FinanceMark Events

FinanceMark is an active participant in the Finance Market.  Here are some of the events we are involved with.  Check back here regularly to see what is coming up for FinanceMark!

Upcoming Events 2010

LinkedIn Seminar May 2010

Featuring Clifford Rosenberg, Managing Director of LinkedIn ANZ, this seminar is designed to give you practical guidance on ways to use LinkedIn for yourself, your career and your organisation.

 

Previous Events

ICAA Business Forum May 2008

FinanceMark is again proud to be associated with this premier Professional Development event.  In addition to being a sponsor and exhibitor, our CEO, Owen Firth CA, will be presenting two sessions: Strategic Talent Planning in Finance and Leveraging a Multicultural Workforce.  If you are attending, please come and visit our stand.

FEMA 2007 (Fairfax Employment Marketing Awards, 2007)

FinanceMark is proud to announce that we have been selected as finalist in the Best Small Recruitment Firm Category for 2007.  This award is open to any recruitment firm with less than 20 employees.  

The aim of FEMA is to recognise and reward creative and effective employment advertising and excellence in the field of recruitment.  Winners will be announced at the 2007 Fairfax Employment Marketing Awards Gala Dinner at Doltone House on Friday 14th September, 2007.  

In 2006, FinanceMark were proud to be awarded special recognition for Best Candidate Care by a Recruitment Firm at the Fairfax Employment Marketing Awards (FEMA 2006).

CPA Australia Congress 2007: Insights for Sustainable Performance

23rd – 26th October 2007 Sydney, NSW  

FinanceMark is proud to sponsor the CPA Congress 2007. The CPA Congress is an executive summary of the finance, accounting and business world covering a broad range of topics and issues relevant to all finance, accounting and business professionals.  

As the premier event in the CPD calendar for CPA Australia, CPA Congress offers technical, future-scanning and personal development topics that will appeal to all finance, accounting and business professionals from diverse backgrounds and at different career stages.  

Come and visit FinanceMark at the conference. To find out more details, please visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cpacongress  

Chartered Accountants Finance Executives Leadership Conference 2007
Wednesday, 21 – Thursday, 22 November 2007 Star City, Sydney  

FinanceMark is proud to contribute to the upcoming ICAA Finance Executives Leadership Conference.  FinanceMark’s CEO, Owen Firth is presenting a workshop entitled ‘Strategic Talent Planning: how to survive the worsening skills shortage in finance and accounting over the next five years’.   

Owen Firth MBA, CA, B.Ec, CEO and Founder, FinanceMark
Where would you be as a CFO if you could not secure good finance people for key roles in your team?  What if you didn’t have anyone skilled to control your payroll, debtors or financial reporting?    In the face of the increasing contraction of the workforce and the serious imbalance in the supply/demand equation for finance talent, it is critical for CFOs to develop a Talent Plan for building, developing and retaining their teams and take action now to ensure future survival.   This workshop will give you the time and tools to create a Strategic Talent Plan for your finance team.

ICAA Business Forum
Monday 14 - Thursday 17 May, 2007
AJC Convention Centre, Alison Rd, Randwick

FinanceMark are proud to be Technical Sponsor of the ICAA Business Forum 2007. The forum offers a flexible and convenient opportunity to address your training needs in a cost and time efficient way.

  • 86 sessions to choose from over four days 
  • A great choice of packages mean you can tailor your experience to suit your time and budget
  • Earn up to 28 qualifying hours.

For more details please visit www.icaa.org.au

CPA Congress 2006 : Agility in the face of change
Tuesday 17th - Thursday, 19th October 2006
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney

FinanceMark is proud to sponsor the CPA Congress 2006. The CPA Congress is an executive summary of the finance, accounting and business world covering a broad range of topics and issues relevant to all finance, accounting and business professionals. As the premier event in the CPD calendar for CPA Australia, CPA Congress offers technical, future-scanning and personal development topics that will appeal to all finance, accounting and business professionals from diverse backgrounds and at different career stages.

Visit FinanceMark at Booth 12 and enter our prize draw for the opportunity to win 2 hot air balloon flights with RedBalloon Corporate across Sydney!

To find out more details, please visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au

FEMA 2006 (Fairfax Employment Marketing Awards, 2006)
Friday 27th October, 2006
Sydney Town Hall

FinanceMark were proud to be awarded special recognition for Best Candidate Care by a Recruitment Firm at the Fairfax Employment Marketing Awards (FEMA 2006) which was held on Friday 27th October, 2006.

Supported by the RCSA and AHRI, the awards recognise and reward creative and effective employment advertising and excellence in the field of recruitment. Being a specialist firm within the Accounting and Finance space and having launched as FinanceMark in July 2006, the FinanceMark team are delighted to have been awarded early recognition for their Candidate Care Strategy.

ICAA Leadership Skills for Middle Managers

July 13       Recruitment & Retention
August 8 Performance Management 
September 4 Coaching & Mentoring 
October 9 Empowering Teamwork for Winning Results

FinanceMark is pleased to sponsor and contribute to a series of seminars organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA). This is your opportunity to broaden your skills in a competitive market place.

Whether you go to one or all of them, this seminar series is ideal for your professional development.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Open, honest and consistent communication. I expect FinanceMark to be professional, quality focused and effective. FinanceMark meets my expectations. We don’t use any other agency for financial roles."

Recruitment Manager SAP Australia
"FinanceMark took time to understand the whole team the candidate would fit into... Very professional and personal. I was very impressed by the service provided."

Senior Manager, Macquarie Bank
“FinanceMark really understands our culture and the type of person we look for. The vetting of candidates before they are presented to us is excellent. 100% recruitment track record with us! We really value the relationship we have with FinanceMark.”

Financial Controller, Sydney Attractions Group
“FinanceMark understands the importance of cultural fit in the team. They only send candidates that are worth interviewing. Good candidate interview notes! Always a pleasure to work with you guys.”

Corporate Recruitment Manger, GHD
“Once again a brilliant service... High quality candidates... no fodder was put forward to wade through. Once again a great experience. My expectations from FinanceMark have lifted the bar.”

CFO, Compass Hotel Group
“Very professional and friendly and provided an excellent service. I appreciated the ability to discuss with confidence the pros and cons of candidate and to obtain/give honest and truthful feedback.”

Group Accounting Manager,
Thomas and Coffey
“Other agencies were very reactive. FinanceMark is very proactive. Regular updates... great commitment...very consistent. Appreciated the follow-up and candidate character profile. Would be hard to do better.”

HR Manager,
Louis Vuitton
"I valued FinanceMark’s responsiveness and understanding of needs. Very good communication and very quick. Very well handled.”

Director of Finance,Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering
“It was a pleasure to work with you. You guys are certainly a cut above the rest! ”

Joint Managing Director,
Traveledge
“I have continued to use FinanceMark because the consultants have finance experience and are not sales people pretending to know something about finance... They have an understanding of what I am trying to achieve; they have made my job a lot easier.”

HR Manager, Australian Rugby Union
“The quality of the candidates was much higher compared with other recruitment agencies.”

HR Consultant, Veolia Water
“We found the small team very friendly, and the fact that they were all ex-accountants really appealed.”

Group Financial Controller,
Freedom Group
“The professional manner in which you handled this assignment was second to none...”

CEO,
Nubian Water Systems
“Very quickly filled assignments. Keep up the good work. Usual high standard met again!”

Financial Controller, Schering
“Finance Mark is by far the best agency I have dealt with...and over the years I have dealt with numerous ones.”

NSW State Manager, On-Site Access
“We really valued the fact that FinanceMark had already tested candidates before they came to us – something which differentiates them from other recruitment companies...”

Finance Manager, HSBC Australia Limited
"Not all candidates were sent to us... other agencies would send us everyone including ones who did not remotely meet our criteria.Testing as well is good. ”

Financial Controller, Harvey World Travel
“Understood the brief exceptionally well, appointed quality candidate quickly. Very appropriately matched to job description and person specification.”

Associate Director of Finance & Admin, Novotech
“FinanceMark clearly indicated that they understood the subtleties of the position and it’s fit within the company and ultimately, they came up with the right person.”

CEO, Ella Baché