Michael Laffan Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Ireland

Hi GuysDelighted to share that I have joined Gossamer Bio as their Director of Finance and Operations here in Irelandhttps://www.gossamerbio.com/Really excited by this change and feel this company is doing some great things

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Providing financial leadership to D&B’s Global Technology and Business Solutions. With ownership and accountability for preparing and reporting consolidated results against forecast and budget. As a Business Partner, will be responsible for working closely with Corporate, Market and Technology leaders to measure and report upon company profitability.

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

• Management responsibility for European finance team of 16 staff members in both FP&A and controller functionsResponsible for annual budgets and rolling forecasts as well as variance analysis between budget and actual.
• Deeply involved in the preparation and claiming of both R&D tax credits as well as IDA grant claims (> €8 Million).Lead a successful submission allowing the company to claim the Knowledge Development Box, reducing.

Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland

• Establishing the Controller team in Dublin and establishing robust month end procedures and calendar
• Management of GL team of 3 staff members and relationships with outsourced (internally) functions (AR/AP/Accounting COE)
• Responsible for insuring GL team prepare monthly accounts within tight deadlines (4 days)
• Liaising with auditors and tax consultants and preparation of year-end financial statements
• Managing the company’s cash position, liaising with corporate treasury to… Show more
• Managing the company’s cash position, liaising with corporate treasury to insure funds are available for large payments

• I was employed as the Financial Accountant of the above company. This was a manufacturing facility in City West and work was transferred to Mexico in Feb’11. The following are some of my highlights in the roleHighlights
• Responsible for all financial accounting roles including preparation of monthly and quarterly accounts within tight deadlines (2 days).
• Implemented a new system to help cost centre owners to easily understand financial information and give relevant training to the… Show more I was employed as the Financial Accountant of the above company. This was a.
• Implemented a new system to help cost centre owners to easily understand financial information and give relevant training to the appropriate staff.
• Responsible for annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Preparation of Transfer prices for site and input into oracle system

• Responsible for all financial accounting roles including preparation of monthly and quarterly accounts within tight deadlines.
• Variance analysis between budget and actual on monthly and quarterly accounts with detailed commentaries.
• Liaising with cost centre managers on a regular basis to ensure they are meeting their budget requirements and help them with day to day business decisions.
• Management of Roche Irelands trial balance and preparation of monthly… Show more
• Management of Roche Irelands trial balance and preparation of monthly reconciliations
• Preparation of bank reconciliation, confirmation of intercompany balances with affiliates, VAT returns and CSO returns.

• Inter-company lending- Sole responsibility for the Euro and GBP inter-company corporate funding for GE Europe. Also agreeing my companies inter-company balance with corporate treasury on a monthly basis.
• Managing affiliates cash requirements – I managed a loan book valued at over 20 Billion Euro with more than 260 individual borrowing entities. This involved working with Corporate Treasury on an almost daily basis, to.
• Managing affiliates cash requirements – I managed a loan book valued at over 20 Billion Euro with more than 260 individual borrowing entities. This involved working with Corporate Treasury on an almost daily basis, to.
• Liaised with the head of Corporate tax for Europe on a regular basis
• Completion and analysis of monthly in house management accounts for three different companies
• Submission of Year end financial statements and tax returns, aiding the auditors with the year end audit.

• Managed multiple diverse audits simultaneously within time and budget and to client’s satisfaction.
• Supervision and management of audit teams including onsite training and development.
• Reviewed the work of other members of the audit team, including evaluating each team member through a performance appraisal system.
• Prepared and reviewed statutory financial statements including consolidations and preparation of cash flow statements.
• Detailed review and documentation of internal… Show more
• Detailed review and documentation of internal controls including Sarbanes Oxley 404 work.

Bachelor Of Business Studies, Accounting And Finance

Education record

Bbs, Accounting & Finance

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