Nicole Berkhout

Background

About Nicole Berkhout

A highly competent CFO, empowering people leader with a breadth of experience in accounting and operations across a diverse range of sectors. I specialise in driving business success through strategic analysis and impactful partnerships, ensuring long-term sustainability and robust governance. Guided by a people-oriented mindset, I am committed to fostering trust, high standards, and a collaborative team culture. My diverse experience spans global corporations to small local business operators, not-for-profits and community organisations. I consistently seek to streamline systems and processes to realise efficient, measurable and sustainable results while ensuring strong governance is maintained and organisational objectives are achieved. I am a confident communicator who invests time in understanding the organisation, it's vision, and unique challenges. Solutions-driven, I simplify complex information to facilitate informed organisational decision making, while ensuring business objectives are achieved and financial sustainability. I excel at building strong collaborative relationships and fostering high-performance teams. Throughout my career as a leader, I have implemented sustainable change, mentored others, and empowered teams to achieve their goals and help organisations realise their vision. Driven by my passion for building communities, I am motivated to seek opportunities in not-for-profit and purpose driven organisations. In addition to my professional experience, I have engage in rewarding volunteer work, including the Cycling Without Age project, Ronald Mc'Donald Children's Charities, children's yoga teacher, and gymnastics coach. These experiences have allowed me to make a meaningful and lasting impact on others' lives. By combining my people and finance skills, I've been able to contribute to the ongoing success and sustainability of these projects, with a focus on creating positive, heartfelt connections in the community.