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The organiser |
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25/01 - Oz Day Drinks @ Paddywhacks
26/01 - Oz Day Public Holiday
27/01 - RFL Casual Dress Day ($2 donation)
27/01 - EOM Morning Tea
27/01 - REVIEW FORMS DUE!
30/01 - HorizOnline Live Date
01/02 - BInformed Session "Healthy Lunch Alternatives"
01/02 - Private Wealth Dinner Workshop |
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JANUARY PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
- Completed forms to be handed to reviewer by Friday 27th Jan.
- Review meetings to be completed and finalised by Friday 10th Feb.
If you have any questions or if you would like to see your previous review form for some guidance please ask Stacey. |
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New faces |
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Marianne Tansley started in PECS Support as PLA Senior PA. Marianne sits next to Nicole H.
Aileen Jones has joined BDO Private Wealth as a Senior Paraplanner. Aileen is sitting next to Carolyn G.
Both ladies introduce themselves below:
Marianne Tansley
I have over 10 years administration experience across a number of industries, however this is my first time working in the taxation industry. My last role involved working for a major engineering company in Brisbane, where I spent most of my day preparing reports and plans for government agencies so that permits and licences could be issued for work on major developments across Qld.
I’m a recent addition to Cairns, having moved up from Brisbane with my husband in August 2011. When I’m not at work I am usually in the kitchen baking up all sorts of sweet treats or hitting the shops looking for another pair of shoes to add to my ever-growing collection. I also love to travel, both within Australia and overseas, and will often make a weekend trip to Brisbane or Melbourne to visit family and friends, and shop some more!
Aileen Jones
My family and I have only recently moved from Bundaberg to Cairns in November last year due to my husbands’ work promotion. We have two girls, Eowyn (pronounced Air-wyn) and Tiana aged 3 and 1 respectively who have just started childcare in Edge Hill.
We were previously based in Bundaberg for 5 years where I worked in a Financial Planning office as Paraplanner in which I supported 2-3 advisers.
Prior to Bundaberg, I am from the Gold Coast and I met my husband in his home town, which is a small beachside town in Wales called, Tenby.
I am a yoga fanatic and have practiced for 11 years and would like to complete my teacher training in the future. Our family loves camping and swimming and we try to get away as often as possible to any new location. We also all love any type of music and have guitars and drums scattered around the house that the girls like to play.
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by Margaret Maunsell
Happy New Year to all at BDO, and welcome back after hopefully a relaxing and happy time spent with family and friends over the festive period. With batteries recharged we can look forward to a challenging year in difficult economic circumstances when our clients will need our help and support more than ever.
Some of you may not be aware that the Maunsell Team have been providing support and assistance to a local charity, The Far North Queensland Youth Assistance Fund for around 18 years. The fund was established 40 years ago by a group of local Cairns businessmen to raise money to assist disadvantaged youth in far North Queensland achieve their dreams. The majority of these original members are clients of this Firm and they continue to personally contribute both time and money to this worthy cause. Over this 40 year period, the members have raised in excess of $3.5million and the earnings from this capital amount are distributed throughout the year to disadvantaged youth for academic, sporting, cultural and medical costs. On Friday, 27 January, an annual civic reception will be held at Cairns Regional Council to present cheques to young people attending University. Last year in January 2011, a total of $66,600 was presented at the ceremony and it is anticipated a similar amount will be presented this year.
I have been Treasurer of this Fund for eighteen years and the BDO Maunsell team has provided regular unpaid administrative assistance mainly through Fiona Bishop who helps with BAS, tax returns and accounting and bookkeeping advice throughout the year. In addition, two committee meetings each year are hosted in our BDO board rooms. Working in a professional services firm as we all do where we are dealing with clients who in almost all cases are in a comfortable financial position, it is easy to forget that there is another side to our community. Many of these students would not be able to go to University, attend peninsula/state/national sporting competitions or have necessary medical equipment and treatment if it were not for the generosity of the Cairns community including BDO who support this Fund.
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Learning and Development
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At the end of the month we will be launching our new learning management system (LMS) HorizOnline, which will be going live in the Cairns office on Monday 30 January 2012.
Georgia Ford, from the National Learning & Development team, will be conducting two Webex training sessions, to introduce the program, and train how to use the system.
The two sessions will be held in our boardrooms on:
- Monday 30 January 2012 at 11am
- Wednesday 1 February 2012 at 11am
You should have by now received and accepted a calendar invite attend the training. If you are unable to attend either of these sessions, please advise Stacey or Courtney so that alternate arrangements can be made.
From 30 January 2012, all training bookings for local L&D, external L&D courses and national L&D programs will have to be made through HorizOnline. HorizOnline will also house all L&D calendars, upcoming modules and individual staff training registers, therefore attending the training is very important.
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Shared Services
Your Shared Services team is responsible for supporting all of the business units within BDO Nth Qld, BDO Nth Qld Private Wealth Pty Ltd and Outsource Management Pty Ltd.
Our team members are:
- Courtney Smallwood – Human Resources Assistant
- Frank McGoldrick – IT & Building Manager
- Karolina Borowiecka – Marketing Consultant (casual, currently on maternity leave)
- Kylie Laing – Senior Executive Assistant – Marketing & Shared Services (Mon, Tues & Fri)
- Mary Giorgio – Administration Officer (Debtors & Reception)
- Mary-Louise Parenza – Receptionist (Tues, Wed & Fri)
- Michelle Lowe – Administration Officer (Payroll & Creditors)
- Stacey Young – Human Resources, Marketing & Administration Manager
- Andrea Thompson from the Delaney team also assists our team, as back up for Michelle Lowe.
All of these people play an important part in ensuring that all of the day to day functions of our firm run smoothly, in order to ensure that all team members are equipped to focus on providing quality and efficient service to our clients. We meet regularly with the Partners and Directors so that we can stay in touch with the needs of each team, and are always happy to take questions/receive feedback from all team members.
Each month in the Focus newsletter, we submit an article “How we can help you” which focuses on a different function within the Shared Services team and how we can assist. Please feel free to also check out our various links on the intranet, which outline services, policies and processes within each of our areas:
https://intranet.bdo.com.au/shared_services/administration_cairns
https://intranet.bdo.com.au/shared_services/finance_cairns
https://intranet.bdo.com.au/shared_services/human_resources_cairns
https://intranet.bdo.com.au/shared_services/information_technology_cairns
https://intranet.bdo.com.au/shared_services/marketing_-and-_bd_cairns
Please contact any of the Shared Services team if we can be of assistance to you.
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Networking
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Growing business is an essential part of any company and networking plays an important part in this. Networking is about making connections and building up long-lasting relationships, the value of forming and also maintaining a solid circle of contacts is invaluable. There are many opportunities in the community to attend networking events to start building these relationships and attending these events will also help to build your confidence and communication skills.
Networking is not just relevant externally either, internal networking is also important in order to build up relationships with your co-workers and open up the communication channels. It is all about relationships, building them up and keeping them strong. Working together is much easier than going it alone.
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5 things you didn't know about...
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Kylie Laing
- I was born in Adelaide and lived in the Adelaide Hills (Hahndorf) for my first 5 years of life.
- I have 2 sisters – 1 in Townsville and 1 in Sydney who I would love to see more often. One is older and one younger (I am the poor middle child!!)
- I’ve lived in 12 different houses/units in Townsville – had some dodgy and some great flatmates. I am over moving house!!
- I am terrified of spiders and crocodiles.
- I love watching scary movies! Except for ones about spiders and crocodiles…
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Technical Considerations
You should have recently received an email with instructions on how to update your profile on the BDO Intranet. Please take the time to go in and update the details of your online profile.
If you cannot remember your password, click into the login area then click on “reset my password”.
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