Technical Services Team

The Technical Services Team has many functions, including:

Providing member support on technical financial reporting, management accounting, audit and non-assurance accounting issues;
Working with key stakeholders, including the External Reporting Board, Financial Markets Authority, International Accounting Standards Board, Global Accounting Alliance and others that impact our profession
Keeping members up to date by generating thought leadership articles on technical accounting issues
Making submissions on policy, and provides input on other accounting-related issues
Providing technical accounting education by organising and delivering webinars, seminars and branch events
Working closely with our committees including the Corporate Sector Advisory Group, Public Practice Advisory Group and Professional Standards Board to identify and respond to issues of interest.

Technical Services team updates

May 2012 update

April 2012 update

March 2012 update

February 2012 update

Technical assistance

NZICA assists members in finding solutions to current technical challenges they may be facing. The service aims to provide support in the areas of financial reporting, audit and assurance, and management accounting. NZICA members may contact the Technical Services Team at technical@nzica.com for assistance.

Terms and conditions of assistance

The objective of NZICA providing members with technical assistance is to help members solve technical matters themselves by providing them with, or helping them to access, relevant and useful information.

Technical assistance will not involve the provision of professional judgement. Therefore, we do not provide advice on technical matters nor do we provide opinions regarding whether accounting positions supported by members are in agreement with NZ IFRS (or any other generally accepted accounting practice in New Zealand or internationally).

The service is available to full members of NZICA at no additional cost.

Whilst every effort is made to provide sufficient information to enable members to resolve technical matters themselves, no guarantee is made that the information provided is sufficient for this purpose. Members are advised to obtain additional information from other sources, including where possible from other members. Responses to technical queries reflect NZICA staff views in light of the context and information provided by the member and, therefore, do no reflect the official view of NZICA.

Every endeavour will be made to respond to the request for assistance within two business days of receiving the request. NZICA reserves the right to not provide technical assistance in cases where it believes it to be inappropriate to do so.

Other technical support

NZICA members are also able to access technical resources and advice relating to tax and professional support.

Team members

The Technical Services Team is lead by John Hodge and comprises of three technical accounting specialists and an administration manager. Selected details of the team’s work are provided in the tabs adjacent.

		John Hodge CA, Director Technical Services John has spent 14 years in public practice working for a Big Four firm in New Zealand, Canada and more recently Italy. His experience includes audits of large multi-national corporations, NFPs and privately held SMEs (including the use of US GAAP, IFRS and ISA PCAOB audit standard), IFRS consulting, due diligence, internal audit and internal control advisory.
		Dr Michael Fraser, Management Accountant Specialist Michael joins NZICA from Victoria University where he researched and lectured in a range of accounting subjects at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
		Lucy Hickman CA, Financial Reporting Specialist Lucy has returned to the workforce after maternity leave. Before that she was CFO at Trade Me for two years.
		Zowie Murray CA, Audit and Assurance Specialist Zowie has spent five years in public practice. She started her career with a Big Four firm in the UK, working on assurance engagements, and gained the ICAEW Audit Qualification, along with her CA. She immigrated to New Zealand in February 2010 with her husband.
		Nadia McCartin, Administration Manager Nadia’s role is to provide administrative support to the team and associated advisory groups.