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Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

Shannon, Munster, Ireland

• Responsible for the quarterly calculation of the Expected Credit Loss provision on Finance Leases and Loans in line with US GAAP ASC 326 and IFRS 9, reporting results to the CFO, CRO and other members of Senior Management.• Performed annual Impairment review of over 1,400 Operating Lease assets in line with US GAAP ASC 360 and IAS 36, while liaising with all business teams such as Technical Finance, Technical Accounting Advisory Group, and Portfolio Management. Reporting results to the CEO, CFO and other members of Senior Management. • Completed consolidated quarterly and monthly reporting with associated commentary, within tight reporting deadlines, reporting to Senior Management within GECAS and parent entities, GE Capital and GE Corporate.• Completed forecasting and budgeting within the Controllership team, while liaising with the Financial Planning and Analysis team to ensure budgeting tools are accurately maintained and identify variances versus actual performance.• Extensive experience in SEC reporting requirements, assisting with quarterly and annual filings.• Participated in external audit process, liaising with auditors regularly.• Completed a 12-month assignment as a Held-for-Sale accountant, tracking portfolio sale deals from LOI to Contract, while liaising with Senior Management within Commercial, Risk and Finance departments, assisting with meeting key net income targets for the company.

Shannon

Key responsibilities in the ELTO department involve:• Operating the Fixed Asset Register (FAR) processing the key ELTO transactions, such as Additions, Retirements, Intercompany’s, Substitutions, Splits, Transfers to HFS and Depreciation Runs. All transactions are accounted for in line with accounting policies.• Responsibility for running the WIP system on a daily basis; capitalising Aircrafts, Engines, Helicopters, subsequent costs, transfers from Finance Lease and transfers from Loans.• Completing weekly reviews of the NBV Report to ensure no misstatement of assets on FAR. • Responsibility for TPRS GL coding of assets booked to ELTO department.• Communicating with the legal, operations, treasury and technical finance departments on a daily basis.• Regular interaction with Milestone relating to the management of Helicopters, Helicopter Engines and CIP additions.• Preparation of the quarterly roll forward, ELTO walks and capital schedules for SEC, EHC and DHC reporting.• Complete internal practices to fulfil SOX requirements and provide information to auditors, when requested.• Provide monthly purchases report to the Stats team and assist in the completion of quarterly board packs.• Complete testing and data analysis on various projects to achieve business simplification.• Quarterly reconciliation of assigned ELTO accounts, including upload to TLM system.• Posting manual journals regularly, ensuring comprehensive back up for approval and SOX purposes.

My primary responsibilities as Financial Services Advisor included:• Completion of Transfer of Engagements of Credit Unions with asset sizes of up to €350m, including the Financial Due Diligence and High Level Business Case Process, including detailed Financial Projections.• General audit assignments, much in line with those carried out as Audit Senior.• Detailed Loan Book Reviews, advising of appropriate provisioning methodology to be applied.

Worked in the Audit Department for small, medium and large companies. These included audit engagements under Irish GAAP, US GAAP and IFRS. The companies I have worked with are involved in the following industries: • Food & Beverage• Pharmaceutical • Hospitality• Fashion• Construction• RetailMy main areas of responsibilities included: • Onsite auditing of financial statements in line with international auditing standards.• SOX/Internal controls testing.• Reporting results to management and clients and meeting deadlines set at the planning stage.• Finalising financial statements in line with statutory requirements.• Group reporting.• Managing and coaching staff.• Meeting stringent reporting and completion deadlines.• Managing multiple diverse jobs simultaneously, within time and budget, to client satisfaction. • Interacting and managing relationships with clients at various levels up to Financial Controller and CEO. I had exposure to and knowledge of:• Local GAAP, US GAAP and IFRS.• FRS102.• Retail, Manufacturing and Construction Sectors.• Consolidation requirements for Irish groups.• Companies Act 2014 including the impact on group reporting, audit exemptions and amendments to director’s loans regulations and disclosures.

• Completed a secondment with a large multi-national company.• Cost Accounting role working towards a month-end deadline.• Role consisted of Income & Expenditure allocation to various business units.• Monthly reports produced to inform management of Actual v Budget performance.• Consistently delivered on monthly deadlines.

• Internal Auditor in the Finance Department of a Security Services company, responsible for areas such as Fixed Assets, Payroll, Accruals and Prepayments, etc.• Implementation and management of Fixed Asset Register.• Full review of employment contracts to bring in line with legislative requirements.• Review of Accruals and Prepayments system, recommendations and implementation.

• Trainee Auditor, working in a team of four, alongside two qualified auditors and a Senior Auditor.• Carried out substantive and control testing, acquiring fundamental knowledge of the audit process.• Learnt excellent analytical skills through the placement, and appreciated the importance of deadlines and other practicalities associated with fast paced office work.• Handled multiple documents of a highly sensitive nature.

Aca Qualified Chartered Accountant

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Law And Accounting

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