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Name:
Current Role:
Citizenship:
Jaynesh P Parbhu
External Audit Manager
Australian Citizen
Qualifications and level of
Security Clearance:
► University of the South Pacific (Fiji Islands) - Bachelor of
Accounting and Financial Management and Information
Systems.
► Member of Institute of Charted Accountants in Australia.
Member number 347482.
Security Clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Experience: Ernst & Young (October 2007 to Current)
I commenced with Ernst & Young Canberra as a Senior
Accountant after migrating to Australia from Fiji in October 2007.
As a senior accountant, my primary role in the assurance team
was to conduct overall audit planning, audit execution and
governance reporting. I was also in charge of engagement
management as well as preparing audit budgets and tasked with
its management and billing.
I was involved in a variety of assurance engagements extending
from not for profit organisations to commonwealth Government
agencies as well as private and listed entities. I was promoted to
the current position of Audit Manager in April 2011 and am now in
charge of a number of audit clients. Some of my key clients have
included:
· Jacobs Australia Pty Limited (Engineering)
· Seeing Machines Limited (Vision technology)
· Windlab Systems Limited (Wind prospecting)
· Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Limited (Defence
contractor)
· CIC Australia Limited (Real estate developer)
I was and am involved in providing financial viability type services
to various commonwealth agencies. Commonwealth Departments
on which I have experience with proving financial viability services
include:
· Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
· Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
· Department of Health and Ageing – OATSIH
· Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the
Arts
In my role as audit manager, I'm also involved in the overall
engagement planning board reviews for the audit peak seasons
and have been involved in preparing a number of client services
proposals as part of business development.
As part of the audit process, I have also performed technical
consultations on high risk issues such as Going Concern, Change
in Accounting Policies and Prior Period Errors and have prepared
technical position papers to resolve those identified issues. As a

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result, I have gained strong technical proficiency in the Australian
Accounting Standards.
Current clients include those in the not for profit sector, charities,
member based organisations, public companies, commonwealth
agencies and private companies. Examples of these include:
Education:
· Daramalan College
· Radford College
Not for Profit organisations:
· Australian Animal Health Council Limited
· Plant Health Australia Limited
· Diabetes Australia Limited
· St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn
· Indigenous Community Volunteers Limited
· Australian Pork Limited
· Remote Area Health Corps Limited
· Rural Locum Scheme Limited
· Aspen Foundation Limited
· The Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Secretariat and
ACT Branch.
· Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy Limited
Clubs:
· Belconnen Soccer Club Limited
· Tuggeranong Valley Rugby Union and Sport s Club
Limited
· Tuggeranong Valley Football Club Limited
Corporations:
· Seeing Machines Limited (Technology - AIM Listed)
· XTEK Limited (ASX Listed)
· Jacobs Australia Limited (Engineering and consulting)
· Windlab Systems Ltd (Wind Prospecting)
· Lockheed Martin Australia Limited (Defence)
· Aspen Medical Pty Limited (Health Care Personnel)
· The Village Building Co. Limited (Real estate developer)
· CIC Australia Limited (Real estate developer)
Public entities:
· Defence Services Home Insurance Scheme (Government -
Insurance)
· National Archives of Australia
· IIF Investments Limited
· Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Staff Development
As a manager, I have gained significant experience in
communicating with clients and staff. I also contributed to the
development of staff as a counsellor to Accountants and Senior
Accountants. This role involved providing guidance and support to
fellow colleagues during their tenure with the firm. The role is
responsible for:

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- Regular catch up with counsellee.
- Providing engagement feedback.
- Discussing annual performance plan.
- Representing counsellees at performance meetings.
- Identifying development needs through feedbacks
reviews.
Learning and Development
I performed an active role in the assurance learning and
development (L&D). This role reports directly to the local L&D
Partner. As the L&D Manager for Canberra Assurance, I liaised
with national L&D team for core assurance training for staff and 6
monthly executive events for the Executive Group.
During my role as the L&D Manager, I implemented the Practical
Issues Forum (PIF) sessions providing Canberra Assurance with
quarterly updates through the EY IFRS Desk. The PIF provided a
forum for assurance staff to get an update on emerging issues,
new and changes to accounting standards, refreshers to auditing
standards and documentation guidance as well as other technical
updates.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (August 2013 to September 2007)
I joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Fiji at their Lautoka City office in
August 2003 subsequent to completing my Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the University of the South Pacific.
I commenced employment as a graduate accountant in Assurance.
My experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers has been in a range of
industries - manufacturing, mining/resources, tourism, not for
profit companies and manufacturing. My audit clients have
included:
Education:
· Saint Thomas Secondary School
Mining/resources:
· Emperor Gold Mines Limited
Manufacturing, wholesale and Textiles
· Punja & Sons and its controlled entities (Manufacturing
and Wholesale)
· Rainbow Group of Companies (Textile)
· Danam Textiles Limited
· Eddie Hin Limited (Wholesale)
Tourism:
· Shangri-la Fijian Resort Limited
· Beachcomber Island Limited
· Treasure Island Limited
· Tokatoka Nadrau Investment Limited
· Westside water sports limited
· Tabua Investments Limited
My role as a graduate accountant included performing audit
procedure as per the Fiji Auditing Standards. As a graduate, my
role included documenting substantive procedures, performing
general audit procedures, performing test of controls, process

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mapping and reviewing financial statements.
As a Senior Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, I handled
more responsibilities including the above mentioned activities. I
initiated and chaired team planning events, maintained client
relationships, performed WIP management and billing as well as
reviewing documentation of junior staff before manager review.
Apart from auditing financial statements, I gaining exposure in the
following:
· Preparation of financial statements
· Book keeping and preparing reconciliations
· Income tax calculations and disclosures
Interests Playing team sports such as soccer, Badminton and touch rugby.
Travelling locally and overseas
Long Term Goal My long term goal is to transition to the role of a Chief Financial
Officer in a large public company.
I believe that my 11 years of experience gained from
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young in external audit
have laid a strong foundation to enable me to lead the financial
reporting and leadership role of the Chief Financial Officer.