Dr Sarah Osborne
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Accountancy
Biography
Dr Sarah Osborne is a Lecturer of Financial Accountancy and Corporations Law in the School of Accountancy. Her research focuses on private equity transactions and the complexities of the mergers & acquisitions regulatory environment. Sarah's other research and teaching interests include; insider trading and regulation, takeover bids, financial reporting, corporate finance and financial planning, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and corporate law & government regulation.
Sarah has worked for the Australian Government and private legal practice. In addition, she has taught in higher education for 13 years, teaching at Australian Universities including; The Australian National University, University of Queensland and Bond University. Sarah has a keen interest in blended-learning, ensuring a practical student learning experience. She collaborates with colleagues at QUT and around Australia.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Accountancy
Discipline
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Finance) (The Australian National University)
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (The Australian National University)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) (The Australian National University)
- LLB (The Australian National University)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Finance) (The Australian National University)
Professional memberships and associations
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member AFAANZ
Teaching
BSB110 Accounting
AYB200 Financial Accounting
AYB230 Corporations Law
AYN456 Business and Corporations Law
Experience
Senior Teaching Fellow (Bond University): Financial Accounting and Company Reporting (Undergraduate and Postgraduate - lecturer and coordinator).
Experienced Sessional Academic (The Australian National University): Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance (Postgraduate), Corporate Finance (Undergraduate), Financial Intermediation and Debt Markets (Undergraduate).
Sessional Academic (The University of Queensland): Financial Management (MBA program tutor), External Reporting Issues (Undergraduate), Financial Management (Undergraduate), Corporate Finance (Undergraduate).
Teaching Assistant (The University of Queensland): Financial Management (Undergraduate).
Associate Lecturer (The Australian National University): Financial Statistics (Postgraduate), Investments (Undergraduate), Principles of Taxation Law (Undergraduate,Tutorial Coordinator), Business Reporting and Analysis (Undergraduate, Tutorial Coordinator), Auditing (Undergraduate, Tutorial Coordinator).
Sessional Academic (The Australian National University): Business Reporting and Analysis (Undergraduate), Accounting Processes and Systems (Undergraduate), Auditing (Undergraduate).
Prior Real World Engagement
Continuity Capital Partners (Private Equity Investments)
Bradley Allen Lawyers (Commercial Law and Conveyancing)
Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department, Financial Services Group, Financial Management Branch (Strategic Financial Management)
Paralegal Youth Law Centre ACT
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC Internship)
Selected publications
- Osborne S, Hogarth K, (2021) Mind the gap: the reality of remote learning during COVID-19, Accounting Research Journal, 34 (3), pp. 323-334.
- Osborne S, (2020) Abnormal returns and asymmetric information surrounding strategic and financial acquisitions, Accounting and Finance, 60 (4), pp. 3991-4030.
- Osborne S, (2019) The asymmetric private information mask: Informed trading in takeovers.
- Osborne S, Katselas D, Chapple L, (2012) The preferences of private equity investors in selecting target acquisitions: An international investigation, Australian Journal of Management, 37 (3), pp. 361-389.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Sarah, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- AFAANZ and Wiley 2019 Peter Brownell Manuscript Award for the article "Abnormal returns and asymmetric information surrounding strategic and financial acquisitions". The Peter Brownell Manuscript Award is awarded to the best article published in the Accounting and Finance Journal for that year.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- AFAANZ 2018 Best Paper Award (Finance Other) - "The Asymmetric Private Information Mask: A Comparative Analysis of Private Equity Bids and Tender/Merger Offers".
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- FIRN Women in Finance Conference: Runner Up for Best Pitch for "Riding the regulation wave: The cost of private equity regulation".
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- AFAANZ ECR Grant ($5,000) for the research project "FinTech and Private Equity: A revolution or demise of investments?".
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- AJM Grand Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for Organizational Strategy and Management. Attendance grant ($1,000).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- A Textual and Visual Analysis of Reporting Practices of Modern Slavery Risks in Business Operations and Supply Chains
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ellie Chapple - Quarterly reporting as a disclosure method of financial information for listed firms in Sri Lanka
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Pamela Kent, Professor Julie-Anne Tarr - Corporate environmental sustainability and firm-specific risks: An examination of the association of environmental performance and proactivity with stock illiquidity, credit risk, and political risk
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Elisabeth Sinnewe, Professor Ellie Chapple