Managed the financial accounting tasks for the European Headquarters of the global high frequency trading firm.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT•Worked with HBC Wealth Management on the acquisition of an investment management business •Reconciled investment funds•Established systems for the correct use of client monies and the accurate recording and reporting of fund data.•Assigned creditor, debtor, VAT and bank reconciliation duties to team members and monitored output.•Liaised with financial institutions.CORPORATE FINANCE EXECUTIVE•Reviewed Business Plans of borrowers whose loans were acquired by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). This involved: Designing financial models to analyse large volumes of data; Critically assessing borrower assumptions; Uncovering the key risks to the borrower’s strategy; and Using this information to forecast cash flows over 10 years.•Wrote in-depth reports and presented findings•Monitored Business Plan implementation and reported on cash flow deviation from budget.WEALTH MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR•Reviewed 100 client portfolios, which involved: Analysing past performance against benchmarks; Assessing client’s risk profile; Suggesting appropriate asset allocation strategies; Communicating the above to the client; and Billing client for work performed.•Prepared pension scheme annual reports from basic input data, while also: Preparing statements of reasonable projection for each scheme beneficiary; and Standardising a reporting template based on the Statement of Recommended Practice for Pension Schemes.AUDITOR•Performed financial statement audits of small and medium sized organisations across Ireland and the UK•Prepared client accounts from receipts/payments•Clients included pension schemes, construction firms, manufacturing businesses and charities.