Kylie Meaney

Executive summary

Kylie Meaney is a Partner in our CFO Advisory team, based in Brisbane. She is known for combining technical accounting expertise with strong commercial judgement and clear communication, taking a practical approach that focuses on what matters most to her clients.

Kylie supports organisations through complex scenarios, including transactions, audit readiness and remediation, and financial reporting transformation. She helps clients interpret and apply Australian Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), ensuring outcomes are technically sound while also workable from a commercial, systems and process perspective.

Her work helps organisations strengthen their financial reporting foundations and build finance functions that are aligned to their operational and strategic priorities. Kylie is known for delivering clear, actionable advice which improves reporting quality and gives leadership teams confidence in their financial position.

Expertise

• Technical accounting advisory across Australian Accounting Standards, IFRS and US GAAP, including application to complex transactions and contractual arrangements
• Audit readiness and financial reporting support for organisations preparing for transactions, listings or regulatory scrutiny
• Audit remediation and finance function stabilisation, particularly following system implementations or complex transactions
• Accounting policy development and implementation, including process improvements to strengthen governance, controls and reporting quality
• Transaction support including financial due diligence, structuring considerations and post-transaction integration into finance functions
• Sustainability and financial reporting advisory, including assessment of disclosure processes, governance frameworks and financial impacts
• Dispute, litigation and regulatory support on accounting matters, including contract disputes, regulator engagements and financial investigations.

Experience

Transaction and capital markets support

• Renewable energy entity - Supported a NASDAQ listing, including conversion of financial statements to US GAAP and ongoing finance support
• Infrastructure public private partnerships (PPP) - Provided structuring and transaction support from bid stage through to implementation, including establishing financial reporting frameworks and policies for joint venture participants.

Public sector accounting advisory

• Government entities - Delivered audit readiness and remediation support, including accounting for complex transactions such as PPP’s, joint ventures and infrastructure investments, as well as whole-of-government financial reporting impacts.

Financial reporting and remediation

• ASX-listed entity - Supported the restatement of financial statements, including remeasurement and reclassification of costs, liaison with auditors and audit committee, and implementation of strengthened accounting policies and processes.

Regulatory, dispute and advisory

• Legal and regulatory matters - Supported dispute resolution and investigations by assisting with regulator engagement and strengthening disclosure practices
• Sustainability reporting - Assisted organisations in understanding and implementing sustainability reporting requirements.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Queensland University of Technology
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Queensland University of Technology
• Chartered Accountant and Member, CA ANZ.