Meet Our Team

Tim Goonan

Director

Tim Goonan is a Registered BAS Agent and a Certified Practising Bookkeeper.  He was raised on his parents’ dairy farm in South West Victoria, attended local primary and secondary schools then later undertook tertiary education at Control Data Institute in Melbourne, Deakin University at Warrnambool, Geelong and Melbourne followed by The University of Melbourne at Melbourne then later The Gordon TAFE at Geelong.

Education

• TAE40122 – Certificate IV in Training and Assessment at The Gordon TAFE
• Master of Commercial Law at the University of Melbourne
• Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University
• Associate Diploma of Applied Science – Technology Management at Deakin University
• Diploma of Programming Technology at Control Data Institute Melbourne

Employment

Legal Industry

• Practice Manager – 17 years – at a Melbourne metropolitan law firm with three suburban branch offices and one Melbourne CBD office. When he joined the firm, the IT systems at each of the branch offices were all running independently with no integration. He oversaw the integration of IT throughout the organisation, set up and maintained remote access and assisted with the implementation of virtualisation across all servers, workstations, and telephony. From 2017 and until he left the firm in early 2021, he remotely managed the legal practice from his home on the Bellarine Peninsula 4 days per week and attended the Melbourne Metropolitan Head Office 1 day per week.

• Office Manager – 8 years – at a regional law firm during which time he assisted the Partners negotiate 2 separate mergers ultimately resulting in a doubling of the firm from 30 employees to 58 employees.

Dairy Industry – 2 years – Administration Manager – managing a regional boutique biodynamic cheese manufacturer.

Timber Industry – 5 years – Administration Manager – managing a regional treated pine manufacturing business.

Banking Industry
International Banks– 13 years – various appointments including:

• Micro Computer Systems Coordinator – EDP department – Sydney Office with responsibility for the implementation of microcomputer systems Australia wide.
• Head of Department – General banking – Melbourne Office

Australian Banks – 5 years – various appointments in Melbourne Metro & CBD and regional Victoria including:

• Victorian Relieving Staff.
• Teller.
• Ledger Examiner.
• Batch clerk.

With over 50 years combined experience in the Legal, Dairy, Timber and Banking industries, he has developed extensive knowledge, skills & experience in Business Management, Human Resources, Information Technology, and General Administration. 

Barbara Douglas

Director

Barbara was raised on her parents’ large grazing property which she subsequently managed in South West Victoria.

Education

• Secretarial certificate Stotts Business College

Employment

Health Industry
Administration Co-ordinator – Mental Health Education Team – 13 years – at a major regional Health Service based in Geelong. Her duties included:

• Providing support for both Clinical Placement Providers and education Providers in the use of Placeright which is a web based program for the input of placements of students in the mental health sector.
• Providing secretarial, IT, clerical and receptionist support to the various team members of the Education Team including managing their outlook calendars.
• Liaison with Tertiary Institutions and other stakeholders for organization of mental health undergraduate placements, including rosters, correspondence, invoicing and entering data into Placeright.
• Planning, advertising, taking bookings and invoicing for courses both internal and external including ASIST, Mental Health First Aid and various other courses.
• Coordination and booking attendances at conferences and staff training including registration, flights and accommodation for all staff within the Team.
• Setting meeting agenda and taking minutes for team meetings.

Administration Reliever – Mental Health – 2 years – at a major regional Health Service based in Geelong.

Legal Industry
Various appointments at a range of regional law firms including:

• Deeds Clerk – 4 years.
• Personal Assistant – 4 years.
• Personal Assistant / Accounts and Mortgage manager – 3 years.
• Personal secretary / Co-Manager of mortgage practice – 4 years.

Livestock Industry – 8 years – Office Administrator at a regional Stock & Station Agent.

Various appointments including:

• Implement, teach and manage a new bookkeeping system to staff in branches located throughout Victoria and Southeast South Australia.
• Manage rental register.
• General accounts invoicing and account sales.
• Held a sub-agent’s licence for sale of real estate.
• Managed a travel service for clients.
• Handled all client enquiries and general office duties.

Grazing & wool growing Industry – 40 years – hands on primary production experience.

• Throughout her adult life, Barbara continued working on her parents grazing farm and gradually acquired a financial interest in the farm leading on to overall management of the property until it was sold in 2008.

With over 50 years combined experience in the Health, Legal, Livestock, Grazing & wool industries, she has developed extensive knowledge, skills & experience in Business Management, Human Resources, Information Technology,
and General Administration.