A focused course, tailored for you
Australian Consulting Director Account Pattern
An integrated account pattern for Big4 Australian Directors in 2026: customer-cohort framework, AICD-aligned customer relationship cadence, multi-year retainer engagement structure, Big4 differentiation framework.
Big4 Australian Directors work the account director gates where the customer asks the integrated account question. The course delivers the integrated playbook.
$199 one-time
Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.
Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.
Why this course
Directors at the firm Australia and peer Big4 firms work the account director gates where the customer's transformation sponsor asks the integrated account question: how does the firm hold across the customer's portfolio of EU CSDDD, EU AI Act, EU CSRD, APRA CPS 230, APRA CPS 234, AICD director-duty framework, and Australian Privacy Act 1988 reform. The default Director response reconstructs the answer for each customer. The Director time burns. The account director sees fragmented architecture work.
The course delivers the integrated account pattern. The Australian customer-cohort framework. The AICD-aligned customer relationship cadence. The multi-year retainer engagement structure. The Big4 differentiation framework. The customer-side governance integration. The customer-side workforce integration. The customer engagement structure. The practice positioning framework. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built playbook for your account mix.
The 12 modules
Module 1. The 2026 Australian Big4 Director landscape
Walkthrough of the 2026 Australian Big4 Director landscape. The the firm Australia Director profile. The the firm Australia Director profile. The the firm Australia Director profile. The the firm Australia Director profile. The competitive landscape across Australian Big4 firms. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence and the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework.
Module 2. Australian customer-cohort framework
Build the Australian customer-cohort framework. The financial services cohort variant. The energy and utilities cohort variant. The retail cohort variant. The public-sector cohort variant. The healthcare cohort variant. The infrastructure cohort variant. Plus the worked example for the Director's typical Australian customer-cohort profile.
Module 3. AICD-aligned customer relationship cadence
Build the AICD-aligned customer relationship cadence. The customer-side director-duty framework. The customer-side director-attendance framework. The customer-side director-briefing framework. The customer-side director-decision framework. The integration with the customer's existing AICD-aligned governance framework. Plus the worked example for a typical Australian customer relationship cadence.
Module 4. Multi-year retainer engagement structure
Build the multi-year retainer engagement structure. The customer-side strategic-plan integration framework. The customer-side multi-year engagement framework. The customer-side retainer pricing framework. The customer-side renewal framework. The integration with the customer's existing programme-management cadence. Plus the worked example for a typical Australian customer multi-year retainer.
Module 5. Big4 differentiation framework
Build the Big4 differentiation framework. The the firm Australia practice alignment story. The the firm Australia practice alignment story. The the firm Australia practice alignment story. The the firm Australia practice alignment story. The customer-honest positioning for each. The where-the-practice-wins-and-where-it-does-not framing. Plus the worked example for a customer who has evaluated a Big4 alternative.
Module 6. EU CSDDD overlay
Build the EU CSDDD overlay. The customer-side supplier-due-diligence framework. The customer-side complaint-mechanism framework. The customer-side remediation framework. The customer-side reporting framework. The integration with the customer's existing procurement cadence. Plus the worked example for an Australian customer's first CSDDD-aligned posture.
Module 7. EU AI Act overlay
Build the EU AI Act overlay. The customer-side AI use-case taxonomy. The customer-side EU AI Act high-risk classification framework. The customer-side conformity-assessment framework. The customer-side post-market-monitoring framework. The integration with the customer-side AI governance framework. Plus the worked example for an Australian customer's first EU AI Act-aligned posture.
Module 8. APRA CPS 230 overlay
Build the APRA CPS 230 overlay. The critical-function identification. The impact-tolerance setting. The severe-but-plausible scenario set. The third-party-service-provider framework. The integration with the customer's existing operational-resilience programme. Plus the worked example for an APRA-supervised customer's first CPS 230-aligned posture. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework and the reference pattern from peer customer organisations.
Module 9. Australian Privacy Act 1988 reform overlay
Build the Australian Privacy Act 1988 reform overlay. The customer-side privacy framework integration. The customer-side notifiable-data-breach framework integration. The customer-side cross-border data-transfer framework integration. The integration with the customer's existing OAIC engagement cadence. Plus the worked example for an Australian customer's first Privacy Act reform-aligned posture.
Module 10. Customer-side governance integration
Build the customer-side governance integration. The customer-side strategic-planning committee integration. The customer-side audit committee integration. The customer-side risk-management committee integration. The customer-side compliance committee integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical multi-committee governance cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework and the reference pattern from peer customer organisations.
Module 11. Customer engagement structure
Build the customer engagement structure. The discovery phase. The diagnostic phase. The transformation phase. The sustainment phase. The renewal conversation. The customer-side programme-governance committee integration. Plus the worked example for a 12-month customer engagement and the pricing framework. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework and the reference pattern from peer customer organisations.
Module 12. Your 10-week build plan
Week by week. Weeks 1-2: landscape and Australian customer-cohort framework. Weeks 3-4: AICD-aligned customer relationship cadence and multi-year retainer engagement structure. Weeks 5-6: Big4 differentiation framework and EU CSDDD overlay. Weeks 7-8: EU AI Act overlay, APRA CPS 230 overlay, Privacy Act reform overlay. Weeks 9-10: governance, customer engagement structure. Deliverable: an integrated Australian Big4 Director account pattern ready for the next account director gate.
How this addresses your situation
Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.
Customer cohort → Module 2.
AICD-aligned cadence → Module 3.
Multi-year retainer → Module 4.
Big4 differentiation → Module 5.
EU CSDDD → Module 6.
EU AI Act → Module 7.
APRA CPS 230 → Module 8.
Privacy Act reform → Module 9.
Who it is for
For Directors at Big4 Australian firms, principal Directors at peer Big4 Australian firms.
Who this is NOT for. Pure non-Australian Big4 practitioners. Practitioners with no Director-level context.
How it arrives
Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built playbook.
Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of build effort across the 10-week plan.
Why $199 is the right number
External Australian Big4 Director enablement programmes charge from 100,000 to 500,000 AUD. 199 USD buys the focused playbook and the implementation document for your account mix.
FAQ
Does this cover the New Zealand Big4 Director adjacency?
Module 1 covers NZ adjacency.
What about Singapore Big4 Director adjacency?
Module 1 covers Singapore adjacency.
Does this cover Hong Kong Big4 Director adjacency?
Module 1 covers Hong Kong adjacency.
What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?
Account pattern tuned to your account mix.
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