Lead & support the development of the annual business plan and major forecast updates with Global leadership team.Ensure timely & accurate quarterly financial closing/reporting & review results with Global Leadership team. Analyse performance vs plan, drive analytics and insights on financial results

Principal Duties Include:•Responsible for site based finance activities for Ringaskiddy site including business partner for Manufacturing and Engineering departments.•Responsible for annual product costing activities.•Responsible for coordination, review and presentation of the budget for the site.•Responsible for reconciling key income statement and balance sheet accounts including Fixed Assets.•Liaising with both Internal and External Auditors and ensure all internal controls are adhered to.•Responsible for capital spend within the company and ensuring all budgets are met. Liaising with the Engineering department to track spend on a timely basis.•Engage with site stakeholders in relation to review of month end results, forecasting and budgeting.•Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Operations Accounting

Principal Duties included:•Preparing and submitting quarterly group reporting schedules, including Income statement and Balance Sheet.•Preparing periodic budget and forecast schedules for submission to Corporate.•Reconciling key income statement and balance sheet accounts including Currency, Royalty, retained earnings and miscellaneous accruals.•Preparing and submitting legal reporting schedules to the tax department in the US.•Responsible for cashflow for the company•Preparing monthly VAT returns and Intrastat.•Liaising with both Internal and External Auditors•Sox Coordinator - Ensuring compliance with Sox requirements, including preparation of test control matrices and test scripts and completion of periodic testing

Financial accountant at Janssen Pharmaceutical. Duties include the following:•Preparing and submitting quarterly group reporting schedules, including Income statement and Balance Sheet.•Preparing periodic budget and forecast schedules for submission to Corporate.•Reconciling key income statement and balance sheet accounts including Currency, Royalty, retained earnings and miscellaneous accruals.•Preparing monthly VAT returns, Intrastat and VIES returns for a number of European Countries including Uk, France and Belgium.•Liaising with both Internal and External Auditors•Sox Coordinator - Ensuring compliance with Sox requirements, including preparation of test control matrices and test scripts and completion of periodic testing

During my time in PwC, I gained valuable audit and business experience in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, financial, Information Technology and food distribution industries. Outlined below are some of the duties I performed during my time in PwC:* Planning and completing audit assignments to Irish/UK auditing standards using the PwC Global Audit Methodology. * Completing audits to strict deadlines and within budgets, reporting directly to audit partner or director. At peak times, responsibility for completing several audits simultaneously * Identifying and communicating findings for internal control weaknesses and deficiencies, non-compliance with regulations, policies and procedures and improvements in economies and efficiencies. * Ensuring members of the audit team communicate, interact and collaborate effectively, while also coaching, supervising and motivating the audit team. * Maintaining client relationships at the appropriate level and presenting a favourable impression of the firm. * Obtaining training and development in new accounting issues and auditing approaches, such as changes in accounting standards, ISA’s, IAS’s, SOX and IFRS’s * Understand, evaluate and test the design and operation of accounting and internal control systems, offering recommendation for any weaknesses noted. * Delegate appropriate work to junior members of staff and review their work in a structured format. * Provide timely feedback to partner / manager in relation to ongoing job performance with a view to avoiding surprises. * Preparing reports/management letters on issues arising from assurance/audit assignments. * Preparing consolidated financial statements for group companies. * Participating in numerous SOX assignments.