13/05/2024
CooperAitken
We are Waikato based Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors.
With offices based in Morrinsville, Matamata, Thames and Hamilton and a 100 year plus history of excellence and service, we have all your business needs covered.
Our diverse range of partners, industry experience and specialist skills make us the perfect accounting firm for your business.
Accounting is our core and when it comes to business compliance, we’ve got you covered! But what we’re most passionate about is guiding your business to success, finding innovative solutions and efficient processes, and helping you reach your goals.
Work with our team and together, we can help your business thrive!
Rory Noorland – Chartered Accountants and Partner
Having studied both law and accounting, Rory discovered he had an interest in tax-related issues early in his career with a Big Four accounting firm before he joined CooperAitken in February 2010. In recent years, he has developed his tax specialty, sitting on a Chartered Accountants Committee (the National Tax Liaison Committee), which meets with Inland Revenue to advocate for changes in the tax system, raise concerns, and act as a sounding board for new initiatives.
The combination of his law and accounting degrees gives Rory the skills to analyse his clients’ issues from a number of outcomes. He works with clients to achieve positive outcomes, help them prosper, and obtain positive results.
He believes his role is first to provide services so clients can focus on what they’re passionate about, rather than carrying out core compliance activities. He also aims to give them knowledge about where their business is going, what they want to achieve, and how to get there. He is particularly proud of his work with Milktech, a startup company that he provided guidance to. When he isn’t helping clients with tax issues or working with the National Tax Liaison Committee, Rory can be found enjoying football and golf. He is the treasurer of Melville United, where he is a third-generation club member. He also coaches his sons’ football teams.
Amy Coombes – Chartered Accountants and Partner
Amy is based in both our Morrinsville and Hamilton offices.
She is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of accountancy experience (10 of those years with CooperAitken) in a variety of roles across Agri Sector, Business Advisory, Management Accounting, Tax Investigation and Governance.
While the majority of Amy's career has been spent in Accountancy Public Practice, what sets her apart from other Accountants is her drive and determination to work with her clients on looking beyond their numbers and the story they tell.
Amy has a large Agri client base and previously has had many years’ experience in running her own 650 cow dairy farm in Taupiri.
Working with her clients on growing their business often starts with a 2-4 hour planning session where we work on an Annual Plan and from there the business can grow. Often business owners are reluctant to take the time out to work ON there business but when they do the feedback is always positive and we start a journey of working towards time, mind and financial freedom.
As a member of the Institute of Directors Amy has an appreciation and understanding of what outstanding governance looks like which is essential to any business no matter the size and becoming more and more important in an ever changing fast paced world.
