Position:
Associate Chartered Accountant
Background:
2001 - 2005: Bachelor of Science in Finance (2:1) at Queen’s University, Belfast
2003 - 2004: Placement year at Bank of Ireland Corporate & Business Banking, Belfast (City & Guilds Licentiateship Award)
August 2005: Joined FPM Accountants LLP as Trainee Chartered Accountant
July 2006: Passed Professional 2 Examinations
August 2007: Passed Professional 3 Examinations
November 2008: Passed FAE Examinations
January 2009: Qualified as a Chartered Accountant
July 2009: Awarded ICAI Auditing Certificate
Other:
- Member of FPM Special Olympics Team in June 2006
- Participated in First Newry City Marathon in May 2008
Relevant Experience Includes The Following:
Audit and Accounts Preparation:
- Preparation of Financial Statements for partnerships, sole traders, audit exempt and dormant companies
- Preparation of Solicitor accounts ensuring compliance with Solicitor Regulations
- Statutory Audit of a wide range of companies and groups in the sectors such as manufacturing, construction, IT, textiles, haulage and food/bakeries
- Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
Consultancy:
- Preparation of Financial Projections for clients
- Preparation of a number of Economic Appraisals
- Preparation of Bank Proposals
Secondment:
- March 2007 – May 2007 Secondment to industry which involved initially adopting a credit control function followed by assisting the financial controller in her role
Other:
- Preparation and audit of various grants for companies for submission to Invest NI
- Specific knowledge of packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Relate Accounts Production, APEX and Alphtax
- Calculation of Income Tax
- Calculation of Corporation Tax
