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Nigel Finch

Nigel Finch

MCom (UNE), LLM (TJSL), MBA (Macq), PhD (Syd), Dip Fin Mkts (SIA), MFP, CPA, CA, FFin, FTIA, FAICD
Academic Director, Master of Management / CEMS MIM
nigel.finch@sydney.edu.au

Room 537
H69 - Economics and Business Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 4616
Fax: +61 2 8080 8381

Dr Nigel Finch researches in the areas of creative accounting, security valuation, mining, asset impairment, and financial disclosures made under the application of fair value accounting principles.

In particular, his research has examined the contemporary practice of goodwill impairment testing under IFRS, and the compliance quality of the underlying assumptions and resulting financial disclosures. In this area, he has completed a PhD in Business Law and published more than 50 scholarly articles contributing to the debate on accounting quality in jurisdictions that have adopted IFRS.

Dr Nigel Finch is the founding editor of the Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance which commenced publication in 2006, and was awarded a B quality ranking by the ARC in the 2010 ERA ranked journal list. He is also a co-author of Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Pearson Education, 2010) and Best Practices in Management Accounting (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

At the University of Sydney Business School, he is the Academic Director of the Master of Management and the CEMS Master's in International Management (MIM). Prior to joining the University of Sydney Business School, he was a lecturer in management at Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), where he was also Director of Admissions, Director of the Centre for Managerial Finance and a Visiting Fellow.

Prior to joining academia, he worked as a financial controller for both public and private companies, operating in the manufacturing, entertainment, media and financial services industries, and subsequently as an investment manager specialising in Australian growth stocks for institutional investment funds.

Dr Nigel Finch is a Certified Practising Accountant, a Chartered Accountant, and an adviser to several businesses and industry groups in Australia and Asia. He is a member of the Business Council of Mongolia, the peak advocacy group promoting increased trade and investment in Mongolia, an associate director at corporate advisory firm Beerworth + Partners, and a director of several private companies.

His academic qualifications include degrees in accounting, business and law and a doctorate in business law. His professional qualifications include membership of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is also a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, the Taxation Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Editorial Boards

External Links

Reviewer

  • Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting
  • The Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research
  • The Journal of Law and Financial Management
  • Journal of Intellectual Capital
  • Australian Accounting Review

Research Expertise

  • Financial Reporting and Financial Statement Analysis
  • Debt and Equity Funding in Emerging Markets
  • Asset and Security Valuation
  • Goodwill Impairment Testing
  • Corporate Finance

Research Interests

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