Jenifer is a qualified and experienced accountant and a Fellow of CPA Australia. She has worked with the ATO as a tax auditor, an internal auditor, and a Branch Accountant, and has held Senior Executive positions with responsibility for Finance and Auditing Policy and Research at the QAO. Prior to joining Proximity, Jenifer was a Director of Alliance Consulting Group, and undertook a number of major assignments reviewing costing and pricing arrangements, user charging, outsourced service arrangements, and financial sustainability and governance. In addition to multiple procurement projects where extensive internal cost and external pricing modelling and analysis has been undertaken, Jenifer has also completed consulting assignments which included cost modelling for the APSC, the Department of Home Affairs (formerly Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs), National Measurement Institute, and the NZ Department of Internal Affairs.
Experience
Jenifer is an experienced consultant with expertise in organisational planning and transformation, governance and business performance, financial strategy and management, procurement, and people strategy and management. She has completed many consulting assignments for many Federal and State government agencies including Workforce Planning Reviews, Learning and Development Reviews, Costing and Pricing Analysis for User Charging Arrangements, and Financial Analysis and modelling for complex procurement projects. Prior to joining Proximity, Jenifer was a Director of Alliance Consulting Group with over 20 years of consulting experience, and before that, was an Assistant Auditor-General with the Queensland Audit Office. Jenifer is an FCPA, with additional HR and Taxation Law qualifications, and she also holds Team Management Profile and Linking Leader Profile accreditations from Team Management Systems. Jenifer lives on a farm with her family, is a passionate permaculture farmer and gardener, creates woven art works and bespoke fabrics using alpaca fibre, and can occasionally be found behind a keyboard in an impromptu band!
Education
Foundations of Human ResourcesCharles Sturt University, 1995
Diploma of Taxation (post graduate)University of Central Queensland, 1991
Bachelor of CommerceUniversity of Queensland, 1986
Diploma of Arts (Music Composition)Queensland Conservatorium of Music, 1980
