Mark Oliver

Executive summary

Mark is a Risk Advisory Partner with BDO in Brisbane. He is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years’ experience providing risk and compliance management, operational, and financial audit services to a diverse range of public and private sector clients. Mark’s expertise in liaising with project stakeholders and analysing project data has consistently helped project owners save significant costs by highlighting areas of contract non-compliance, as well as opportunities for enhanced project delivery efficiency.

His key focus is coordinating and delivering a range of financial and alliance audit services to various clients managing cost reimbursable, collaborative, or alliance projects.

Mark provides guidance and support to his team during fieldwork. His level of contract auditing experience contributes significantly to positive client outcomes.

Expertise

• Pre-award advisory and reviews on reimbursable and collaborative contracts
• Alliance financial audits
• Contractual interpretation and application
• Internal audit (financial, compliance, operational, and contract auditing)
• Data analysis
• Process mapping and modelling
• Risk management
• Compliance management
• Project assurance

Experience

• Numerous technical and independent financial audits for large state government departments and agencies
• Independent audits over a collaborative delivery contract for an energy company
• Claims reviews on collaborative agreements for multiple major infrastructure projects
• Establishment audits and ongoing quarterly financial audits over two major infrastructure projects for a very large local council
• Ongoing claims reviews over multiple major programs of work for local and state government entities.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Finance)
• Master of Business (Professional Accounting)
• Chartered Accountant and Member, CA ANZ