Su Ling Ching

Executive summary

Su Ling is a Business Services Director at BDO in Melbourne. With over 14 years of experience and a strong foundation in tax and accounting compliance, she advises large, complex businesses and family groups. She helps them strengthen their finance functions and solve critical challenges with clarity and confidence.

She delivers tailored CFO advisory services, including BDO’s outsourced finance function solutions that encompass management accounting, reporting, budgeting and forecasting. Su Ling also leads finance function reviews, identifying and implementing optimal processes, procedures and team structures to support sustainable growth.

Before joining BDO, Su Ling worked across global and a variety of accounting firms, supporting clients with turnovers ranging from $1 million to $1 billion. This experience has equipped her with an understanding of the financial and operational demands businesses face at every stage of growth.

Expertise

• Outsourced finance function services
• Taxation compliance and advice
• Three-way forecasting and modelling
• Special Purpose and General Purpose Financial Reporting

Experience

• Advised an Australian energy retailer on a corporate restructure and provided tax and accounting compliance support along with ad-hoc tax advisory services.
• Completed a finance function review for the Australian team of a US headwear and apparel business.
• Served as virtual CFO for a UK based wholesale retail business for 12 months, reporting directly to the UK head office.
• Supported delivery as a facilitator in the Business Victoria Ready 4 Growth program, guiding Victorian businesses through growth challenges and helping them build strategies for long-term success.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Member, CA ANZ