From 2004 to 2012, Hayley worked at Deloitte in Melbourne, in the Tax division of Deloitte Private, specialising in the SME market. Hayley studied at the University of Melbourne where she is a member of the Alumni of the Arts, Laws and Commerce Faculties and the University College Alumni. She is the Treasurer and Board Member for the Ballarat Business Centre, Director and Secretary of the Lyon Foundation Limited (a public art museum in Melbourne) and holds memberships with the Institute of Chartered Accountants and The Tax Institute of Australia.