Linke Niemandt

Executive summary

Linke is a Director in CFO Advisory in BDO’s Perth office, supporting organisations with financial reporting advisory, external audit support and technical accounting matters. She helps finance teams navigate complex accounting requirements, strengthen reporting capability and address the practical challenges that arise across business-as-usual reporting and change programs.

With over 15 years’ experience across South Africa and Australia, Linke brings a pragmatic, collaborative and outcomes‑focused approach. Drawing on experience spanning external audit, financial reporting advisory and financial accounting, she works with organisations of varying size and complexity to uplift statutory reporting, improve governance and controls, and build confidence in finance processes and reporting outcomes.

Expertise

• Financial reporting advisory and statutory reporting uplift
• Technical accounting support (A‑IFRS / Australian Accounting Standards)
• Audit readiness, remediation and year‑end support
• Asset capitalisation and componentisation (including policy and process design)
• Financial statement preparation and disclosure support
• Finance function optimisation, controls and capability uplift (including training)

Experience

Linke supports clients across government and the broader public sector, utilities, financial services and not‑for‑profit organisations. Her experience includes:

• Advising WA Government agencies and government trading entities on complex accounting matters, audit readiness, year‑end support and remediation programs
• Designing and updating accounting policies, toolkits and guidance to improve consistency, compliance and practical application across finance and operational teams
• Supporting utilities and infrastructure‑adjacent organisations with asset accounting (capitalisation/componentisation), service concession considerations and other balance sheet impacts
• Providing on‑call technical accounting and financial reporting support, including disclosure options, benchmarking and reporting redesign
• Advising on transaction and restructure scenarios (including not-for-profit/common control considerations).

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance
• Chartered Accountant, CA (SA)
• Associated member, CA ANZ
• Member, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).