INTHEBLACK August 2025 - Magazine - Page 30
MEMBER PROFILE
“My board position has been a highlight in my career — it’s a position I’m deeply
passionate about and fortunate to hold. Aged care is such a challenging industry,
and being involved in it has been incredibly rewarding.”
herself as an experienced senior tax
accountant. It was a path she could have
continued on, she notes, but the variety of
areas she had studied during her commerce
degree kept coming to mind.
“I was a senior tax accountant for some
time at an accounting firm, and really
the paths were to either continue on that
journey and potentially become a partner
or jump into commerce and take a different
direction,” she says.
“I ended up taking the leap into commerce
and working for Lockheed Martin for a
couple of years before starting at the SATC
in 2010.”
It was a hard decision to make, she says.
“I loved my job at the accounting firm and
it’s really hard leaving a place that you love
to take a gamble in a totally different
direction. But I did. And to be honest,
I haven’t looked back.”
In addition to seeking new professional
opportunities as an accountant, Rozokos
has been the deputy board president
of Resthaven Incorporated, a not-for-profit
organisation providing aged care services,
for more than six years.
“My board position has been a highlight
in my career — it’s a position I’m deeply
passionate about and fortunate to hold.
Aged care is such a challenging industry,
and being involved in it has been incredibly
rewarding,” she says.
A TICKET TO EXPLORE
When Rozokos moved to the SATC,
her focus was on finance and procurement.
“As I took on new roles, my responsibilities
expanded,” she says. “I started as a finance
manager, then moved to chief financial
officer, and briefly stepped in as interim
chief executive for about six months in 2022.”
ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
“You just have to have that
faith in yourself to say, ‘No, give
it a go. You can do it.’ Because
what’s the worst thing that can
happen? You fail? If you fail,
you learn and grow as a person.”
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