Sarah D'Arcy

Executive summary

Sarah is an Audit & Assurance Partner with BDO in Canberra. With a relationship-driven approach, Sarah acts as a sounding board to founders and executives, offering external insights that support strategic growth while ensuring audit processes are smooth and minimally disruptive to daily operations.

Sarah specialises in audit and assurance services, helping clients meet financial compliance and reporting obligations. Offering valuable perspectives on internal controls, processes and performance, enabling organisations to operate with clarity and confidence.

Sarah works across a range of sectors, with experience in private businesses and not-for-profit organisations. She has experience auditing listed entities, joint venture developments and purpose-driven organisations, bringing a broad understanding of complex reporting environments and stakeholder needs.

With over 19 years of experience, Sarah delivers high-quality, low-impact audits and strategic advice that supports long-term success.

Expertise

• External audit and financial statement audit
• Assurance services, including agreed-upon procedures and compliance engagements
• Strategic risk advisory
• Board governance advisory
• Risk, controls, and process advisory
• Construction
• Infrastructure
• Education
• Transport & logistics
• Industry associations
• Manufacturing
• Agriculture and food processing

Experience

• Large multinational privately owned groups - Performed audits for groups including ports, garden centres, shipping and ferries. Collaborated closely with management and global teams to streamline processes, reduce duplication, and deliver high-quality audits.
• Listed multinational organisations - Navigated the complexity of multiple shareholders, accounting standards and regulatory requirements to perform audits. Partnered with local and global management teams to streamline accounting policies, processes, and reporting to minimise GAAP differences.
• Large developments - Partnered with stakeholders and local management to ascertain reporting requirements and policies. Conducted audits of commercial projects with multiple phases of development and jurisdictions, led engagements working within multiple reporting obligations, regulations and year ends.
• Not-for-profit organisations - Conducted audits for organisations operating both commercial and for purpose activities. A trusted advisor for management and boards, offering perspective on strategic opportunities and risks. Ensuring audits are seamless and minimally disruptive, enabling business operations to continue uninterrupted.
• Strategic risk advisory - Collaborated with organisations to identify their strategic priorities and the risks in achieving those priorities.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting
• Bachelor of Applied Finance
• Chartered Accountant, CA ANZ
• Certified Public Accountant, CA ANZ
• Registered Company Auditor, Australia
• Registered Company Auditor, New Zealand