Christine Casey Acca Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Financial Accountant as part of the CTS Finance team. The team provides finance and accounting support, and budget overview to Central Technology Services, a centralised function within European Technology that architects, delivers and runs shared systems and infrastructure across the European entities Responsibilities include consolidation of the monthly financial results and month end close, reviewing and processing journals, and liaising with the wider team to ensure all costs are captured correctly during the close.A key skill is performing variance analysis to budget during the close to ensure all costs are captured correctly, and risks and variances are identified and communicatedI reconcile monthly Balance Sheet accounts, including intercompany I am the key person preparing monthly management account reports for leadership teamsI act as Business partner to Service Experience team, preparing and delivering monthly management account packs, and being their key point of contact on the Finance teamThroughout the year I support the preparation of forecasts and budgetsOther responsibilities include supporting ad-hoc financial analysis to aid decision making, and team process improvement to increase efficiency

Greater Dublin

Financial Accounting Team Lead on the Nordics team. The team provided finance and accounting support toAccenture Nordic companies. Dublin service centre was fully responsible for payroll and benefits accounting,and final overview and oversight of period end accounts and reporting in compliance with US and local GAAP.Monthly responsibilities included P&L and Balance sheet variance analysis, and monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations in Blackline. As Accenture was a PLC I was involved in the preparation and review of SOX controls to ensure full compliance. Our team was the key point of contact between offshore finance teams who had responsibility over GL categories. We assisted them with queries and issues and escalated upwards to the local controllers.I was involved in the preparation of the annual financial statements using the Workiva reporting platform. I was the key person on the mid-year and annual external audits for 2 countries, preparing the audit files and communicating with the audit team.I was project lead on the annual hourly cost rate calculations, presenting changes to leadership, helping cost mergers and acquisition employee rates and responding to queries from across the business.I was involved in the testing and implementation of new tools and systems. As a team lead I was involved in the hiring process, ongoing training, team meetings and performance reviews to support the junior accountants in their jobs and with their career goals.

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Management Accounting Analyst on the Geographic Services Global Finance team. The team providedbudget overview and support to global and local leadership across Corporate Functions eg Marketing, Facilities, HR, IT, as well as managingthe day-to-day application of the business’s economic and pricing models.Monthly tasks involved the variance analysis for global leadership of the management accounts at a geographic and functional level. This involved identifying the key drivers of variances, the impact and presenting this to leaders. I was the main point of contact with local teams for variance queries and internal controls.I assisted in the bi-annual forecasting process, our team was responsible for the budgets for several global level teams.Ad-hoc work was mainly calculating the cost of resources and projects, and preparing and analysing key revenue and cost metrics for leadership. I was also involved in special projects to improve efficiencies in reporting and processes.

Dublin

Multi-client facing role for fund management companies with portfolios of diverse financial instruments.We had daily and monthly client deliverables on strict deadlines. I was responsible for calculating and posting daily and monthly expense and accrual journals, ensuring accurate PnL. I also prepared and reviewed internal controls and regulatory requirements.I reviewed daily and monthly NAV and PnL, and reconciled the daily and monthly cash, position and market value between Hedgeserv, brokers and clients, identifying and investigating any differences. I assisted fund accountants in resolving issues, and the timely escalation of client sensitive issues to management to meet deadlines.I built strong communication skills by liaising directly with clients and brokers to resolve issues, and responding to auditor requests.As a team lead I was responsible for training new hires, and allocating daily work to fund accountants.

St John'S Nl

Professional Skills Development Program is an initiative that helps to prepare international students for professional employment in NL and throughout Canada.As assistant to the program my duties involve an administration role, for example updating attendance and corresponding with participants, seeking out guest speakers from the academic and business communities, seeking out volunteer and networking opportunities, organising networking events, and literature research to aid and improve the program.

Acca

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), 83%

Activities and Societies: Member of the MUN Crochet and Knitting Society • Recipient of Craig Dobbin Memorial Scholarship • Independent.

Bachelor Of Business Studies With French, Accounting, 1.1 Degree

Recipient of John Hume Scholarship

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Exchange Student

I completed a study abroad semester with full credits where I studied English, Philosophy, History and African-American studies.