Finance Groups Sydney

114th Superinvestors Gathering

**New Venue:** We've settled on a new venue for our meetup - **The Sporting Globe x 4 Pines at Barangaroo**. Please head towards the back of the bar where we have the area booked exclusively for our group! \*\*\* ✅Are you an advanced investor interested in listed equities? ✅Do you prefer fundamental driven approaches to throwing darts on a wall? ✅Do you want to be intellectually challenged and share your stock pitches with like-minded investors? Then this is the group for you. Welcome all equity investors to join our group of regulars for a chat, debate, or deep dive into specific stocks or themes of interest. Our group has been around for \~10 years and we have gone through the journey of becoming better investors together. Members regularly publish their own stock pitches, challenge each other's thinking, and share unique insights - all the while making lifelong friendships and having a laugh along the way. If this is something you'd like to be part of please come along! Unfortunately if you fall into any of the below categories this group may not be for you! ❌Crypto HODLer ❌Property Investor ❌Chart Technician ❌Macro Tea-leaf Reader ❌Greyhound Sperm Trader ❌Biotech Pump-and-Dump'ster Appreciate those who have an agenda to promote or sell something refrain from joining. \*\*\* Reading list - [http://bit.ly/2wODel2](http://bit.ly/2wODel2) \*\*\* **Contacts** Subodh - (zero)481-767-756 Jackson - (zero)424-005-069 Sayeed - (zero)469-618-186 Chris - (zero)432-602-534

Review your model: self-checking tips and tricks

Hidden Payroll Risks: What Your System Isn’t Showing You

*Nothing Obvious in the Reports. Hidden Issues in the System.* \*\*\* On the surface, everything can look fine. Payroll runs. Reports reconcile. Numbers balance. \*\*\* But recent underpayment cases across organisations like Coles, Woolworths, Apple and Merivale have shown something important: 👉 The issue isn’t always the rules 👉 It’s how those rules are applied inside payroll systems \*\*\* And that’s where risk quietly builds. Not in what you can see - but in how payroll has been configured over time. \*\*\* This session takes a different approach. We’re not revisiting legislation or summarising Awards. Instead, we’ll explore: • How Award rules are actually interpreted in practice • Where Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE) is commonly misclassified • How payroll systems apply (and misapply) these rules • Why reports often don’t reveal underlying issues • Where compliance risk is really introduced \*\*\* This is designed for: • Bookkeepers • Payroll professionals • Finance and HR teams • Anyone responsible for payroll accuracy and compliance \*\*\* 🍽 **Lunch session - fully catered (2 hours)** 📍 WOTSO North Sydney 🗓 28 May 🎟 Limited to 25 attendees \*\*\* This isn’t about adding more rules. It’s about stepping back and looking at payroll from a different angle. \*\*\* Because sometimes the real issue isn’t what’s visible… 👉 it’s what’s built into the system. \*\*\* There will also be an opportunity to continue the conversation after the session for those interested in exploring their own payroll setup in more detail. Early bird (until Friday evening on 24th April 2026): $79🎟 Standard: $97. Prices are plus GST. Email [askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au](mailto:askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au) for payment details

Beyond Numbers: Business Referral Network for Accountants, Bookkeepers, Planners

**Beyond Numbers Business Referral Network** for Accountants, Bookkeepers, Planners and Brokers is designed for business owners in the Accounting, Bookkeeping and Financial Services Industry to connect with likeminded finance professionals, build meaningful and authentic relationships in a positive and supportive environment. Business owners in accounting and financial services often struggle to find networking opportunities tailored to their industry. **Beyond Numbers Networking Events** are dedicated to bring together accounting and finance professionals who truly understand their unique challenges and provide a platform for them to build connections, and trusting relationships and explore potential strategic referral partners. At Beyond Numbers Business Referral Network, our primary goal is to foster authentic connections among business owners in the accounting and financial services industry. Our event aims to facilitate the formation of strong relationships based on shared values, interests, and experiences. #### **Who is it for:** * Accountants in practice * Bookkeepers * BAS agents * Tax agents and advisors * Commercial Lawyers * Financial planners and advisors * Mortgage brokers operate over 2 years * Insurance brokers #### **What to expect:** 6:00 pm - Doors open and welcome in to network 6:30 pm - Event start, intro and topic discussion 7:00 pm - Continue networking 7:45 pm - Event closes (Drinks and finger food will be provided) Please be on time, as there is no late entrance after 6:30pm. #### **Why Join Us?** Being part of an accounting and financial services community means you’re not alone on your journey. You’ll meet potential strategic referral partners who not only understand the unique challenges in the finance industry but also share your drive to grow and succeed. Together, you can exchange valuable insights, build trusted relationships, and uncover new opportunities to expand your client base. This community is designed to foster collaboration, offering peer support and expert connections to thrive in a competitive market. Join us to create meaningful connections, explore collaboration opportunities and secure lasting success for your business and beyond. PS: Participation certification can be issued for you to claim CPD hours with your industry body, if applicable. ##### **Event Photography Disclaimer** ##### ##### **By attending this event, you acknowledge and consent to being photographed and/or filmed. These images and videos may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to social media posts, website content, marketing materials, and future event promotion.** ##### ##### **If you prefer not to be photographed, please inform event organisers upon arrival and we will make every effort to accommodate your request.** ##### ##### **For questions about photo usage or to request removal of your image, please contact the event organisers.**

Inside Payroll: Where Things Can Go Wrong

**Inside Payroll: Where Things Go Wrong** *** Most of the time, payroll looks fine. The system runs. The reports balance. Nothing obvious stands out. *** But as we’ve seen time and time again… that doesn’t always mean it’s right. *** This is a relaxed session to step back and talk about what’s really going on inside payroll systems: • Where things can quietly go wrong • Why issues don’t always show up in reports • How the same rules can lead to different outcomes • What most people never think to check *** No heavy legislation. No technical overload. Just a practical, honest conversation about how payroll actually behaves in the real world. *** If you work in payroll, bookkeeping, HR or finance — or you’re responsible for getting payroll right — this will be a valuable discussion. *** Come along, grab some lunch, and be part of the conversation. Early bird (until Friday evening on 24th April 2026): $79🎟 Standard: $97. Prices are plus GST. Email [askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au](mailto:askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au) for payment details

Banking on Ai

**Banking on Ai** In this session, we discuss how Ai is making a difference to financial services. **Isharna Walsh, Head of Product & Design, Lorikeet** **Host/MC: Glen Frost** Why we invited Lorikeet Can AI support manage complex conversations and take high-stakes actions, grounded by strict AI safety and operational guardrails? Rather than giving AI open access to risky actions like cancelling customer accounts, can Ai use granular permissions and dynamic gating to enforce safe, auditable execution? AND inbound / reactive support is just one part of how Ai changes finance. Can Ai enable fintechs/banks to provide proactive, personalized engagement, moving into lifecycle marketing?

Connecting Business, Real Estate & Finance Professionals - Network

About **Novia Private** Network **Novia Private** is a Exclusive Private Network for Professionals and Decision-makers across **Business, Real Estate, and Finance.** It is designed to foster high-value connections, share market insights, and open doors to strategic collaborations. The network brings together **Brokers, Accountants, Lawyers, Real Estate Agent, Entrepreneurs, Developers, Investors, and Advisors** who are shaping the future of the industries. Whether you're expanding your Network, portfolio, growing your business, or seeking trusted partners, Novia Private offers a casual focused environment to ***connect, Referral, exchange business , ideas, and build lasting professional relationships.*** **Event Introduction** Welcome to tonight’s Novia Private Networking Event — an exclusive gathering of professionals from the worlds of **Business, Real Estate, and Finance**. This is more than just a networking session — it’s a space for genuine conversations, new perspectives, and shared ambitions. Whether you’re a business owner, developer, advisor, or industry professional, tonight is about building valuable connections with peers who understand your world. **Join us** in a casual focused environment to ***Connect, Referral, Exchange business , ideas, and Build lasting professional relationships.*** We’re excited to have you here and look forward to the opportunities and relationships that will grow from tonight’s event. Contact: lily@noviaprivate.com #BusinessNetworking #FinanceProfessionals #RealEstateInvesting #PropertyNetworking #SydneyNetworking #PrivateNetworking #ProfessionalNetworking #NoviaPrivate

Hidden Payroll Risks: What Your System Isn’t Showing You

*Nothing Obvious in the Reports. Hidden Issues in the System.* *** On the surface, everything can look fine. Payroll runs. Reports reconcile. Numbers balance. *** But recent underpayment cases across organisations like Coles, Woolworths, Apple and Merivale have shown something important: 👉 The issue isn’t always the rules 👉 It’s how those rules are applied inside payroll systems *** And that’s where risk quietly builds. Not in what you can see - but in how payroll has been configured over time. *** This session takes a different approach. We’re not revisiting legislation or summarising Awards. Instead, we’ll explore: • How Award rules are actually interpreted in practice • Where Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE) is commonly misclassified • How payroll systems apply (and misapply) these rules • Why reports often don’t reveal underlying issues • Where compliance risk is really introduced *** This is designed for: • Bookkeepers • Payroll professionals • Finance and HR teams • Anyone responsible for payroll accuracy and compliance *** 🍽 **Lunch session - fully catered (2 hours)** 📍 WOTSO North Sydney 🗓 28 May 🎟 Limited to 25 attendees *** This isn’t about adding more rules. It’s about stepping back and looking at payroll from a different angle. *** Because sometimes the real issue isn’t what’s visible… 👉 it’s what’s built into the system. *** There will also be an opportunity to continue the conversation after the session for those interested in exploring their own payroll setup in more detail. *** If you’ve ever had the thought: “Everything looks right… but how do I know it actually is?” This session is for you. Early bird (until Friday evening on 24th April 2026): $79🎟 Standard: $97. Prices are plus GST. Email askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au for payment details

Bitcoin Meets Wall Street

Join us as we unpack what Michael Saylor and Strategy are actually doing with Bitcoin, from corporate treasury models to products like STRK, leverage, and the growing financialisation of BTC. We’ll explore why institutions suddenly care about Bitcoin, what this could mean for adoption, and the deeper ideological tension between self-custody, capital markets, and the future of money. Please note: this will be the last in-person Women in Bitcoin Sydney session for some months as our host, El, will be out of the country. Please join while the opportunity is still here!! **Not financial advice, DYOR**

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SRE War Stories @ The Trade Desk

**Please sign up using Luma -** https://luma.com/x1w6wfli **SCHEDULE** **Lightening Talks:** Speaker 1: **Adam Mills Lead Staff Engineer @ The Trade Desk:** *How we migrated 500mil timeseries from Prom -> VictoriaMetrics* Speaker 2: **James Bustamante Site Reliability Engineer @ The Trade Desk:** *Hardware management tooling & the challenges of running your own datacenters* Speaker 3: **Zaeem Arshad Sr Staff Engineer @ BigCommerce:** TBC Speaker 4: TBC

Meet up with your analytics peers and chat

[RSVP via EventBrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-analytics-wednesday-jun-2026-tickets-1989904058606?aff=oddtdtcreator) **A playbook for operationalising LLM as a judge** *[Angelica Chowdhury](https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelicachowdhury/), Data Scientist and AI Safety Researcher* Shipping LLMs into production means you need to evaluate them at scale. But human review doesn't scale, and trusting a single LLM judge introduces its own failures: position bias, fluency over substance, unfaithful reasoning, and no fallback when the judge is wrong. Most teams reach for a quick LLM eval and call it done, without realising they've traded one black box for another. To address this gap, this talk will cover strategies for building evaluation pipelines with actionable implementation steps, when to escalate cases for human review, and how to know your judge is working. **When the Numbers Break: An Analytics Leader’s Incident Playbook** *[Andrew Pearce](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewwilliampearce/), Business Data and Insights Manager, Metcash* What happens when the numbers suddenly stop making sense? Data quality incidents are inevitable in complex organisations. A missing data feed, duplicated transactions, or broken pipeline can quickly undermine confidence in analytics and stall decision making across the business. This talk explores how analytics leaders can respond when the numbers break. Drawing on real-world experiences from enterprise retail environments, Andrew will share a practical playbook for managing data incidents: containing impact, communicating uncertainty, restoring trust, and turning incidents into stronger systems. Rather than focusing on technical fixes, the session focuses on leadership: how to maintain stakeholder confidence, keep decisions moving, and strengthen organisational trust in data. Attendees will leave with a simple framework they can apply the next time their data pipeline fails and the business asks the inevitable question: “Can we trust the numbers?” **What's this all about?** On the second Wednesday of every month the digital analytics community gets together for one or two short talks in an informal setting. There's lots of time for open ended discussion and to socialise. Plus there's free drinks! Open to anyone interested in digital analytics, we have people ranging from beginners through to analytics gurus and from marketing through to technical spaces, and everything in between.