Sharon Gilchrest Email & Phone Number

Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Sydney, Australia

• Support the Head of Business Performance, Advice to drive business performance and deliver requirements related to the Advice Business and Finance related deliverables
• Support the Business Performance Partners in the provision of meaningful analysis and commentary on business performance and variances to plan on a monthly basis
• Assistance with the preparation of the strategic and annual operating plans and forecasting for areas of AMP Advice.
• Regular dialogue with internal finance customers to effectively capture and implement enhancements to reports and resolution of issues
• Liaising with other finance and Business Line teams regarding queries
• Ad hoc analysis and project work to support business performance reporting initiatives across the AMP Advice Business

Sydney, Australia

• Timely production of the Cost Summary for the Directors of the AMP Advice Business.
• Presentation of the Cost Summary to the Business Performance Team and the Management Reporting team to support improving business performance.
• Analyse the monthly expense information commenting on variances when compared to Plan as well as highlighting issues and cost reduction opportunities. Employment Costs made up 70% of the total controllable costs for.
• Maintain dialogue with cost centre managers pro-actively educating and assisting them to understand their costs and better manage their business.
• Support the cost centre managers with the forecasting and annual budgeting processes, to ensure that meaningful and realistic annual budgets and forecasts are set.
• Raise and post monthly journals and transfers including accruals, prepayments and other provisions.

Sydney, Australia

• Assisting in preparing a high quality audit report and recommendations.
• Supervising less experienced staff in achieving quality results.

Dublin

• Managed audit teams, budgets, resources and client relationships
• Audit of investment funds financial statements under IFRS and Irish, UK and US GAAP.
• Prepared reports detailing issues identified, recommending corrective and preventative actions.
• Lead and participated in progress meetings with managers, partners and the client.
• Reviewed the work of other members of the audit team, including evaluation of each team member through the performance appraisal system.
• Management of workload within pressurised environment to meet tight deadlines.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Commerce

Commerce, Major Option: Accounting and Finance