Elizabeth Blunt

Executive summary

Elizabeth is a Partner in BDO’s Audit & Assurance team in Melbourne, and is our National Not-for-Profit Lead. She has extensive external audit experience working across a diverse range of industries, and specialises in the not-for-profit industry.

Elizabeth helps her clients meet their reporting obligations, while adding value to the audit process. She builds strong relationships to ensure audits are performed efficiently to meet reporting deadlines. Elizabeth is highly organised, relationship-focused, and has strong project and team management skills.

She provides her not-for-profit clients with guidance and expertise based on her strong understanding of the key operational and financial drivers that are unique to the sector. Elizabeth applies her in-depth understanding of the accounting standards impacting not-for-profits to ensure financial statement compliance.

Expertise

• Audit and assurance services
• Auditing large complex groups
• Grant acquittal audits
• Agreed-upon procedure engagements
• Preparing statutory financial reports

Experience

Not-for-profit

Audits of:

• Social service organisations which receive government grants
• Medical research institutes with grant-funded research projects
• Independent schools
• Membership organisations, including four years in Washington DC specialising in industry association audits
• Charities and foundations which receive significant donations and bequests.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
• Registered Company Auditor
• Chartered Accountant and Member, CA ANZ

Professional engagements and activities

• Lead, BDO Not-for-Profit Industry Focus Group.