We’ve launched a new Property Advisory division. Discover more.

About
  • About us

    BG Private is an AFR Top 100 accounting, audit, and advisory firm.

  • Our history

    We have a proud 45-year history. Learn more about our journey here.

  • Our purpose statement

    Discover our client service ethos, and the philosophy that drives us.

  • Need a guest speaker?

    Our experts can present on a range of topics. Find out more here.

Services
Services for businesses
  • Accounting & Business Advisory

    Discover how our accounting and advisory services can help your business grow and reach its goals.

  • Audit & Assurance

    Find out how we can assist you with your audit, assurance, and statutory reporting requirements.

  • Tax Advisory

    Learn how we can answer your complex tax questions with our specialist insights and advice.

  • Corporate Advisory

    Find out how our strategic and operational involvement can help your business maximise its value.

  • Private Equity

    Learn how we generate healthy returns for investors by backing ambitious SME founders.

  • Property Advisory

    Discover how we can help maximise your property portfolio with insights, strategy, and transaction support.

  • Bookkeeping

    See how our bookkeeping services can help your business run smoothly so you can focus on growth and profitability.

Services for individuals
  • Accounting Services

    Discover all the ways we can help you navigate and optimise your tax matters.

  • Tax Advisory

    Learn how we can answer your complex tax questions with our specialist insights and advice.

  • SMSF Management

    Discover how we can help with the administration of your Self-Managed Super Fund.

  • Financial Planning

    Find out how we can help you reach your financial goals.

Specialisations
Industries
Business types
  • SMEs

    Learn how we partner you along your journey to help you create a thriving business.

  • Not-for-profits

    Learn how we can help with your accounting and audit needs so you can focus on helping others.

  • Family businesses

    Discover how we can help you every step of the way as you build a legacy-leaving family business.

  • Australian businesses overseas

    We can help you navigate the exciting process of expanding overseas.

  • Foreign companies in Australia

    We can help you set up and run your operations Down Under.

Our People
Insights
  • Articles

    Read the latest BG updates and interesting articles from our expert advisors.

  • Case studies

    See examples of how we have helped clients to learn how we can help you as well.

  • Video & podcasts

    Get the latest insights from our experts on a range of topical money matters.

  • Events

    Discover our upcoming events including webinars, in-person events, and fundraisers.

  • Resources

    Check out our helpful info sheets, tools, and websites.

Careers
  • Why choose us

    Find out how we can help grow your career, and learn about our rewards and benefits.

  • Current opportunities

    We are always looking for talented people! Browse our vacancies and apply today!

  • Recruitment process

    We like to make the recruitment process as seamless as possible. Learn more here.

  • Experienced professionals

    Find out why BG Private is a great place for seasoned professionals.

  • Graduates

    Apply what you’ve been learning to real-world cases – launch your career with us!

  • Interns

    If you’re studying Accounting, kick-start your career with an internship at BG Private.

Pay Invoice
Contact
Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher

  • Partner | Audit & Assurance
  • Melbourne
Download bio brochure

Originally from the UK, Andrew Fisher trained as an auditor at a top-tier accountancy firm in Manchester. He relocated to the south-west for several years as Audit Manager at another highly-respected UK firm, and then emigrated down under in 2002. Joining BG Private that same year, he set up the firm’s Audit & Assurance division from scratch and remains the head of this division.

Since 2002, the division has grown significantly under his guidance and leadership, now boasting two dedicated audit partners and almost 20 highly specialised full-time team members.

Andrew Fisher has cultivated the division’s philosophy of remaining friendly and approachable while always maintaining high ethical standards. The team is known for its collaborative approach, working through any issues with clients to arrive at a mutually agreeable position. Clients appreciate continuity of staffing on audit engagements from year to year, and Andrew seeks to retain some of the best local practitioners in the industry.

Andrew was drawn to the analysis and problem-solving aspects of a career in audit and assurance, and his meticulous and detail-oriented nature help give clients confidence that material issues will be addressed.

Andrew prefers to remain directly accessible at all times for meetings and discussions, including attendance during the audit fieldwork. He ensures this ethos is mirrored by his team.

With his extensive experience in corporate audit and the NFP sector, Andrew has a strong interest in policy matters, and consumer and community support. He is also the firm’s quality assurance partner and focuses on ensuring that high ethical and audit quality standards are maintained throughout BG Private.

Andrew also sits on BG Private’s Advisory Board, which oversees the firm’s long-term strategy.

Outside the office, Andrew enjoys all manner of word games, and has competed successfully at numerous national and international Scrabble tournaments (he was runner-up in the 2011 World Championship). He was champion of Letters and Numbers season 1, and also enjoys solving and setting tough cryptic crosswords.

Andrew is the chair of the Melbourne branch of ICAEW, and on the board of the ICAEW Australasia Strategy Advisory Group (IASAG) and Mortgage Stress Victoria. With an interest in progressive politics and social justice, he has also served as honorary treasurer of Melbourne Queer Film Festival as well as national and international Scrabble associations.

Contact Andrew Fisher on +61 3 9810 0700 or

Qualifications

  • MA (Hons) from Oxford University in Classical and Modern Languages
  • ASIC Registered Company Auditor (number 306364)
  • Registered Superannuation Auditor (number 100056997)
  • Registered Solicitor’s Trust External Examiner (number A0001868)

Memberships

  • Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Highly regarded in

  • Corporate audit including AFSL engagements
  • Trust account audits
  • Financial accounting and reporting formats and disclosures
  • Business valuation services
  • Due diligence engagements
  • Business systems and controls analysis
  • Grant acquittal assignments
  • Forensic and litigation support
  • Company secretarial matters and corporate governance

Specialisations

  • Strong not-for-profit audit and assurance expertise, with a number of high-profile arts and heritage clients, systems and standards bodies and other entities
  • Expertise in AFSL audit and compliance review
  • Trust account expertise including solicitors, real estate and others