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London, Gb

Responsible for supporting our clients with the identification, evaluation and deployment of Finance Transformation solutions to support our clients business and growth strategies.Working with clients to develop and enhance operational and strategic Finance solutions to deliver standardised, end-to-end processes across multi-disciplinary support functions.Competency Lead for enabling Digital Finance Transformation in cross-industry client engagements, focusing on delivering Gen AI solutions to enhance efficiency, performance and user experience.Driving business development, delivery of client engagements, providing market insight and leading an innovative, inclusive, highly-collaborative team.

Dublin, Ie

Responsible for developing and executing an enterprise-wide Transformation strategy while driving performance, business optimization and continuous improvement.Critical deliverables encompass:• Creating competitive business strategies that show a clear connection between vision and action, while anticipating future business and market scenarios• Optimizing work processes - understanding and reengineering the most effective and efficient processes across ESW to deliver organizational excellence• Leading a team through rapid organizational growth – planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned to ESW’s goals• Prioritizing and delivering multiple parallel complex enterprise projects while keeping the company fully involved and engaged

Dublin, County / Dublin Postal District, Ie

Accountable for driving transformative and innovative solutions to optimize the Finance Teams systems, processes and resource efficiency. Leading teams responsible for planning, development and delivery of cross-functional Finance Ops change projects, identifying automation process candidates and developing automation workflows using existing and emerging technologies, delivering process simplification and standardization across Finance and onboarding new strategic initiatives.Also responsible for the overall management of the Finance Department’s transaction processing operations, including managing Supplier & Customer invoicing and payments, ensuring period-end close processes and timelines are adhered to, and introducing significant strategic operational system implementations and efficiency opportunities.Key responsibilities include: • Driving efficiencies and create value for the business through process and system improvements and the use of emerging technologies• Identifying strategic opportunities to deploy automation and transformative technologies to drive growth through scalability and efficiency gains.• Leading the overall management of the transaction processing team. • Working on strategic planning for the Finance function to establish best in class model, fit for future growth. • Developing and maintaining a culture which is focussing on efficient ways of working for both current and new processes. • Demonstrating expertise and in-depth technical capabilities in the areas of Financial operations and processes. • As Primark expands facilitate the smooth entry into new markets • Accountable for quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting for all Primark entities. • Providing effective management and leadership to mentor and develop a high performing team. • Responsible for implementing and maintaining internal controls in line with company policy

Dublin, Ie

Responsible for devising and delivering the Innovation Strategy for the Paddy Power Betfair Finance Department, including:• Global Integration of key Finance Systems, including the establishment and leadership of globally-based Project Management, Operations and Support Teams across Europe, USA and Australia• Identification of high-value Finance processes to be improved and automated – deployment of AI and Robot Process Automation (RPA) solutions to improve efficiencies • Long-term Strategic Planning – design of long-term strategies with organization-wide impact, presenting and getting buy-in from CFO and Executive Management Team; large audience presentations at Town Halls to communicate goals and progress upward and downward to key stakeholders• Accountable for delivering innovative solutions by mentoring and leading department to identify and implement transformative initiatives. Established Process Improvement Forum with cross-discipline input from all Paddy Power Finance Teams, saving over 4,000 hours annually.• Responsible for maintaining an ongoing market exposure to innovative and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities for Paddy Power Betfair to implement these solutions, and developing Proof of Concept business cases and pilot projects

Dublin, Ie

As a Senior Member of Group Finance Management Team, responsible for leading the PPB’s Group Finance Systems, Finance Projects and Accounts Payable teams.Primary responsibilities include • Overall responsibility for the delivery of world class transactional systems and reporting for the finance function • Leading finance through continuous process review and controls in accordance with best practice. • Managing and supporting the integration of finance processes for the new PPB Group. • Creating an efficient, stable, scalable system infrastructure and a highly effective team, which caters to the current and expected future requirements of the business • Identify and implement initiatives to deliver process efficiencies and improvements • Actively manage/participate in planning, implementation and tracking of specific short, mid and long-term projects from conception to implementation; develops projects plans, milestones and ensures projects are delivered on-time and on-budget • Project management - responsible for planning, implementing and change management activities around Finance-focused projects, systems changes and technology improvements in the Finance organisation • Oversee continuous Finance process improvement and drive forward the associated initiatives • Drive the development/improvement of the current Financial Applications – working with Finance staff to improve functionality and system processes • Manage key third party vendor relationships for the Finance organisation • Lead group projects to ensure the development and implementation of best practice financial systems, reporting, processes, and procedures. • Facilitate the integration of new businesses from a Finance perspective• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of a high volume of invoices • Manage an effective and efficient T&E Claims audit and processing• Work closely with the Procurement Team to ensure that the Procure to Pay process is operating at an optimal level

Dublin, Ie

• Actively participates in planning, implementation and tracking of specific short, mid and long-term projects from conception to implementation; develops projects plans, milestones and ensures projects are delivered on-time and on-budget• Project management - responsible for planning, implementing and change management activities around Finance-focused projects, systems changes and technology improvements in the Finance organisation• Working on a complex and varied workload relating to finance systems and projects• Managing and participate in continuous Finance process improvement and drive forward the associated initiatives: o automation of tasks o processes review and improvements o develop/improve the current Financial Applications – working with Finance staff to improve functionality and system processes • Evolving cross functional relationships with other Paddy Power departments• Ownership/responsible for development of some of the core Finance systems • Manage and support key third party vendor relationships for the Finance organisation • Provide functional support of the Finance systems user community when required i.e. by resolving Oracle e-business and other Finance systems issues • Participate in group projects to ensure the development and implementation of best practice financial systems, reporting, processes, and procedures.• Integration of new businesses from a Finance perspective

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Responsible for building a culture of Process Improvement and Re-Engineering across the entire EMEA and APJ Organization. This role enables business growth, process efficiency and operational velocity by supporting:• Supports highly cross-functional, highly visible, and highly strategic process engineering programs• Delivers organic, iterative process improvements• Established Scalability and Productivity Framework, which combines Capacity Planning (where break points are identified through handle times, team availability and project future volumes) and Velocity Planning (where bottlenecks are recognized and mitigated with process improvements, reducing Cycle Times)• Mentors team members on process improvement initiatives they are developing, providing guidance and feedback on their projects• Sits on the Steering Committee and being an active participant in a strategic program of projects designed to support DFS business with Channel Partners and Re-sellers, owning individual projects and writing Business Requirements Documents for critical application improvements

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Manage BPI/IR team to agreed budgeted headcount, expense, and income targets.• Manage IR team using agreed performance measurements. Set overall and individual targets for team, monitoring progress and delivering feedback on achievement of targets.• Facilitate regular reviews with in-country DFS Sales & Sales Support and Bank Originations teams.• Drive team to achieve monthly and quarterly targets, managing ledgers proactively & working with Sales, in-country Sales Support and Bank Originations teams to maximise incoming volumes for booking.• Drive team to achieve operational targets in a fully compliant and controlled environment. • Ensure that the team is adequately structured and cross-skilled so that work can be managed during peaks and response times can always be kept to a minimum.• Identify and develop training requirements on an overall team and individual basis to ensure business target achievement and general employee progression development.• Communicate results for month-end. Effectively manage the European-wide Dell IR to ensure that outstanding balances are kept to a minimum.• Analysing the ledger of unpaid Invoices at line level detail. Preparing weekly reports at line item level.• Work with Subject Matter Experts to ensure all processes completely and accurately recorded, reflected in relevant Process and Procedure materials, training materials and are been followed in practice.• Regularly review existing processes with an intention to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Co-ordinating and managing a portfolio migration Programme Plan, which provides an integrated end-to-end plan to manage both the Business and IT key milestones to achieve the successful migration of a financial portfolio. • Collating, preparing and presenting the weekly Steering Committee presentation to the Executive Leadership Team and other key personnel. Required to liaise with multiple workstreams, close off open items, report out at both a qualitative and metric-driven level, and prepare one-off updates and presentations on particular business-critical areas of interest.• Chairing a Core Programme Team meeting, where senior Business leads meet weekly to discuss and resolve critical business or IT issues.• Management of the portfolio migration Dry Run, including defining the scope, success criteria, Governance Model, Tools and processes, building out a detailed timeline, and engaging with key CIT personnel.• Contingency Planning, which involves working with the business to define their acceptance criteria and resolving any issues around manual workarounds, discrepancy acceptance, and data quality.

Executive Concierge Services provides an exclusive lifestyle and property management service to high net-worth individuals and non-resident home-owners.

Ie

Sister company to Oikos Builders Ltd.In addition to fulfilling the same administrative and financial roles as Oikos Builders Ltd, carried out the design and production of shop drawings for joinery items and built-in furniture.

Ie

As Project Manager co-ordinated with clients and design teams to manage the construction of high-end, high-spec domestic dwellings.Responsible for financial operation of all aspects of company from cash-flow management, credit control and revenue returns, to purchasing, weekly payroll and financial analysis.Managed all staff and Human Resource issues for 25-30 employees, including recruitment and termination of contracts, staff training, Health and Safety in the Workplace, and assisted Foreign National employees with applications for working visas.Have given interviews with magazines such as Construction Industry News, House and others on topics ranging from Delivering High Standards in the Construction Industry, to How to Add Value to your House.

Responsibility for overseeing individual residential projects from initial meetings with client to determine brief, sketch design, detail design and planning process, through to preparation of tender documents and supervision on site, including detail design and budget management.

B Arch (Hons), Architecture

Bsc (Arch), Architecture

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