About Finance

Finance Leadership Team

Stacey joined UNSW as Chief Financial Officer in March 2019. She had previously been with Deakin University in Melbourne for six years in various senior finance roles including Interim CFO, Director Strategic Finance Initiatives and Director Financial Resources Management. Stacey has more than 16 years’ experience in the Higher Education sector having also worked at the University of South Australia for ten years in finance, operations and marketing positions.

Stacey is a Chartered Accountant with extensive financial assurance and audit experience having worked at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has held a number of directorships on for-profit and not-for-profit boards.

Stacey holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing), a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Australia, along with a Graduate Diploma in Chartered Accounting from the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Organisational Chart

Finance Services

Financial Support

Function Leader: Urania Stamios

Financial Process & Technology - Sharon Post
Finance Analyst Support - Urania Stamios
Finance Helpdesk - John Bayas
Accounts Payable - John Bayas
Finance Services Team - Domenic Armenio
Accounts Receivable - Kavitha Peddi-Muralidhar

Manage accounts payable
Process customer billing
Manage accounts receivable
Purchases goods & services
Processes credit card expenses
Processes expense reimbursements
Financial Process & Technology

Financial Planning & Analysis

Director: Lynette Petrie

Finance Strategy & Planning - Monica Romero
Strategy 2025 - Stephanie Tucker
Group Management Reporting & Analysis - Lynette Petrie

Provide organisation-wide financial management strategy
Provide strategic management and commercial support
Student load planning, workforce planning, business case viability guidance
Provide advice on grant balances and treatment of any surplus/deficit
Prepare calculations to advise on total payroll costs for staff charged to research projects
Ensure timely billing of granting bodies
Ensure timely allocation of interest to projects where applicable
Preparation of finance reports for submission together with progress reports
Prepare budgets
Prepare forecasts
Perform non-research general accounting
Provide management reports & analysis

Treasury, Investments and Insurance

Director: Andrew Fellowes

Perform treasury activities
Perform insurance activities
Manage investments

Financial Control & Compliance

Director: Catherine Yeung

Group Financial Control - Catherine Yeung
Group Research Finance - Marie Saparamadu
Accounting Support Team - Payam Ahmadi

Performs statutory financial reporting
Manage policy, financial compliance
Financial process control
Provide specialist advice and support including tax
Manages financial data integrity
Manages tax compliance
Research Finance
Accounting Support

Faculty & Divisional Business Partnering

Senior Finance Business Partners:

STEM - Daniel Lipman
HASS - Joanne Herron
Divisions - Savvas Christou

Provide senior level business and finance advice to faculties and divisions
Oversee all elements of each faculty and division financials
Conduct financial modelling and analysis
Prepare budgets and forecasts
Provide management reports & analysis

Procurement & Travel

Director: William Bailey

Procurement webpage

Partner with the business to deliver procurement activity for value >$350k including:
- Phase 1- planning & strategy development
- Phase 2- approaching the market and evaluation
- Phase 3- entering into negotiations and recommend suppliers
- Phase 4- facilitate contract execution and handover to Accounts Payable
Responsible for travel procurement and operations across the University
Provide support and advice for activities <$350k
Establish competitive panels for staff to access prequalified UNSW suppliers
Provide access to prequalified suppliers through Government panel arrangements
Provide guidance on negotiations with suppliers <$350k
Develop contract management plans
Provide trend analytics for spend by category and supplier
Identify opportunities for sustainable practises and lead modern slavery supply chain initiatives

Business Support

Function Leader: Victoria Edwards

Manage the day to day operational activities of Finance
Provide a central point of support for all administrative processes
Support business activities by providing expertise across all professional service functions
Delivery of operational business planning and process improvement
Support workforce management and planning and capability development