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Forvis Mazars provide a complete range of transaction services, including the following; - Business grooming and pre deal evaluation advice- Financial due diligence on behalf of purchasers- Vendor initiated due diligence reviews- Assistance with transaction issues- Post acquisition integration services- Initial public offering process / reporting accountants- Debt re-structuring and fund raising

Senior Manager, Transaction Services & Corporate Finance, Financial Services AdvisoryForvis Mazars provide a complete range of transaction services, including the following; - Business grooming and pre deal evaluation advice- Financial due diligence on behalf of purchasers- Vendor initiated due diligence reviews- Assistance with transaction issues- Post acquisition integration services- Initial public offering process / reporting accountants- Debt re-structuring and fund raising

Grant Thornton's Advisory Services offers a broad range of services to support clients' growth.My role within the team focused on transaction advisory, due diligence, valuation analysis and capital raising.

In my role as Consultant in the Finance department within Irish Water, I led the structuring, management, co-ordination and writing of the Irish Water Corporate Business Plan 2017 - 2022, with an integrated Financial Data Model which supported the Plan. Irish Water's vision and purpose is to safeguard our water for our future while providing customers with a safe and reliable supply of drinking water, collect wastewater and return it safely to the environment. During my time with the company I gained invaluable experience in structuring and co-ordinating a corporate business plan, including strategic and financial evaluation and advisory, management of multiple stakeholders and departments, and liaison with Senior Management.

Ulster Bank Corporate and Institutional banking relationship management provides commercial and corporate clients with an advanced full-service banking relationship including advisory and lending services. My role was involved in managing a portfolio of Corporate clients across a variety of sectors. This included preparation, assessment and presentation of financial reports and business plans to internal stakeholders, providing recommendation and strategic options (where appropriate) and analysis and comparison against sectoral and peer benchmarks.

Assisted in the management of a Corporate client portfolio with over €120m in borrowings under management. Activities included detailed financial and strategic analysis and credit report writing; risk assessment and peer benchmarking, (domestic and international), business plan review and recommendation, and internal / external stakeholder management.

Citibank's retail bank serving 62 million clients in 25 countries central Sydney office acts as the largest hub in Australia for the management and strategic focus on retail clients and sales growth. My role within the team involved working closely with the executive management of the retail unit in order to deliver process and technology changes directly benchmarked from daily assessment of client engagement and satisfaction scores.

AIB commercial banking provides business and corporate clients with a full-service banking relationship. My role within the team was to assist in the management of a large portfolio of Corporate clients in a client facing capacity with particular focus on advanced credit assessment skills and structuring of lending and debt management reports.