Financial Expertise for Approved Providers 2024

January 10th, 2024 Uncategorised

ACA NSW Quickies (training) are less than 2 hours long and held throughout the year via live webinars, in-person and video-on-demand formats.


Quickies are primarily for Approved Providers, owners/directors and Nominated Supervisors with sector-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.


The topics to be covered in the ​Financial Expertise for Approved Providers are:


  • How to read your financial statements (including profit & loss, liabilities, receivables, balance sheet)?
  • Is there a practical difference between cash and accrual accounting?
  • How to measure your service against competitors in financial terms?
  • What are the common mistakes Approved Providers make that can risk their service(s)?
  • What are the proven financial techniques to protect/boost your service and plan for growth?


This Quickie will enable you to better understand your financial statements, leverage key metrics and plan for an even more financially successful future.


Alignment with National Quality Standards:


  • 4.2 – Professionalism
  • 7.1 – Governance
  • 7.2 – Leadership

For 2024  a live session will be offered as follows:


If the above live presentations is inconvenient, ACA NSW recommends registering for the video-on-demand version via https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/events/aca-nsw-webinars-on-demand. ACA NSW members are to contact ACA NSW via 1300 556 330 or nsw@childcarealliance.org.au in order to receive the discount code before accessing the Members’ price.


Ticket Prices (not including EventBrite fees):

  • ACA NSW Members: Free
  • Non-Members: $60 inc GST per person 


PLEASE NOTE: All paid participants will electronically receive a copy of the presentation’s slides. And those who attend the live webinars will receive a recorded video of the presentation for reference for up to three months.


Your Presenters:


Tamara Brown is a Partner in PwC’s Private Clients practice with 20 years of experience working with privately-owned groups to help them grow and realise value. In recent years, Tamara has led the firm’s childcare practice - presenting at many key child care seminars with respect to strategy, growth and benchmarking as well personally acting for a number of childcare groups across Australia.


Jade Dixon has over 15 years experience from time in the industry and as a Partner in PwC's Private Clients. During her time in the industry, Jade was CFO for a private equity-backed group with investments in both property and hospitality assets. Jade now leads the Australian Firm's Outsourced CFO team bringing extensive commercial experience and technical knowledge to the team. Jade currently provides outsourced accounting and taxation services to a number of clients including childcare and not-for-profits.

Other Benefits:

  • Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
  • Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
  • Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
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