[1] Godfrey joined the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University in 2008, and then moved to the College of Business and Economics at Australian National University in 2011.
[2] Godfrey was Dean of the University of Auckland Business School from 2017 to 2020.
[2][3][4] Godfrey is the director of the Analytics Institute of Australia, and professor emeritus at Australian National University.
[6] She has served as President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.
[5][7] Godfrey led a process to develop a water accounting standard for Australia, based on an Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative.