Live CFO providing finanical freedom for your business

 

Live CFO's virtual cloud based finance systems offer like minded entrepreneurs with their internal accounting requirements to

manage their daily bookkeeping and financial services.

 

Live CFO provides Virtual CFO consulting services for fast growing businesses at a fraction of the cost of a full time CFO.

 

Team Leader - Melanie Livesey – B Buss, CPA

 

Melanie is a qualified accountant, with 20 years experience, who has worked in a variety of industries including legal, healthcare, corporate events, financial services and private equity. 

 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TERTIARY

2013 CPA Australia - Public Practice Certificate

2007 – 2009 CPA Australia - Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Membership Number: 9459814

1996 – 2001 Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga - Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

                    *Graduated with Distinction

                    *Australian Society of Practicing Accountants Prize

1993 Metropolitan Business College, Sydney, Australia

Advanced Certificate of Business and Secretarial Administration

 

SECONDARY

1992 Kambala Church of England Girls School, Rose Bay Higher School Certificate

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

August 2013 – Present

Virtual CFO

Employer LIVE Consulting Australia Pty Limited

Provision of accounting and financial services for small to medium sized business.

 

February 2011 – August 2013

Financial Controller

Employer Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Limited

Anchorage Capital Partners (ACP) is the management company for ACP Fund I and ACP Fund II, $200M and $250M Private Equity Funds. Investment focus is turnaround and special situations. Current investments include Bisalloy Steel Group Limited, Acrow Formwork & Scaffolding, Total Eden, First Engineering (Singapore) and the Dick Smith Group.

 

October 2005 – February 2011

Finance Manager

Employer Grant Thornton Australia Limited

Grant Thornton is a global mid-tier Accounting Firm. Grant Thornton Australia has 5 offices located within major Australian cities and employs 200 staff within its Sydney based office and over 500 nationally. Sydney turnover is in excess of $40 million and national turnover is approximately $160 million.

 

October 2002 – July 2005

Financial Services Manager

Employer Universal CIT Inc, Connecticut, United States

Universal is medium sized Conference and Event Management Company with 3 offices located within the UK and US, employing 90 people. Turnover of the US office was $22.5 million at the time of leaving.

 

December 2001 – October 2002

Position Account Executive

Employer Universal CIT Ltd, London, UK

 

 

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