Pavan Sakaraja

Small Business Specialist / Client Manager (South West)

Professional profile

I am a Chartered Accountant and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand with a Bachelor in Business majoring in Accounting. I’m also currently working towards completing the Chartered Tax Advisor qualification with The Taxation Institute of Australia.

I have over 8 years of experience in providing business advisory and taxation services to small to medium Australian businesses. During that time I consider myself lucky to have been mentored by highly skilled professional advisers in Business & Tax Advisory divisions of a number of well-respected accounting firms including my current mentor, Duncan.

Throughout my career, I have always focused on small businesses, as I believe that they are the backbone of our economy and I believe I can make a real difference to their owners.

I am well aware of the trials and tribulations business owners go through to make their enterprise a success.

Therefore strive to be a part of those success stories by contributing my hard-earned skills and knowledge to help them achieve their financial and lifestyle goals successfully.

Personal profile

I spend most of my free time with my family and friends. My wife and I have a little son who manages to keep us on our toes.

I love the natural beauty of Australia and love exploring the national parks, deserts, billabongs and waterfalls, whenever I get a chance.

After earning my bachelor’s degree and working for a couple of years in Melbourne, I thought that it was time to explore the outback of Australia.

I was so excited when I received a job offer from a highly respected national firm in their Darwin Office. I lived in the Northern Territory for 4 years just so that I could explore Kakadu, Litchfield, Katherine, Alice Springs and Uluru. My wife and I are proud to say that we have been to almost all the water falls, springs and national parks in the NT that one can think of, including a couple of croc-jumping cruise trips!

My wife and I made the decision to move to WA as we always wanted to settle in here due it’s peaceful communities & natural beauty. It’s also home to my spiritual and meditation mentor, a buddhist monk based in a forest monastery in Serpentine.

We continue to enjoy our little nature adventures throughout the South West and its surrounds whenever we get a chance.