Summary

If you need experienced, human-led SMSF technical support, Gabriela Rusu brings more than 25 years of dedicated SMSF expertise — backed by over 30 years across superannuation and banking. Through Gabriela Rusu Superannuation Services, she provides specialist technical consultancy and back-office support to accountants, advisers, administrators, audit firms and trustees. Whether you need help interpreting complex superannuation legislation, resolving technical queries, managing ATO compliance matters, navigating pension and contribution strategies, reviewing documentation, or strengthening your internal SMSF processes, Gabriela delivers practical compliance solutions. Before establishing her consultancy in 2013, Gabriela spent 13 years with Cavendish Superannuation (now part of SuperConcepts), Australia's largest SMSF administrator at the time, where she built deep expertise across SMSF administration, compliance, technical support and education. Gabriela is a contributor to the CCH Master of Financial Planning Guide (Wolters Kluwer), author of the SMSF Manual, and co-author of the superannuation chapters of the Tax Summary published by the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia. She also writes industry technical articles and regularly delivers training and webinars to SMSF professionals. Gabriela holds a Graduate Diploma in Economics and a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning). She is an accredited Fellow SMSF Specialist Advisor (FSSA).