Dr Victoria Jane Clout | UNSW Research

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Accounting, auditing and accountability, Corporate governance, Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement

Biography

Dr Victoria Clout

Senior Lecturer

School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation - CA - PhD, Queensland University of Technology | BBus (Honours) Queensland University of Technology

About Victoria

Dr Victoria Clout

Senior Lecturer

School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation - CA - PhD, Queensland University of Technology | BBus (Honours) Queensland University of Technology

About Victoria

Victoria has a demonstrated track record of working on high quality research projects within the areas of corporate governance, financial accounting and corporate finance. She is a PhD qualified academic, with analytical skills, a track record in high quality research design, accounting knowledge, and extensive experience in active learning. Victoria's research investigates decisions of executives and managers about firm accounting information and disclosures which are relied upon by capital markets participants in making decisions. The aim of this research is to provide evidence for investors and other users of financial statements about the influence of these choice on the disclosures with a view to protecting a fair and transparent disclosure regime. Victoria's research has relevance to the accounting industry, market regulators and investors. Victoria is an Associate Editor of: Accounting & Finance; and Accounting Research Journal. She is the social media engagement manager for The Australian Journal of Management and Accounting & Finance. Victoria's current teaching interests include financial accounting, corporate accounting, financial accounting theory and financial statement analysis.

Teaching and Supervision

Current Courses Taught

ACCT1511 Accounting and Financial Management 1B

Previous Courses Taught

ACCT3563 Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis

Honours Thesis Supervisions

2014 - Yan Ni Ng - Title: "IFRS Adoption, Value Relevance and the Market-to-Book Ratio"
2007 - Nilan Gandhi - Title: "Earnings Management in Emerging and Compliant Australian Firms"
2007 - Glen Reeve - Title: "Executive Incentive Portfolio and Firm Performance"

My Grants

2019: UNSW Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation Summer Research Grant, $8,214
2016: University of Sydney Business School Pilot Research Grant Scheme $10,000 (with Neal Arthur)
2011: AFAANZ Research Fund Grant (with Andrew Ferguson) $5,000
2010: AFAANZ Research Fund Grant (with Larelle Chapple) $9,277
WA Business School Research Development Grant (with Ann Tarca) $13,500
2009: AFAANZ Research Fund Grant (with Ann Tarca) $6,969
UWA Business School Business Research Development Grant (with Ann Tarca) $9,783
2007: UQ Business School New Staff Research Grant (completed) $11,000

My Qualifications

2007 PhD in Accounting, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Investigating the relationship between market values and accounting numbers for Australia listed companies. Supervisor: Professor Roger Willett.
2002 Bachelor of Business with First Class Honours in Accounting, QUT

My Awards

2020 UNSW Higher Education Heroes Award
2020 UNSW Business School - Values in Action Award
2018 Best Paper Prize Ball & Brown (1968) stream AFAANZ conference prize for: “Components of other comprehensive income and analyst forecasting behaviour”
2017 Women in Wealth Awards, Best Accounting Lecturer, Wealth & Finance International.
2016 Best Pitch paper prize FIRN Conference International Journal of Managerial Finance (IJMF) for: “Before the door is closed: Backdoor listing firms’ corporate governance and performance”
2015 The People’s Choice Award UNSW Business School’s eLearning Showcase on presentation of “Redesigning a Large First Year Course for Active Learning”.
2013 Australian School of Business Teaching Excellence Award for Outstanding Technology- Enabled Teaching Innovation
2007 Nominee for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award QUT.

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

corporate governance

value relevance

Areas of supervision

I am interested to supervise HDR students in research that investigates decisions of executives and managers about firm accounting information and disclosures which are relied upon by capital markets participants in making decisions. The aim of this research is to provide evidence for investors and other users of financial statements about the influence of these choice on the disclosures with a view to protecting a fair and transparent disclosure regime.

Current Courses Taught

ACCT1511 Accounting and Financial Management 1B

Previous Courses Taught

ACCT3563 Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis

Honours Thesis Supervisions

2014 - Yan Ni Ng - Title: "IFRS Adoption, Value Relevance and the Market-to-Book Ratio"
2007 - Nilan Gandhi - Title: "Earnings Management in Emerging and Compliant Australian Firms"
2007 - Glen Reeve - Title: "Executive Incentive Portfolio and Firm Performance"

My Teaching

1 July 2011 - current Undergraduate introductory financial accounting - ACCT1511 Accounting & Financial Management 1B
2012-2013 - Undergraduate financial accounting 3rd year course - ACCT3563 Issues in Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis

Lecturer-in-Charge: 2013-2015; and 2019-2020 - ACCT1511 Accounting & Financial Management 1B

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