Sarah D'Arcy Email & Phone Number

Canberra, Act, Au

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

New South Wales, Australia

Risk governance and strategic planning can be nerve-racking tasks for business leaders since a small mistake can have a considerable impact. My team makes life easier for business owners by providing calm, professional advice based on a proper understanding of business strategy, technical accounting concepts and an in depth review of your operations. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: • Private businesses who’d like to make the most out of compulsory audit requirements by gaining insights and strategy assistance.• Private businesses in the high growth stage, who are worried that they’ve outgrown their existing strategy, processes or risk compliance measures. • Private businesses about to trigger their first audit, who would like to make sure they are fully prepared. • Private businesses with a specific problem or issue that they’d like advice on — exit strategy, succession planning, cash-flow issues or significant risk exposures.𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀:• Identify and articulate your strategic priorities.• Set KPIs for each priority, forecast goal achievement timeframes, monitor success and prepare updates for your board. • Identify risks, likely sources of potential misstatement and controls/processes to mitigate the risks.• Review risk governance. This includes providing you recommendations on controls, mitigation processes and unavoidable exposures without constraining your business.• Stay on track to reaching your goals and managing your risks. This can include ongoing monitoring, board advisory roles and periodic reviews.

New South Wales, Australia

In 2017 — after working for major PwC clients in the UK and the US — I was delighted to return to Australia and to my private business roots. In this role, I am responsible for a team of 40 top-level accounting and business experts. Together we provide high quality, low-fuss audit and advisory services to private businesses and not-for-profit organisations. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:• Running audits of large multinational listed and private businesses across the UK, Australia and the US• 16 years of accounting experience inside PwC — spanning from Junior Accountant to Director.• Experience leading a range of projects, including strategic governance reviews and in-depth control & process reviews. • Experience working with people of all levels and skillsets — including presenting project findings to senior managers and governance committees of all levels, from start up to FTSE 250 companies.• A reputation for tackling challenging projects — in 2010, I won the PwC Agility Award for my problem-solving skills and ability to tackle new or unexpected problems.• 12 years of leadership experience — including overseeing coaching and development for teams of up to 40 people.

New South Wales, Australia

I pride myself on providing every client who uses our audit and advisory services with extreme diligence and minimal fuss. My team and I work with: • Private businesses that have triggered their first audit — perhaps due to turnover above $50m, assets over $25m or 100+ staff or have regulatory/funding requirements for an audit.• Private businesses who are dissatisfied with their current auditor and are looking to simplify and streamline the process. • Private businesses who want to move beyond compliance and fully leverage their audit team's skills, knowledge, and insights.We’re adaptable enough to aid businesses of all types. However, our core areas of experience are agribusiness, food supply/distribution, manufacturing, infrastructure supplies, transport & logistics, hospitality & leisure, for-purpose and not-for-profit.

London, United Kingdom

- Assurance services to both UK and multinational clients, in both the public and private company environment. - Assurance services provided, include external audits, internal audits, corporate governance, risk and compliance, accounting advice and financial reporting. - Managing teams, including coaching and development - Project management, including liaising with various parties - Business development, with a particular focus on the transport and logistics sector

Member Of The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Australia And New Zealand

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting

Bachelor Of Applied Finance, Finance, General, Bachelor