Investor Presentaiton
BRONWYN ROSSINGH, FCPA
Charles Darwin University
Member since 1998
My first job was with the ANZ Bank in Karratha as a Ledger Examiner and Teller. This gave me a reasonable grasp of debits and credits, journal transfers, financing and
ways to invest money. Later on, after working and studying in the area of IT - developing accounting software and managing accounting-based IT systems, I realised that I
had a reasonable knowledge of accounting concepts and thought it would be a good career move to have both IT and accounting skills and qualifications.
I am the youngest of four children and was raised predominantly by my mother as a sole parent in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. My family was what
we refer to today as 'low socio economic status'. Although my siblings left school early to find work, I was intent on completing year eleven and twelve so I could go to
university. I was fortunate that my mother always supported and encouraged me to achieve my aspirations.
For a number of years I worked with accounting firms in Perth and London undertaking IT and accounting roles. In 1986 I worked with Touche Ross as a Senior
Accountant and later as a Senior Consultant for KPMG Peat Marwick which included working in remote Aboriginal communities conducting audits and accounting systems
development and training. In 1993 my husband and I relocated to Kununurra so I could take up a position with Kununurra Warringarri Aboriginal Corporation as the
Financial Manager. This informed my thinking about the need for more contextual and compatible systems concerning government funding and the associated reporting
and acquittal requirements. Since this time I have been pursuing solutions to these and other issues through research in collaboration with a number of remote
communities and groups.
I completed a Bachelor of Business through Curtin University and I was awarded first class honours in Management Accounting for which I was awarded the CDU
Chancellors medal and the NT Government medal for outstanding academic achievement. I completed a PhD in 2014; my topic was Culture Legitimate Accountability:
Finding the Balance for Remote Aboriginal Communities. I have been a CPA since 1996 and awarded FCPA status in 2015 and believe this to be an essential professional
credential to have.
I have been working with CDU for around ten years and am currently employed as a Community Engagement Leader working in two remote communities undertaking
research and supporting communities to improve education pathways towards higher education.
In the past ten years or so I have chosen the academic research pathway as opposed to a practising accountant but have always maintained a steady flow of board
appointments as Director of Finance and also project managed numerous research and other projects.
My accounting and business qualifications and skills have enabled me to have a broad set of skills that I can apply across many disciplines that enable me to focus on the
factors that are critical to Indigenous people from remote communities so their voice is heard and legitimately acted on. This I do through an accounting, management
and governance lens using an intercultural approach that respects and acknowledges Indigenous culture.
BE HEARD.
BE RECOGNISED.
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