Maria Attard
Maria joined the corporate accounting team at KPMG Malta on a full-time basis in 2014. Over the years, she continued to grow and expand her knowledge, amassing a vast portfolio of local and international clients. She has assisted with the bookkeeping and the preparation of statutory financial statements of various clients across diverse industries such as financial services, gaming, shipping, property investment, professional services, pharmaceuticals and holding companies. Maria is proficient in applying both the local default accounting framework GAPSME as well as IFRSs as adopted by the EU. She has also assisted clients with the restatement of financial statements from foreign GAAP to GAPSME or IFRS, as the case may be, either as a result of redomiciliation to Malta or for consolidation purposes. She has worked hand in hand with professional advisors in order to devise and implement various restructuring plans put forward by clients. Over the years, she has worked on different types of accounting software, always seeking to use that which best suits the client. She helped clients to implement and ease into new accounting systems whilst making sure that the transition process runs as smoothly as possible. Apart from accounting related support services, Maria also offers advice on VAT related issues and assists clients with their VAT compliance obligations. Occasionally, Maria delivers technical training on VAT and accounting matters, both within KPMG and externally, to clients and with other learning institutions.