Finance Groups Sydney

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.**

Is This Company Any Good? — A Live Valuation Workshop

## Is This Company Any Good? — A Live Valuation Workshop Think of a company you’d like to understand better. Once you RSVP, please nominate one company in the comments. I’ll choose one from the nominations before the event and walk through how I would analyse it step by step. In plain English, we’ll look at the business model, financial statements, profitability, cash flow, debt, valuation and key risks — with the aim of learning how to think clearly about whether a business is high quality or not. This is an educational workshop only. It is not personal financial advice, and we won’t be making buy/sell/hold recommendations. The goal is to learn the process of business analysis so you can think more clearly about businesses and investing. All levels of experience are welcome. ## After the workshop: drinks and open discussion After the company analysis, we’ll stick around for drinks and a relaxed discussion about investing, personal finance and getting ahead financially. Bring whatever questions or topics are on your mind — how to start investing, the big tax changes, property versus shares, ETFs, super, budgeting, risk, or anything else finance-related. The aim is to create a friendly group of like-minded people who want to learn, share ideas and make better long-term decisions with money. **Cost:** $10 cash or PayID on the day.

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.

How to buy property like a buyers agent - avoid costly mistakes while buying

**Property, Finance & Networking Casual Catch-Up — Parramatta (RSL)** If you have an interest in **property, finance, or simply meeting good people**, come along for an informal catch-up at Parramatta RSL. This is a relaxed setting with **no agenda and no presentations**—just genuine conversation, networking, and sharing ideas with like-minded people. 📍 **Venue:** Parramatta RSL 🗓 **Date:** Tuesday, **24 June 2026** 🕠 **Time:** **5:30 PM** ✅ **RSVP:** Text **0452 511 372** (name + number of attendees) “You become the average of the people you spend the most time with.”

TechWalking - Sydney - Networking Event for Tech Professionals

**TechWalking is here to stay in Sydney!** 🌊🚶‍♂️A huge thank you to our co-hosts — Nitta, Ankisha, Hima, Vishal, Jade, and Francesco — for making it happen! Are you a tech professional looking to network beyond the screen? Join us for a refreshing **#TechWalking** event along the stunning Royal Botanic Garden! It’s the perfect chance to connect with industry peers while getting in some steps! Whether you're in software development, cybersecurity, data science, or any tech-related field, this is the perfect opportunity to expand your network in a relaxed setting. 🌅 **Meeting Point:** Archibald Memorial Fountain, Hyde Park 🏖 **Route:** 4 km walk through the Botanical Garden to the Sydney Opera House 🕙 **Start Time:** 10 AM sharp—don’t be late, or you might have to sprint to catch up! Check out the photos from the last event in Sydney: https://www.meetup.com/it-career-in-australia/photos/35710580/ And video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6_-ZET00I8 **Please note:** unfortunately, dogs aren’t allowed in the Botanical Gardens. A bit sad, we know 🐶💔 Looking forward to meeting you all in real life! *** Join the TechWalking group on LinkedIn! [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/) Just moved to Australia? Grab your FREE guide to landing your tech job! [https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/](https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/) Follow me on LinkedIn for more information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-martens/ Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ITCareerinAustralia

Panania Social Pickleball

Hi, we have a group of people of all levels who come down every Tuesday and Thursday 10am - 12pm. Great way to meet new people and enjoy some Pickleball. Cost: $5 If need to hire equipment please msg in advance cost $5. thanks

GDG Sydney Meetup June 2026

GDG Cloud Sydney is back for a meetup this June!  Join us for an evening of exciting technical talks, community connections, and knowledge sharing. Come Hire! The meetup allocates 10 minutes to people seeking technical jobs or with open roles at their company. If you’re hiring or job hunting, this is your chance to connect with the community. 👉 This meetup is in-person only. There are no plans to stream the event. Partners This meetup is organised in partnership with Mantel Group. They harness technologies that transform business operations in the real world. With capabilities spanning Cloud, Data, Digital and Security, they merge emerging technologies with innovative design and industry expertise to enhance your business. With deep technical specialisation and as a leading Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud partner, the depth and breadth their solutions offer is unparalleled. Mantel Group is your partner for end-to-end digital transformation. Ranked in Australia's top 10 Best Workplaces by Great Place To Work Australia for four years in a row, Mantel Group is people-focused and upholds strong values. Their culture champions trust, empowerment, and diversity with a lean structure emphasizing collaboration, direct communication, and equity. Dented Code teaches coding skills that you need to become a full-stack developer and help you advance your career, pursue your dream job, or enjoy the freedom of life as a freelancer. – Learn more on their website. We will also give out two 1-year subscriptions from JetBrains to any of JetBrains' IDEs in a raffle. Winners can choose from tools like IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm, WebStorm, Rider, and more. Talks The Self-Curation Engine - Anupam Phoghat Data arrives from disparate sources with inconsistent schemas to our warehouse. To solve this, we present a serverless Cloud Run agent that uses the Gemini API to automate schema mapping. Triggered by new data, the agent compares raw schemas to a BigQuery target and dynamically generates the required SQL or Dataform transformations. This talk highlights how AI automates the most manual parts of data engineering: schema maintenance and logic generation. About the Speaker - Anupam Phoghat Anupam Phoghat is a Google Developer Expert, Google Ambassador for AI/ML, and Founding Director of Core-X Consulting — a Google Cloud Partner in Australia. With deep expertise in GCP, platform engineering, and AI-driven transformation, he's also an international speaker, author, and course creator known for simplifying complex ideas through storytelling and delivering real-world impact. An Introduction to Android XR - Gabriel Bernardo Pereira About the Speaker - Gabriel Bernardo Pereira Gabriel Bernardo Pereira is a Lead Software Engineer and AI Engineer with 20+ years of experience in Android and mobile technologies, having worked with companies like Optus and Medibank. As the founder of Mob Studio and current engineer at Dronnr App, he brings real-world expertise building AI-powered mobile solutions - and a genuine passion for sharing knowledge with the developer community. Event Schedule 5:30pm - Event doors open 5:45pm - Introduction and hiring connect (5 mins for each group, every participant gets up to 1 min) 6:00pm - Talk 1: The Self-Curation Enginer — Anupam Phoghat 6:45pm - Talk 2: An Introduction to Android XR — Gabriel Bernardo Pereira 7:15pm - Raffle for 2 JetBrains IDE licenses and 2 programmable tickets 7:45pm - Event end Agenda --- Speakers Gabriel Bernardo Pereira Anupam Phoghat - Core-X (Founder) I am a seasoned IT professional with years of experience in the field. I have extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and currently hold many professional level Google Cloud and other industry certifications. I am also certified in Kubernetes, and have a deep understanding of the core concepts of Kubernetes. I am passionate about sharing my knowledge with others by activel… Hosts Kunal Ostwal - GDG Sydney (Organiser) Gary Lou - GDSC USYD (AI/ML Technical Lead) Bachelor of Science (Data Science) and Bachelor of Laws at The University of Sydney. Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-gdg-sydney-meetup-june-2026/.

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Building the Future with RAG Using Gemma4 & Antigravity 2.0 - Supported by Mongo

Disclaimer A ticket does not guarantee entry; entry is first come, first served. Bring your laptops; this is a hands-on event. We're here to help: If you have physical, learning, or accessibility requirements, please reach out via <mranocchiari@google.com> 📚 What we'll cover Join us for an exciting hands-on workshop where you'll learn 'How to build a full local RAG using Gemma4, Voyage 4 Nano, and Local Atlas.' We're thrilled to have Jinu VM, MongoDB Sales Engineering Leader guide this informative session. But that's not all!Brett Morgan, Google Developer Relations Engineer, will elevate your learning experience as he leads you through 'Building with Antigravity 2.0,' showcasing interactions in AI studio. He’ll cap it off with an awe-inspiring antigravity demo using both GUI and command-line tools. Excited to find out more? 🌟 Why Attend? Architect a 100% Local Enterprise AI Stack: Learn how to engineer a local Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using cutting-edge models and infrastructure, including Gemma 4, Voyage 4 Nano, and Local Atlas. Master Cross-Platform Automation with Antigravity 2.0: Get a hands-on deep dive led by Google's Developer Relations team, mastering how to orchestrate AI Studio interactions using both GUI workflows and rapid command-line tools. Network with Google & MongoDB Architects: Build alongside the experts, troubleshoot your architectural bottlenecks and discuss production deployment strategies face-to-face with Solution Architects from MongoDB and Google. 🤝 What's required? A Google account Basic coding experience Your laptop for the best experience Agenda --- Speakers Brett Morgan - Google Australia (DevRel Engineer) Brett builds samples, codelabs, documentation and other fun things to encourage developers to use Flutter and Dart to the fullest. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, he has worked across the entire range of companies from Australia’s largest bank to secretive startups. His interests include all things technical, from mastering Sous Vide cooking in the kitchen to embedded programming on the RP 204… Jinu VM - MongoDB (Sales Engineering Leader | Pre-sales Solutions Architect) Cross APAC Sales Engineering player-coach leader / first line manager with 5+ years experience building, developing , leading high performing sales/solution engineering teams. Sendbird: Pitch newer platforms on Generative AI like Smart Assistant (GPT Bot), Agent assistant, Salesforce connector chat , AI-driven moderation. Nurture the team of sales engineers in APAC( helping customers build the… Host Matthew Ranocchiari - Google (Community Manager) Community Developer Manager for Australia & New Zealand Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-building-the-future-with-rag-using-gemma4-amp-antigravity-20-supported-by-mongodb/.

SydJS: Engaging Developers

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Women in Projects Australia presents: Ai Prompt-a-thon

Kick off 6pm for Nibbles and networking. Welcome at 6:30pm and then dive into our session. Bring your laptops / computers / tablets and we will share the prompts we have been using well (or not so well) with each other and lift our Ai game, enabling us to better us Ai as a tool. Beginners to experienced people may join!

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