Paul Croft - Forensic Accountant Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

The Procare Group is an integrated insurance solutions provider, offering a range of services including forensic accounting, wellness, injury management, investigations, loss adjusting, specialised claims services, training, consulting & recruitment.Procare Forensic Services assist our clients to protect their enterprise value by quantifying financial loss and providing expert testimony in crime, employee theft, business interruption, and economic loss claims and related matters.Our team of forensic accountants and investigators independently apply complex modeling and forensic accounting methodologies to interrogate complex financial transactions to support insurance claims and other business requirements.I specialise in forensic accounting and investigations. I have provided expert accounting and loss quantification services on a range of matters including commercial disputes, insolvent trading, expert determinations, breaches of contract, business interruption and financial investigations. As an independent expert, I have given expert oral evidence in the District and Supreme Courts of New South Wales and the Supreme Court of Victoria.If you’d like help with resolving company issues and mitigating risk, please contact me on +61 456 818016 for a confidential discussion.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

BRI Ferrier is a unique affiliation of expert business recovery, insolvency, forensic accounting, and advisory firms that helps financially distressed businesses to recover, change and renew. Our forensic accounting team supports clients who face litigation, arbitration, and regulatory scrutiny. They depend on us to provide expert accounting advice that illuminates the critical facts, quantifies any loss suffered and provides a reliable valuation of subject assets.In my role as Director, I specialise in forensic accounting and investigations. I have provided expert accounting and loss quantification services on a range of matters including commercial disputes, insolvent trading, expert determinations, breaches of contract, business interruption and financial investigations. As an independent expert, I have given expert oral evidence in the District and Supreme Courts of New South Wales.

Ultimo, New South Wales, Au

TAFE NSW is a strong and trusted brand that has been delivering training for more than 130 years. As the leading provider of vocational education and training in Australia, each year, more than 430,000 students enrol in its courses and training. The organisation aims to skill the workforce for the future through high quality, personalised education and training. During my time at TAFE NSW my responsibilities and achievements included:• Designed and supervised the implementation of an SQL solution that delivered an accounting-compliant revenue system that, for the first time, enabled TAFE to accurately report some $1 billion in annual student revenue• Identified and developed a strategy, including internal and external stakeholder management, for resolving a material misstatement in the financial statements (for the financial year prior to the year in which I commenced)• Initiated and collaborated on the development of an innovative digital platform to automate and transform revenue reporting and assist in identifying and diagnosing performance issues • Provided technical accounting advice to remediate system non-compliance with new revenue accounting standards • Developed and mentored a team of six to for month end reporting processes; achieved+25% efficiency savings • Introduced month-end reconciliation processes to improve governance, control and accounting compliance • End-to-end oversight of the month end reporting and balance sheet management

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Commonwealth Bank is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services. With extensive initiatives and policies in place, the organisation is committed to offering banking services that are accessible to everyone. In my role at Commonwealth Bank, my key achievements included:• Led the structured analysis of bank-aligned licensees; developed strategic options to resolve performance gaps • Served on the Executive Leadership Team for one of the bank-aligned advice businesses • Launched data visualisation and KPI dashboards to improve and monitor business performance management • Led a small month end reporting; prepared quarterly and annual statutory accounts • Led the cross-functional consultation on strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting processes • Improved the Advice impairment modelling, closing compliance gaps and correcting errors in logic • Eliminated low value add activities, delivering cost and time efficiencies (+75% efficiency savings)

Sydney, Nsw, Au

While working as a Senior Finance Manager at Westpac, I volunteered my time as a business mentor, providing advice and support to non-profit organisations needing assistance with developing business cases and financial modelling.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Westpac Group is one of the country's most trusted finance groups. It provides a broad range of consumer, business and institutional banking, and wealth management services through a portfolio of financial services brands and businesses. During my time at Westpac my achievements included:• Built cost-out business plans, cost optimisation and forecast models for one business unit, generating and collaborating on the design of strategic options to drive cost reduction initiatives• Influenced cultural change and greater accountability through design and implementation of divisional monthly KPI reporting processes• Managed P&L for one business unit ($50m cost base), including month end reporting, variance analysis budgeting and forecasting, preparation of statutory accounts; reported into the Executive Leadership Team• Reduced month end process time (50%+) and improved the risk culture around financial information

Sydney, Nsw, Au

PwC Australia brings together people, business, technology and ideas to build trust in society and solve important problems. The organisation delivers quality in audit, assurance, consulting and tax services to more than 5,000 clients. During my 8 years at PwC Australia, I successfully:• Advised companies and private equity managers on market-entry, buying, selling and listing businesses in transactions across Australia, Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom and United States• Led over 40 transactions, responsible for C-Suite reporting and engagement, shaping client relationships, coordinating cross-functional teams, designing the financial analysis and resolving critical deal issues• Provided technical advice on acquisition accounting and impacts of international accounting standards • Co-developed PwC’s response to Australia’s 2009 Parliamentary inquiry into the financial planning industry• Undertook due diligence on valuation models and, in limited situations, built the valuation model• Created a new line of service (PwC London), Investment Appraisal, winning large consulting engagements with two sovereign wealth funds • Secondments: PwC London (two years), Commonwealth Bank of Australia, QBE and AMP

Worldwide, Oo

As one of the largest professional services firms in the world, Deloitte offers audit and assurance, consulting, risk and financial advisory, tax, and related services to their clients. In my role as Associate Director, I: • Prepared expert reports and expert determinations and provided expert witness testimony in commercial litigation matters (breach of contract, breach of trade practices in the District and Supreme Courts of NSW) • Provided opinions on the interpretation and application of accounting standards and policies in relevant matters • Undertook financial modelling and private company valuation for commercial litigation and Family Court matters Prior to working in Dispute Analysis, I provided assurance services in Private Client services, primarily in the retail, media and consumer/industrial products sectors.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Aca, Accounting

Master Of Commerce, Finance

Hsc