Phil is Professor of Accounting and the Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at the UWA Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education. He joined the UWA Business School in January 2002 from Murdoch University where he was Associate Professor of Accounting. Phil has extensive experience in accounting education, the regulation of corporate financial reporting, international accounting and management in both the educational and private sectors.

Phil completed a BCom with Honours and a Master of Commerce by thesis at the University of W.A.

He is a Fellow of CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is an active member of the profession and makes presentations to members of both bodies. He was President of the Western Australian Divison of CPA in 2017. 

Phil has received more than one million dollars in research grants and published more than 40 articles in leading accounting journals and a number of chapters in books and has presented papers at national and international conferences. He is also the co-author of one of the biggest selling MBA accounting text books in Australia.

Phil provides consulting and training to a wide range of organizations in the private and public sectors where he draws on his expertise in financial reporting and analysis, corporate governance and the use of the balanced scorecard.

He has taught courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In 2003, Phil was awarded a UWA Excellence in Teaching Award for Postgraduate Coursework. In 2006 Phil received a national Carrick Institute citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. In 2013, Phil received an award for outstanding contribution to accounting and finance education in Australia by the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Phil has held senior positions at UWA, ECU, and Murdoch Universities. He was also a Director and Chairman of the University Credit Union for 10 years.

1. Adaptive learningg in accounting and thresholfd concepts. Working with Nikki Schonfeldt (UWA) and Jac Birt (UWA).

2. A second project is working on the teaching research nexus. The Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand provided $20,000 in funds. The final report has now been published and two journal papers using Australian and UK data have now been published. We are now working on a third paper using data from South Africa. I am working with Neil Marriott (UK) Angus Duff (Scotland) and we have now added Ilse Lube from South Africa.

3. A third study Phil is on The Usefulness of Online Learning for Accounting Education and one paper has been published. We are now submitted a second paper. I am workinG with Diane Mssoudi and SzeKee Koh..

4. A fourth project on the effectiveness of diverse group ssessment types in developing team work skills. With Jac Birt, Prerana Agrawal, Lyndie Bayne and Nikki Schonfeldt all from UWA..


Industrial Relevance

Definition of a not-for-profit entity for financial reporting purposes

Technical and non-technical skills for accounting graduates

Links with Industry
Woodside
CPA Australia
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Advanced Management Program


Collaborations with Other Institutions
Bryan Howieson (University of Adelaide), Marie Kavanagh (University of Southern Queensland), Jenny Kent (Charles Sturt University), and Irene Tempone (Swinburne University of Technology). “Accounting for the future: more than numbers”.
Mark Freeman (University of Sydney),Lyn Simpson (QUT) and Chris Sykes (University of Woolongong) , “Business as usual” projects.

Neil Marriott University of Winchester and Angus Duff University of the West of Scotland "Teaching and research nexus project."