Williams Partners Independent Audit Specialists

Established in 2000, Williams Partners Independent Audit Specialists is an accounting firm that specialises in the provision of audit and assurance services throughout Queensland and Australia and internationally.

We embrace the Quality Assurance ideals endorsed by CPA Australia. All our independent audit and assurance service engagements are conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.

He is also Consultant to WPIAS Training Academy Pty Ltd (trading as My Training Partner) which was established to provide compliance and client-specific training in audit and audit-related programs. Reg is a Director of Carbon Credit Corporation (C3) Pty Ltd, which offers environmental consulting and environmental audit and assurance services and he is a registered assurance provider under the Department of Climate Change's EITE scheme.

In addition, Reg is a Consultant to Auditflow Pty Ltd, a developer of audit software based upon the WPIAS audit methodology.

Qualifications and Registrations Held

• Bachelor of Commerce University of Queensland
• Certified Practising Accountant with CPA Australia
• Registered Company Auditor (No 165400)
• Accreditation with RABQSA to audit environmental management systems in accordance with the guidelines outlined in ISO 19011:2002 (AS/NZS ISO 19011:2003) and ISO 14001:2004.
• Registered assurance provider under the Department of Climate Change's EITE scheme
• Registered as a Contract Auditor with the Queensland Audit Office
• External Examiner – Law Society of New South Wales (External Examiner No: 1105)
• Member of SISFA (WPIAS is a foundation member of SISFA)

Representative Activities

• Member of CPA Australia's National Board Quality Review Committee, holding the audit and forensic services portfolios, which involved writing the QA review procedures for members of CPA Australia providing audit and forensic services (2000–2008).
• Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Committee Member – Gold Coast Branch, CPA Australia (1992–1996)
• Queensland Investigation Committee, CPA Australia, Qld Division (1996)
• ASIC Brisbane Small Business Liaison Committee (1998–2001)
• Represented CPA Australia in re-write of APS10 and compilation of GN3
• ASIC Queensland Liaison Committee (2004)
• Queensland Public Practice Committee, CPA Australia, Qld Division (1997–2004)
• Reviewer Training (Audit Issues) CPA Australia (2007)

Awards

• Inaugural Young Queensland CPA of the Year (1995)