Darren Schaeffer Email & Phone Number

Canberra, Act, Au

Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Au

Executive Director / CFO & COOCurijoJuly 2015 - PresentCurijo is a consulting firm specialising in cultural services, business services, strategy, change, audit & assurance. My focus is on Audit & Assurance, Governance & Risk and Financial Management.I am accountable for Board functions, which includes setting and coordinating the board agenda, working with other Directors to share commercial and financial skills and insights and playing the key role in ensuring that the company has the appropriate governance structures in place and that it complies with its legal and social responsibilities. My responsibility for the commercial and legal aspects of the company incorporates all client, partner and sub-contractor contracts and agreements, managing the firm’s finance, people, IT and property functions, and providing oversight of lead generation and sales processes.I have been instrumental in growing the firm into a profitable business in just over two years with minimal investment. The firm is confidently expected to grow by 25% to 50% a year over the next five years.I have been engaged and contributed at ACT CPA Australia as Divisional Councillor and Deputy President and have led several client engagements leading to repeat work.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Principal ConsultantOakton Consulting & TechnologyApril 2014 – July 2015Oakton is an ASX-listed company providing IT & Consulting ServicesI led projects with the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Australian Public Service Commission, the Tax Practitioners Board, ComSuper and the Department of the Environment. I secured new clients, engaged and contributed at ACT CPA Australia CFO events.

Canberra City, Act, Au

Chief Financial OfficerDepartment of AgricultureDecember 2008 – March 2014I made pivotal contributions to the organisation’s strategic plan and change agenda by advising the Minister, his staff and the senior executive team on budget and financial governance matters and supporting governance initiatives. This included leading the implementation of several aspects of financial and corporate services governance frameworks.I provided a key voice in executive, change, investment, audit and risk, IT and several program related committees. I transformed the organisation’s financial reporting and budgeting frameworks leading to highly effective board and management reports and reporting.I was the Australian Financial Review’s Public Sector CFO of the year in 2012.

Parkes, Act, Au

Chief Financial OfficerDepartment of the EnvironmentMay 2005 – December 2008I advised senior business leaders and managed the organisation’s finance function to ensure its sustainability. This included introducing business process improvements to reduce costs and enhance client satisfaction, restructuring the financial framework to more effectively deliver against evolving business needs and initiating cultural change that enhanced the credibility of the Finance function.

Parkes, Act, Au

Special projects to redesign the financial framework and implement a new budgeting and forecasting tool for the department including design and implementation of new frameworks and systems including change management processes.

Incorporating CFO role and business management.

Doctorate Of Business Administration (Research), Indigenous Business

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Public Administration

Company Directors Course

Bachelor Of Business (Accounting)

Certification In Government Auditing, Government Auditing