Our Team

Kirsten Hartmann B.Comm MBA JD (Law) CPA GDLP

Principal Consultant, McMahon and Associates

Kirsten is an experienced employment consultant who has held senior HR and IR advisory roles in the public and private sector and has successfully assisted, lead and project managed significantly high profile enforceable undertakings and self-reports of underpayments to the regulator (FWO). Drawing on her commercial and legal training, Kirsten’s provides strategic advice across all workplace matters including wage compliance and management of enforceable undertakings, futureproofing businesses to be wage compliant, employment law, case management, contract development and review, policy development, strategic planning, dispute resolution, management mentoring, and workplace incident investigations.

Kirsten’s experience spans a broad range of industry sectors including food processing, meat manufacturing, airlines, IT, and government agencies and statutory bodies. No client, or project, is too small. A passionate advocate for workplace performance, Kirsten is driven by a strong sense of social justice and a solutions-focused approach to dispute resolution that achieves satisfactory outcomes for all parties. In this capacity, she regularly manages individual cases and clients that fall under the Fair Work jurisdiction and works as an independent expert to the regulator.

Frank McMahon MBA MEd Dip.Bus. Studs. (Acc.) CPA ACIS

Founder, McMahon and Associates

Frank is one of Australia’s’ most accomplished IR consultants, with a career spanning more than four decades across a wide range of industries. He is best known for producing ‘best in class’ Enterprise Agreements and, drawing from his previous experience as a CPA, Senior Manager and Federal Union Secretary, he is well equipped to assist HR Managers and their organisations work through a range of workplace challenges, from wage compliance to organisational restructures and case management.

Frank has co-authored (with Earl M. Carter) two internationally published books on best practice industrial training and workplace coaching (‘The Great Training Robbery’ and ‘Improving Employee Performance through Workplace Coaching’).

Rob Wilson DipFinPlan MBA

Consultant, McMahon and Associates

Robert is a highly driven and motivated professional, having worked in the Banking and Superannuation industries for over two decades. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and has extensive experience in development, presentation of training and education programs, working with HR, Payroll and Executive teams. His strong analytical and problem-solving skills provides him with a solid foundation to assist our clients to investigate and provide solutions to workplace issues that may arise. It is through this wide-ranging set of skills and experience that ensures Robert can offer real value in advising our clients and helping you meet your obligations as an employer.

Kyle Hartmann BMath

Consultant and Business Analyst, McMahon and Associates

With nearly 25 years of experience providing business analysis and payroll consultancy services to McMahon and Associates, Kyle brings extensive technical expertise and deep industrial knowledge to complex workplace relations and payroll compliance matters.

Kyle has played a significant role in major enforceable undertakings and remediation projects, working closely with the Fair Work Ombudsman. His expertise spans payroll analysis, underpayment calculations, Modern Award interpretation and the development of sophisticated wage models, underpinned by his Bachelor of Mathematics.

Combining advanced analytical capability with a detailed understanding of industrial instruments, Kyle translates complex payroll principles, interrelated Modern Award provisions and intricate set-off arrangements into robust wage models and comprehensive underpayment reporting. His ability to interpret and quantify complex remuneration structures makes him a valuable contributor to challenging payroll compliance reviews and remediation engagements.

Over the course of his career, Kyle has provided critical analytical and modelling support across increasingly complex and sophisticated matters. His experience continues to deepen as the cases he supports evolve, strengthening his ability to navigate nuanced award provisions, identify payroll discrepancies and deliver clear, technically sound analysis to support compliance outcomes.

Kyle’s unique combination of mathematical expertise, practical payroll experience and extensive award interpretation knowledge makes him a trusted specialist in complex payroll analysis and workplace compliance.

Associate Companies

McMahon and Associates has arrangements with trusted companies who specialise in recruitment, production management, engineering project management, rehabilitation, return to work and workers compensation. If you are requiring these services please call us and we can help you.

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