Craig Jenkins smiles at the camera

Craig Jenkins

Partner, Audit & Assurance

Financial Services | Manufacturing & Wholesale | Natural Resources

Executive Summary

Executive summary

Craig is a Partner in BDO’s Audit & Assurance team in Brisbane. He works closely with clients to help them achieve solutions and meet ongoing regulatory and financial reporting requirements, while appreciating the greater challenges their businesses face.

Expertise

  • External audit
  • Special investigations
  • Investigating accountant’s reports
  • Technical accounting advisory

Experience

  • Lead auditor for Australian-based multinationals
  • Component auditor for overseas-based multinationals
  • Audit engagements for publicly listed and large proprietary companies, and government and public sector entities
  • Financial services sector experience, including engagements for responsible entities and managed investment schemes, credit unions/authorised deposit-taking institutions, Australian financial services licensees, non-excluded superannuation funds, mortgage and property funds for both retail and wholesale investors, and equity and infrastructure funds 
  • Working with a range of basic to sophisticated (‘Industry 4.0’) manufacturers of products ranging from food to mining machinery in multiple jurisdictions, addressing all of the opportunities and challenges facing cross-border manufacturing
  • Extensive natural resources sector experience, working with a number of junior explorers and mine owner/operators in various minerals, metals, and gases, as well as businesses servicing and supplying the sector, including two major port owner/operators.

Qualifications and affiliations

  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Registered Company Auditor
  • Justice of the Peace (Qualified)
  • Member, CA ANZ
  • Member, AICD

Professional engagements and activities

  • Director, BDO Australia Limited; Chair, Risk Management Committee; and Member, Audit Committee and Nominations Committee
  • Member, St Patrick’s College School Advisory Council and Chair, Finance Committee.