexia Australia and New Zealand’s commitment to growth and development of its staff, both the Melbourne and Sydney offices held the NEXT Leader Program, which is designed to identify emerging leaders and provide for their continued professional development upon completion of their Chartered Accountancy certification.
Sydney held the first of the programs with selected staff from the Nexia network, including Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Auckland and Christchurch. The program culminated in a group presentation encouraging the teams to research and plan new opportunities for Nexia Australia whilst utilising the network’s comprehensive knowledge and experience. A range of exciting and solutions-driven initiatives were presented to the board of Nexia Australia and New Zealand, including potential new service offerings and solutions.
Participants in the Sydney NEXT Leaders Program were (left to right): Back: Dan Zeng, Jimmy La, Sean Martiniello, Karlene Higgins, Nicola Connolly, Tom Presser, Darren Chinnappa, Christopher Greenslade and Christa Wilkins. Front: Hayley Jensen, Lorraine Ward-Allen, Tania Nicholls, Kathleen Florade, Peter Feleppa, James Ding, George Papanicolaou, Shaniel Davda and Jeff Pillon.
In Melbourne, 11 of the office’s young leaders participated in the three-day training course, where at the conclusion of the program, they presented their initiatives to the firm’s partners, using the extensive number of skills they had learnt throughout the course. The group’s presentations included ideas regarding alumni, pro bono services and improved graduate induction programs.
Local
CANBERRA
Ronald McDonald House charity draw
Nexia’s Canberra office is a proud supporter of the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) Canberra.
RMH provides a home away from home for the families of seriously ill children when they need it most and it relies heavily on fundraising to keep the big red doors open. Nexia invites you to support the RMH by going into a draw to win a Lexus IS250, valued at $64,000.
To purchase tickets simply visit: www.everydayhero.com.au/event/RMHCraffle2015.
We thank you in advance for your support.
PERTH
The next solution is coming
The Perth office hosted a Celemi Demo training on 30 January with attendees from Nexia offices in Sydney and Melbourne and representatives chosen from the Perth office. Celemi was an initiative created by the winners of the Nexia Innovation Olympics held in early 2014.
Celemi is a board game simulation aimed at educating the participants on how cash moves around a business and how strategic and operational decisions have an effect on the availability of cash in a business.
With the uncertain economic conditions as Perth’s mining boom slows down, the old adage “cash is king” becomes an extremely important focus on helping clients understand and predict their cash flow, which is our focus. Celemi is one of the tools we will be rolling out to clients in the near future.
SYDNEY
Nexia helps education leaders take the next step
As part of Nexia Australia’s ongoing commitment to the education industry, the Sydney office was privileged to be involved with the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) Leadership Flagship Program and recently presented a Nexia AIS Scholarship to Janet Geronimi from St Columba Anglican School.
The AIS Leadership Centre Flagship Program is a rigorous, holistic program for experienced senior leaders in schools, and is essential to develop confident, competent and visionary educational leaders who will improve the learning and personal growth of students, staff and school communities.
Applications to participate in this yearlong program (which begins in December each year) are encouraged from eligible candidates in all Australian schools. The program, processes and services to schools are soundly underpinned by contemporary theory, delivered by top-level presenters and focus equally on practitioner and academic perspectives.
The Nexia AIS Scholarship offered to a participant from a rural Australian school, is a well valued investment in the future of young people by supporting the development and formation of wise, well-informed and wellprepared educational leaders.
