Nabil Hossain

Executive summary

Nabil Hossain is a CFO Advisory Partner with BDO in Canberra. With more than 17 years of experience in delivering consulting and financial services to both the public and private sectors, Nabil offers a range of services designed to assist his clients to achieve their goals efficiently and effectively.

Nabil’s core focus is on Federal Government transformation, planning, funding and delivery. As well as defence capability planning, investment and costing. By leveraging strategic planning and financial expertise, Nabil assists government agencies to streamline their operations and enhance efficiencies. By leveraging his extensive experience and deep understanding of the unique challenges facing both the public and private sector, Nabil provides valuable insights and practical solutions to drive success and deliver measurable results for his clients.

Nabil is passionate about ensuring his clients feel supported and valued throughout their collaboration. He aims to create a positive impact for both government agencies and the Australian public, driving progress and fostering a more prosperous and well-functioning society.

Expertise

• Government funding and charging models 

• Investment planning 

• Budgeting and cost management 

• Complex cost estimation 

• Functional and efficiency reviews

• Business case development 

• Program and project management 

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation 

• Finance and corporate function improvement 

• Machinery of Government change implementation 

Experience

• Agency funding strategies: Led projects across a number of Federal Government agencies to conduct detailed analysis of the appropriateness of agency funding structures including consultation with portfolio and central agencies to seek stabilisation of funding levels or increased funding.
• Agency public program transformation investment: Led business cases supporting significant government policy objectives for the Department of Defence (multiple areas) and Federal Government Agencies. 
• Financial management and complex cost analysis: Led multiple projects across the Department of Defence managing and costing billions of dollars of Defence capability including developing financial management reporting, program finance management and cost assurance activities across multiple domains. 
• Charging and pricing reform: Led projects to review and develop charging models based on Activity Based Costing (ABC) and the Australian Government Charging Framework. 

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
• Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting
• Managing Successful Programs (Foundation)
• Member, CA ANZ.