Dr Lucy Ferdous

Dr Lucy Ferdous is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting at the University of Leicester. She received her Ph.D. in Accounting from La Trobe University in Australia. In before she completed her MPhil in Accounting and Auditing and PGCHE (Higher Education Teaching and Practice) from the University of Sydney Australia and also holds MBA in Finance.  Her research interests cover several research streams in financial accounting including capital market, analysts, disclosure, earnings management, auditing, and the links of financial accounting with sustainability, climate risk, CSR disclosures, performance and assurance, corporate governance, and executive power. Dr Lucy has experience working in both academia and industry. She is a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ) member and ACA, ICAEW, UK. Her teaching experience includes financial accounting, financial statement analysis, contemporary accounting issues, corporate governance, corporate financial reporting and analysis, research dissertations in accounting and finance, and auditing at both Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA levels. Prior to that, she worked at Charles Sturt University, La Trobe University, The University of Sydney, and the University of South Australia. She is an accomplished accounting and finance professional, equipped with 12+ years of experience working locally and internationally in fast-paced, dynamic enterprise industries, including Bank, NGOs, Research Institute, and Big4 audit firms.

Published Research Paper

1) Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2023), An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality, ABACUS (upcoming).

2) Ferdous, L.T., Kamal, K.M.M., Ahsan, A., Hong Thuy Hoang, N., Samaduzzaman, M. (2022) An Early Warning System for Currency Crises in Emerging Countries. Journal of  Risk and Financial Management, 15 (4), 167. 

3) Ferdous, L. T., Withanalage, N. P., Zaman, A. A. Q. (2021). Review of short-run performance of initial public offerings in Australia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 18(2), 188-200.

4) Mia, P., Rana, T., Ferdous, L.T., (2021) “Government reform, regulatory change and carbon disclosure: Evidence from Australia, Sustainability, 13 (23), 1-17.

5) Ferdous, L. T. Kozlovski, A., Palmieri, C. (2013), Use of museum spaces in higher education,  Education Portfolio Inquiry Projects, The University of Sydney.

6) Ferdous, L. T. (2019), Capital Structure Theories in Finance Research: A Historical Review, Australian Finance & Banking Review, 3(1), 11-19.

7) Ferdous, L. T. (2019), Behavioural Implications of Budget Preparation: A Review and Future Research Context, International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review, 4(1), 24-28. 

Published Book

1) Ferdous, L. T. (2019), Optimum Capital Structure: An Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economics, GRIN Verlag, ISBN-9783668945708, 

2) Ferdous, L. T. (2014), An Empirical Investigation of Accounting Errors and Audit quality in Australia. The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 

3) Ferdous, L. T. (2020), The Effect of Powerful CFOs on Financial Reporting Quality, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 

Published Book Chapter

Ferdous, L. T., Singh, C., Rana, T. (2022), A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Audit Efficiency and Risk Management Through Data Visualization., Handbook of Big Data and Analytics in Accounting and Auditing. Springer Singapore  Verlag, DOI 10.1007/978-981-19-4460-4_2.

PhD Thesis Supervision for Richard Yeboah, Research Topic: CEO Compensation and Natural Disaster, 2022 (ongoing) and Sara Harbi, Research Topic: Relationship between corporate disclosures and financial reporting in five global corporates operating in Saudi Arabia and compare them with three selected similar Saudi firms, 2023 (ongoing). Applicants who have research interests in Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, Auditing, Sustainability, Climate Risk, Climate governance and Executive Power are welcome to apply.

• MN7391 – Financial Statement: Theory, Practice and Critique (Postgraduate level) (Module Leader)
• MN7540 – Financial Statement Analysis (Postgraduate level) (Module Leader)
• MN3206 – Dissertation for Accounting and Finance (Undergraduate level) (Module Leader)
• MN7703 – Managing Finance and Strategic Decision Making (MBA) (Unit Leader)

I would be happy to talk about issues that are related to my fields of research and study as listed above.

1. Member of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current
2. Member of Curriculum Consultant  from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current
3. Member of Sustainability Research Cluster from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current
4. Member of Institute for Environmental Futures from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current
5. Member of Avoidable Death Network from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current
6. Member of Women’s Inspiration Network from Discipline of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, 2022- Current

I also participated as an internal and external examiner for masters and doctoral theses. I also worked as an Editorial member, and reviewer from ABDC and ABS ranked journal. 

I have achieved “Vernon Zimmerman” Best Paper Award from the 31st Asia-Pacific Conference for International Accounting Issues, Poland, Warsaw, 2019. I have also awarded Prestigious Australian Postgraduate Award and La Trobe University Research Award (Research Scholarship) for PhD and Research fund for MPhil from Australian Govt and staff development  fund from University of Sydney Australia for PGCHE. I have achieved Dean Citation Award for Teaching Excellence from The University of Sydney.

1. Ferdous, L.T., Rana, T., Liu, J. (2023), An Empirical Investigation of Accounting Errors and Audit Effectiveness, BAFA Annual Confernce Presenmtation, Sheffield, UK.
2. Ferdous, L. T., Liu, J., Zhou, Y. (2023), Powerful CFOs and Accounting Conservatism: Moderation effect on Monitoring Intensity, BAFA Annual Confernce Presenmtation, 2023 Sheffield, UK.
3. Ferdous, L.T., Liu, J., Zhou, Y. (2023), Powerful CFOs and Accounting Conservatism: Moderation effect on Monitoring Intensity, BAFA CFPA and Northern Area Group Annual Conference, Nottigham, UK.
4. Ferdous, L. T., Withanalage, N. P., & Zaman, A. A. Q. (2021). Review of short-run performance of initial public offerings in Australia, Holmes Institute Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
5. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2021), “An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality”, FMCG conference 2021, Melbourne, Australia.
6. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2019), “An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality” Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance (VSBF2019), Hanoi, Vietnam.
7. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2019), “An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality” 31st Asian-Pacific Conference on International Issues, Warsaw, Poland.
8. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2019), “Who does disclosure choices? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality” 59th Annual AFAANZ Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
9. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2019), “Who does disclosure choices? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of powerful CFOs on Disclosure Quality” La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus, Australia.
10. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2018), “Powerful CFO’s and Accounting Conservatism: Moderation effect on Monitoring Intensity, in Accounting Discipline, La Trobe University, Australia.
11. Ferdous, L.T. (2017), “Busy Auditor and its impact on Accounting Restatement: an empirical investigation in Australian firms”, in Holmes Institute, Annual Staff Research Presentation, Melbourne, Australia. 
12. Ferdous, L.T., Ahmed, K., Henry, D. (2017), “Powerful CFO’s and their impact on Financial Reporting quality, in La Trobe Business School, Annual Colloquium Presentation, Melbourne, Australia.
13. Ferdous, L.T. (2016), “Online Accounting Education and Innovation Assessment Development” in Holmes Institute, Annual Staff Research Presentation, Melbourne, Australia. 
14. Ferdous, L.T. (2014), “An Empirical Investigation of Accounting Errors and Audit quality after IFRS” in The University of Sydney Accounting Discipline, Annual Seminar Presentation, Sydney, Australia.
15. Ferdous, L.T. (2013), “An Empirical Investigation of Accounting Errors and Audit quality in Australia” in The University of Sydney Business School, Annual Colloquium Presentation, Sydney, Australia.
16. Ferdous, L.T. (2013), “An Empirical Investigation of Accounting Errors and Audit quality after IFRS” in UQ Business School, Future Career Researcher Workshop, October, Brisbane, Australia.
17. Karim, A. W., Ferdous, L, T. (2011), “Does Quality of Corporate Governance Explain Cross-Sectional Variations in Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Disclosure?” 23rd Asia Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Beijing, China, 2011. 

I would be happy to talk about issues that are related to my fields of research and study as listed above.

Educational background

Ph.D. (Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance), MPhil (Auditing), PGCHE (Higher Education Teaching and Practice), MBA (Finance), BBA (Hons) (Finance and Accounting), 

Professional qualifications

ACA, ICAEW Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).