Maria Nicolaou

Maria Nicolaou

Maria Nicolaou is a seasoned audit and assurance professional with more than 20 years of professional and extensive experience in advisory and leadership roles. Maria’s career started back in 1997, and she commenced employment with KPMG in Cyprus, back in 2000 and served as a Director in KPMG until 2017. As an Assurance Director, she was heading the Audit and Assurance and Global Financial Outsourcing Departments and ensuring ISQC1 compliance. Maria manages financial reporting, budgeting, project engagements, and client satisfaction, and she works on European projects with the UN and European Commission. She oversaw financial reporting, project management, and business development, and audited public companies across various sectors. Maria has wide experience in designing and conducting internal trainings pertaining to professional topics such as IFRS, ISAs, Audit methodology, ISQC1, CaseWare working papers and other related subjects having strong technical skills in IFRS, auditing standards, and regulatory frameworks. She is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (FAAT), a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and a Member of the Auditing Standards Committee of ICPAC.