In 2017, Mina began her tax career
at Grant Thornton Australia LLP as an undergraduate during her final years
whilst studying at University of Queensland. After completing her bachelor’s degree,
she transitioned into a tax advisor within the Corporate Tax team. Across the 7
years at Grant Thornton she developed her knowledge and skillset across tax
compliance, tax reporting, audit of tax and tax advisory for international
businesses.She
has worked across various industries with a focus on energy and resources,
technology and construction.
Further on, Mina primarily focused
on Mergers & Acquisitions on both domestic and international businesses.
This involved buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence; share purchase agreement
reviews; corporate restructuring; cash tax modelling; capital structure and
refinancing; working with clients in obtaining tax warranty and indemnity
insurance and assisting multiple businesses with the tax aspects of getting
“IPO” ready.
As Mina established herself within
the Mergers & Acquisition space, she gained experience within the Corporate
Finance, Transaction Advisory team based in Sydney at Grant Thornton. She
processed and analysed financial and non-financial data to extract information
to illustrate key business drivers and performance indicators. She worked with
key stakeholders including lawyers, shareholders and company directors and
managed the deals from the start to end. This involved enterprise to equity
value bridge; calculations of working capital, net debt, historical performers
and share purchase agreement reviews.
In 2023, she further expanded her
practise by joining Grant Thornton’s London based International and Corporate
Tax team. Mina particularly assisted with Australia inbound and outbound transactions
which commonly included sell-side tax due diligence; tax structuring;
international tax and cross boarder planning.
Mina is a qualified Chartered
Accountant and a member of the Australian Tax Institute. She graduated from
University of Queensland with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, majoring in Accounting.