Auditor of a large variety of companies, charities, pension funds, professional services partnerships and public bodies. Industry sectors include: food companies, large scale industrials, SPV's, large sports bodies and public service regulatory entities.Responsibilities:Conduct audits from the planning stage through to completionDiscuss audit strategy, budget, timelines and completion findings with managementComplete audits within budgets and within timelinesBuild and maintain client relationshipsResearch complex financial reporting issues and offer solutions on queries to managementAnalyse company performance using ratios and analytical proceduresPrepare accounts under Irish GAAPPrepare accounts under IFRS

Upon researching the casual gaming industry saw a gap in the market to offer a casual gaming site that offered high score competitions which rewarded its players with prizesBeginningReviewed a huge amount of websites offering casual games and pieced together a basic design of the website.Explored a variety of options as to how to get the website developed.Uploaded the job description to ODesk and other outsourcing websites.Conducted interviews through Skype with various outsourcing candidates eventually settling on a team in India.Managed the development of the website by receiving regular updates from the team and having fortnightly meetings with the team to ensure deliverables were being met.Discussed branding with friends in graphic design and settled on a logo for TheGameBomb.comNext...After site went live learnt about the various ways to drive traffic to the site. Researched SEO and paid for methods of traffic including Stumpleupon and Google AdwordsPromoted the site through Facebook and other social media sites.Researched revenue stream models for the business including Google Adsense, banner advertising and rich media options. Contacted a large number of companies and offered them advertising directly on the site for a fixed monthly fee.Once traffic was at approximately 2,500 visitors per month introduced high score competitions with prizes at the end of each month for the highest score.Contacted a number of gadget sites and gave free advertising on TheGameBomb.com in return for free prizes (items such as remote control helicopters and cars).Finally...Analysed the traffic to the site using Google Analytics and made improvements to the site.Traffic to the site peaked at about 6,000 visitors per month.Obtained feedback on competitions and prizes and reviewed data collected.Disbanded the project as it was apparent a lot more capital would be needed and an opportunity had arisen to start an ACA contract

Traded equities in the S&P 500Learnt how to spot high probability tradesConducted analysis on companies each morning and planned day around likely movements in the stock executing trades when those outcomes occurredAttended webinars every day with experienced traders in New York who spoke of their trades for the day and why they had chosen them.

ACT specialises in the design and manufacture of superior quality electronic access control and door entry products. Responsibilities included:Managing existing client relationshipsSeeking out new leads in Leinster and Northern IrelandDeveloping new customer relationships in Northern IrelandConducting technical training on products to new and existing customersGiving sales presentations and pitches to new customersAttending monthly sales meetings to discuss monthly targets and the sales pipelineDelivering on monthly sales targets