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Belfast, GB

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

• Solution design, transformation and onboarding lead for Finance Managed Services for mid-tier businesses in the UK across various sectors, focusing on the people, process, technology stack, strategy, control and.
• Core ERP platforms: Xero, AccountsIQ, Sage Intacct, MS Dynamics, Netsuite, Oracle, SAP
• Process enhancement technologies: R2R - Trintech, Cadency, Workiva; P2P - Coupa, ABBYY; O2C - High Radius; FP&A - Anaplan
• Process automation/data preparation: Python, Power Automate, SQL
• Management reporting/data visualisation: Alteryx, Power BI

Belfast Metropolitan Area

• Led the interim finance and project accounting business of PwC UK, part of the Execution Managed Services ("EMS") network. Finance Projects was a team of skilled and experienced finance professionals who provide a.
• Directly line managed a team of over 75 accountants, designing a comprehensive training and development programme to empower and upskill finance specialists with project management and data analysis skills;
• Achieved 30% year on year growth to £5m in revenue, implementing a diversification strategy, targeted skills gap recruitment and activating 2 new offshore hubs, against a division-wide average of 6% growth;
• Led various marquee programmes as the senior finance resource, including a high profile Oracle re-design and backlog remediation in the public sector, and a multi-territory resource augmentation for an insurance client.

Belfast Metropolitan Area

• Execution Managed Services ("EMS") is PwC's unique approach to combining the best sector and domain expertise with data-led insight and digital assets to provide end-to-end managed services, from strategy to delivery..
• Project Pegasus: Project Pegasus refers to the execution of an orderly and phased withdrawal from the Irish Banking Market for a large retail banking group through the enablement of a large Performing Retail Portfolio.
• Year End as a Service: Responsible for the design and delivery of a new, technology-enabled solution which supported client organisations with the processes and tasks associated with completing a year end cycle.
• Project Pace: Responsible for the design and implementation of a revolutionary accelerated M&A hub in our Belfast service delivery centre, which facilitated financial due diligence and tax due diligence activities.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Supported clients in meeting their operational finance ambitions through the delivery of bespoke or standard outsourced, insourced and co-sourced finance solutions. Key project experience
• Project Pill: Led the outsourced global tax compliance and finance operations for a FTSE-listed pharmaceuticals company on an interim basis across their EMEA, APAC and North America business regions due to audit.
• Project Future: This role entailed the spin-up of a large HMG fund to support capital raising for early stage businesses impacted by the pandemic, subject to matched funding from private investors. Responsible for.
• Project Wonka: This role involved leading a team of 54 interim finance professionals to stabilise an expanding finance function across 10 additional EU countries of a global entity following a merger. Responsible for.

Belfast Metropolitan Area

• Joined the growing Operate business, the execution and delivery arm of PwC UK, to build out the new Finance Solutions business, which provides insourced, co-sourced and outsourced delivery models to client finance.
• IFRS 16: Contributed to the design and operationalisation of PwC's innovative approach to IFRS 16 remodelling programmes in conjunction with our Assurance and Deals businesses. Subsequently led the delivery of various.
• Project Drum: Operational Team Lead on a high profile Know Your Customer ("KYC") remediation project for a large multinational client, responsible for managing a team of over 30 due diligence analysts to ensure the.

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

• Primarily focused on providing operational support to Financial Services clients in the UK and Ireland, typically through undertaking industry secondments.Key project experience
• Project Flight: This role was a 12 month secondment to the financial control function of a large, retail banking client undergoing a significant restructuring programme following acquisition by a US hedge fund..
• Project Sycamore II: Led the credit review function within an Irish based bank on secondment for a period of 6 months. Key achievements within this role included the design, build and implementation of an advanced.
• Project Sapphire: 3 month secondment in a local bank to facilitate the efficient delivery of a large scale customer remediation exercise, subject to regulatory scrutiny. Managed a team of 2 data specialists responsible.
• Project Heat: Site inspector in a high profile local Public Sector investigation in Northern Ireland, carrying out review visits and feeding back key data points to enable analysis of findings.

Belfast Metropolitan Area

• Helping clients to create, assess, realise and protect value when advising on events throughout the deal life cycle - from transactions and related activities to restructuring, deal advisory or distress situations..
• Project Block: Operational restructuring of underperforming client (post debt restructure) and ongoing monitoring (post IBR);
• Project Column: Trading and structural review with complex debt restructure;
• Project Moon: Mini IBR to negotiate capital moratorium with lenders;
• Project Kinetic: Working capital and cash flow optimisation for high performing client;
• Project Sycamore: Refinancing due diligence;

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Nomad Digital is a dynamic technology firm, rooted in the vibrant community of Belfast, which aims to democratise data and technology; making it accessible to everyone and enabling people to achieve their greatest.
• Head of Finance activities: responsible for all aspects of running the internal finance function, including: strategic finance planning; performance management; business funding; finance operations (accounts payable.
• Finance Transformation activities: supporting charitable organisations in maximising the potential of their finance and accounting systems, through the implementation, integration and optimisation of cloud accounting.

Associate Chartered Accountant (Aca)

Exam and time qualified as of October 2017, with admission to membership confirmed in December 2017. Undertook the Advanced Performance.

Postgraduate Degree, Advanced Accounting

Successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting in order to gain CAP2 exemptions. Preliminary dissertation research.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Degree Plus for Language Specialisation (Advanced German for Business)Graduated with BSc (Hons) Accounting (2:1).