Sydney Finance Leaders’ Meetup: The Shift to a Smarter, Faster Close
Join us at this financial close automation event in Sydney for insights and networking opportunities. A practical, finance-led discussion on how financial close automation and AI are improving visibility, assurance, and confidence in the numbers, before the close even begins.
Event Snapshot
Date: Tuesday 25 November 2025
Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm (AEDT)
Venue: Swissôtel Sydney
Audience: CFOs, Financial Controllers, Finance Managers, and close/reconciliation process owners
Drinks & canapés will be served.
The Close Is Only as Fast as Its Visibility
Most close delays aren’t caused by the final sign-off, they originate upstream where reconciliation effort, exception handling, and manual matching consume time and attention. Teams aren’t slow; they’re buried in process.
This meetup explores how leading finance teams are reshaping the close by creating earlier clarity, reducing rework, and improving control before pressure hits the deadline window.
Why attend?
See what’s working in modern finance
Learn how automation is increasing visibility and eliminating manual follow-up across reconciliation-heavy processes.
Faster close through better accuracy
Discover how lifting assurance upstream results in smoother downstream review and faster close cycles.
A practical demonstration
Watch how intelligent reconciliation surfaces exceptions early and provides actionable transparency for Financial Controllers and CFOs.
Connect with peers over drinks & canapés
A relaxed networking environment to share practical experience, compare approaches, and gain real peer perspective.
A more confident close doesn’t start at month-end, it starts with visibility. Join us for a practical, finance-led conversation on building accuracy earlier in the process.
Hosted By
This meetup is hosted by Trintech, the global leader in financial close automation, and proudly promoted by GK Horizons (Trintech Partner).
About GK Horizons & Adra by Trintech
GK Horizons is a trusted partner in financial automation, helping organisations modernise their processes. Adra by Trintech is a leading reconciliation & financial close software solution that enables faster, safer, more transparent month-end outcomes. More info on Adra.
GK Horizons: Adra by Trintech Certified Implementation Partner. We’ll support your close.
Speakers:
Claudia Pirko
Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific Trintech Adra
Responsible for driving growth, customer success, and partner engagement across the region. Claudia’s a seasoned leader with over 25 years in the software industry, Claudia has worked with some of the world’s most recognized vendors, including Workday and SAP.
Georgina Woolf
Senior Solutions Consultant, Trintech Adra
Responsible for discovery workshops, delivering tailored solution demos and proof-of-concepts. With over 15 years in large-scale finance transformations at a Big 4, Georgina recently moved into the software industry, bringing deep expertise in financial close to help organisations achieve speed, accuracy, and control.
Michael Nicholson
Senior Account Executive, Trintech
Michael has many years of experience assisting organisations through finance transformations. He brings a practical, outcomes-focused approach to helping mid-sized organisations adopt automation and regain valuable time for more strategic work.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8.30 am | Breakfast and Networking |
| 9.00 am | Key Challenges in Financial Close and Solving them |
| Trintech Adra Deep-Dive - Automation & Reconciliation | |
| Linking financial close with planning | |
| Live demo | |
| 10.30 am | Close |
