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BelaskoFinancial Controller
Aug. 2023LuxembourgAccounting: active member of a team responsible for the preparation of monthly bookkeeping for the groups operating entities in the UK, the CI and Luxembourg. Analytical review: provide explanations for material month on month balance sheet,P&L movements and KPIs for higher review. Audit: active member of a team responsible for the completion of the annual audit to ensure that they were produced accurately and were presented in a consistent manner.
Budgeting: assisted the CFO of the Group to produce an annual budget for the Luxembourg operation.
Financial control: monitored supplier invoices to ensure that they were booked correctly and paid in a timely manner.
Strategic management: awareness of changes to business requirements ensuring any impacts to outputs are assessed and appropriate changes (proves improvements, finance transformation) are implemented within desired timescales.
Ensured that the appropriate knowledge in relation to certain work processes were shared, involving a period of coaching and review of work performed - particularly relevant concerning new and improved processes and succession planning.
Ensured consistency of presentation of the operating entities draft management accounts for review by the CFO prior to the Board presentation.
Performed a monthly estimate of financial performance to provide senior management with an estimate of financial performance, prior to month end.
Reviewed draft WIP on a monthly basis with any queried raised to the CFO for further discussion with senior management, as appropriate. Worked under own initiative with little guidance on work for month and quarter end analysis routine.
Acting as a key contact for any audit queries, ensuring efficient resolution of issues and expedient sign-off of financial statements.
Assisted in ensuring that the statutory reporting of the various Lux entities were submitted on time. Computer experience included MS Office 2016 and Trust Quay NAV One.
Broad Street Luxembourg SàrlAccountant
Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2023LuxembourgI was part of the Accounts team, responsible for the bookkeeping and financial statements preparation of entities, debt and equity, based in Luxembourg. Selected work experience and achievements Accounting: active member of a team responsible for the preparation of monthly bookkeeping for a variety of debt/equity oriented investment entities and liaising with clients and intermediaries as necessary.
Analytical review: provide explanations for material month on month balance sheet and P&L movements for higher review. Financial reporting: active member of a team responsible for the production of annual, semi-annual and quarterly accounts within agreed timetables for a complex range of investment entities to ensure that they were produced accurately and were presented in a consistent manner.
Personnel building: team player, working on one’s own initiative as well as within a team ensuring adequate support for an approach focused on delivering quality outputs and agreed timescales.
Strategic management: awareness of changes to business requirements ensuring any impacts to outputs are assessed and appropriate changes (proves improvements, finance transformation) are implemented within desired timescales.
Ensured that the appropriate knowledge in relation to certain work processes were shared, involving a period of coaching and review of work performed. This was of particular relevance concerning new and improved processes and succession planning.
Ensured consistency of presentation of entities draft financial statements, using the internally designed template.
Worked under own initiative with little guidance on work for month and quarter end analysis routine.
Acting as a key contact for any audit queries.
Managing the audit process, ensuring efficient resolution of issues and expedient sign-off of financial statements.
Computer experience included MS Office 2016 (including Excel 2016), YOOZ and Sage BOB 50.
Aztec GroupSenior Fund Accountant
Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2019LuxembourgI was part of the Private Debt team, responsible for the bookkeeping and financial statements preparation of a Fund of Funds operation, based in Luxembourg, investing in the former E.U. accession states. Selected work experience and achievements Bookkeeping and preparing annual, semi-annual and quarterly accounts within agreed timetables for a complex range of funds, management companies, associated fund structures, special purpose vehicles and liaising with clients and intermediaries as necessary.
Completied all aspects of accounting matters for a portfolio of fund structures, including the preparation, reconciliation and proofing of statutory financial statements.
Dealt with the completion of routine audit queries.
Routinely updated and tracked client deliverables (Accounting KPI’s).
Managed the audit process for clients’ entities, ensuring efficient resolution of issues and expedient sign-off of financial statements.
Personnel building: team player, working on one’s own initiative as well as within a team ensuring adequate support for an approach focused on delivering quality outputs and agreed timescales.
Provided training to other members of the team.
Lloyds Banking GroupManager, Treasury GDRS Reporting (contract role)
Mar. 2016 - Jun. 2016Edinburgh, United KingdomMy role originated as short term contract to primarily oversee the day to day operation of financial controls whilst a team member was engaged in a project, ensuring effective control of financial transactions for the respective financial reporting team. Selected work experience and achievements Accounting: active member of a team responsible for the preparation and maintenance of a number of elements involved in the reporting process for the financial reporting including treasury, repo transactions via the LCH and derivatives.
Analytical review: provide explanations for material monthly balance sheet and P&L variances for review.
Financial reporting: assisted in the production and review of a number of draft financial statements to ensure that they were produced accurately and were presented in a consistent manner in relation to the overall group and its subsidiaries.
Personnel building: team player, working on one’s own initiative as well as within a team ensuring adequate support for an approach focused on delivering quality outputs and agreed timescales.
Strategic management: awareness of changes to business requirements ensuring any impacts to outputs are assessed and appropriate changes (proves improvements, finance transformation) are implemented within desired timescales. Reviewed and analysed business unit results and third party supplier’s information, understanding the data and where necessary challenging, to help mitigate financial risks whilst also building and maintaining relationships with suppliers and stakeholders to meet defined timescales. Completed workload to an auditable standard which followed internal control processes, reviewed with no breaches or issues.
Worked under own initiative with little guidance on work for month and quarter end analysis routine.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2010), SAP Business Products and Oracle.
TOMARYOwner
Nov. 2015LuxembourgI am currently working in the fund services sector in Luxembourg but I continue to be open to any potential business and/or investment opportunities. If you would like to discuss any potential opportunities, please email me at niallmaguire@tomary.org.
Clydesdale BankNAB Reporting Accountant (contract role)
Nov. 2015 - Dec. 2015Glasgow, United KingdomMy role originated as a short term contract to oversee the day to day operation of financial controls ensuring effective recording and control of all financial transactions for both the banks financial reporting team and the team responsible for the bank securitised mortgages. Selected work experience and achievements Accounting: active member of a team responsible for the preparation and maintenance of a number of elements involved in the month end reporting process for the bank and for another team pertaining to the banks securitised mortgages held by the Covered Bond 2 LLP.
Financial reporting: assisted in the review of a number of draft financial statements to ensure that they were produced accurately and were presented in a consistent manner in relation to the overall group and its subsidiaries.
Personnel building: team player, working on one’s own initiative as well as within a team ensuring adequate support for an approach focused on delivering quality outputs and agreed timescales. Reviewed and analysed business unit results and third party supplier’s information, understanding the data and where necessary challenging, to help mitigate financial risks whilst also building and maintaining relationships with suppliers and stakeholders to meet defined timescales.
Improved the process of analysis of third party supplier’s information by simplifying said analysis, producing the required results in a shorter period of time. Ensured that the appropriate knowledge in relation to certain work processes were shared with the relevant staff members.This involved a period of coaching and review of work performed. This was of particular relevance concerning new and improved processes and succession planning.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Access & Excel 2010) and basic experience in Accurate, Hyperion, Kapiti and Millenium. Full details of my main duties can be found at www.worky.com/niall-maguire.
Aegon UKFinancial Reporting Accountant - Corporate Investments (C.I.) and Solvency II (SII) projects related
Jun. 2014 - Oct. 2015Edinburgh, United KingdomMaternity cover for C.I. team extended re: SII and other projects. Selected work experience and achievements Accounting: Active member of a team responsible for the preparation of accounts and maintenance of the C.I ledger used as the basis for monthly asset and liability monitoring and quarterly IFRS and Solvency II reporting.
CASS: Ensure client money reconciliation reviews and CMAR reviewed and submitted in a timely manner. SOX: Ensure that all compliance records are maintained pertaining to the C.I. Ledger.
Financial control: Responsible for ensuring sufficient controls are in place to ensure accuracy, completeness and audit trail along with reconciliation processes being built into the overall process, fitting in with the overall control framework.
Solvency II: Involved in a global IT project, testing financial reporting capability of the Gloria system combining Tagetik (consolidation) and Towers Watson (Risk Agility). It primarily concerns Balance Sheet, Own Funds and Investment related QRTs. Actively contributed to quarterly IFRS Reporting process to ensure delivery on time and accurate.
Helped ensure continuity of Investment Reporting from the C.I. ledger, covering the PRA, Group IFRS reporting, ONS and ABI. Contributed to established plan and brought forward improvements to the C.I. ledger reporting as required.
Completed workload to an auditable standard and which followed SOX processes, all reviewed with no breaches or issues.
Ensured that the C.I. Ledger process adhered to SOX compliance, the file following a complete audit trail. Acted as a key tester in Group GLORIA project for delivery of Q3’15 SII numbers which helped deliver IFRS and SII reporting, with SII Pillar III output, covering all QRT’s.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2010), Citrix (Gloria and basic experience in SAP BPC), Cognos, Olas and Tagetik. Full details of my main duties can be found at www.worky.com/niall-maguire.
Royal Bank of ScotlandDivestment Senior Statutory/Consolidation Reporting Analyst (contract role)
Mar. 2014 - May. 2014Edinburgh, United KingdomRBSG is engaged in a major divestment programme that is currently active on the design phase of selling some of its UK Branch Network and SME/Mid Corporate customers which will be named “Williams & Glyn”. As part of this Group Programme, GFS Rainbow Financial Control is responsible for the key reporting outputs supporting the Divestment along with supporting the establishment of the new Bank. Selected work experience and achievements Accounting: Active member of a team responsible for the delivery of the consolidated management reporting and financial statements on a regular basis including sourcing and transforming relevant data into key outputs of the financial statements for both the core and supplementary elements.
Financial accounting: Reviewed key components of the statements with regard to trends and other financial outputs to ensure the financial statements were robust enough to stand up to key stakeholders review and challenge.
Financial control: Responsible for ensuring sufficient controls are in place to ensure accuracy, completeness and audit trail along with reconciliation processes being built into the overall process, fitting in with the overall control framework.
Personnel building: Team player, working on one’s own initiative as well as within a team ensuring adequate support for an approach focused on delivering quality outputs and agreed timescales.
Strategic management: Awareness of changes to business requirements ensuring any impacts to outputs are assessed and appropriate changes are implemented within desired timescales.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2010 and Access 2010) and basic experience in HFM, Oracle and Walker.
Cayman Islands and Northern IrelandVacation in the Cayman Islands and job search; Ireland
Nov. 2013 - Mar. 2014Under Caymanian law, my work permit expired towards the end of October, 2013 which led to my return to the British Isles a few weeks prior to Christmas that year. I decided to enjoy some time off on the island before returning home to look for work in January, 2014. During this time I continued to keep abreast of developments in the industry and undertook some voluntary work both in the Cayman Islands and in Northern Ireland.
Republic Bank (Cayman) LimitedFinancial Controller
May. 2007 - Oct. 2013George Town, Grand Cayman; Cayman IslandsSelected work experience and achievements Audit: provided assistance to the internal and external auditors quarterly and annually.
Basel 2: produced and submitted quarterly capital adequacy returns to the financial regulator.
Business planning: the banks key SWOT indicators with some emphasis on succession planning were monitored.
Cash flow analysis: produced analysis, on a monthly basis, to illustrate the estimated impact upon KFI’s related to the investment decisions undertaken by Head Office and the annual budget.
Compliance: ensured returns submitted to the financial regulator were consistent with the published financial statements.
Financial control: responsible for financial operations for this investment bank, an off-shore subsidiary of a large caribbean banking group.
Internal controls: Followed a set of internal controls and measures to safeguard the financial interest of the company.
Management accounts: prepared directly from the general ledger including analysis for local and group level management.
Personnel building: trained & developed members of the accounts team in relation to the promotion & marketing of the banks products and services and delivery of superior customer service. Demonstrated skills in analysing the expenses and the profitability of each income stream - fixed and commission income, bank charges and fees applied for incidental work.
Streamlined and controlled the finance and budgeting process, ensured timeliness, accuracy and consistency as well as analysed variances and suggested corrective actions.
Followed a set of internal controls and measures to safeguard the financial interest of the company.
Substantially improved the completion time of the quarterly and annual audit.
Noted for the efficient management of the data collection & analysis for the preparation of the Risk Management note per IFRS 7 - Financial Instruments - Disclosures. Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2003 and Excel 2010) and Primacy.
BNY MellonSupervisor/Fund Accounting
Apr. 2005 - Oct. 2005Dublin, IrelandExperience At BNY Mellon Fund Services, I was engaged to supervise and review the production of the funds financial statements involving a team of five. This role developed the experience I gained whilst working in Fortis Prime Fund Solutions where I produced financial statements for a variety of funds individually. Experience and Achievements As per Senior Fund Accountant role with Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited.
Butterfield GroupSenior Fund Accountant
Dec. 2004 - May. 2007Dublin, Ireland and George Town, Grand Cayman; Cayman IslandsJanuary, 2006 – May, 2007 Senior Fund Accountant Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited; Cayman Islands I was engaged as a senior fund accountant for Butterfield Fund Services where I produced NAVs for a variety of funds. Details of my main duties can be found at www.worky.com/niall-maguire, which included (but were not limited to) the following: Compliance: liaised with the financial regulator both in Ireland and in the Cayman Islands.
Corporate finance: administered management companies and maintenance of proper books and records for same.
Financial reporting: produced accurate and timely financial accounts within strict deadlines as agreed. Achievements Produced NAVs for a variety of client funds with little or no management supervision.
Effectively managed the external audit for a number of funds.
Supervised the review of a number of funds financial statements prepared by a fund accounting group.
Improved the process of submitting statutory returns to the financial regulator which were easily reconciled to the published financial statements. Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2003), NTAS and Sage.
Prime Fund SolutionsFund Accountant
Dec. 2004 - Apr. 2005Dublin; IrelandExperience and Achievements As per Senior Fund Accountant role with Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited.
Trinity Fund Administration LtdFinancial Accountant
Apr. 2004 - Dec. 2004Dublin, IrelandTrinity Fund Administration Limited is a fund administrator that also offers administration & accounting and specialised managed account services and reporting amongst others. Achievements Demonstrated skills in analysing the operating expenses and the profitability of each income stream of the firm.
Initiated plans for a cost effective operation which resulted in increasing the profitability of the firm.
Streamlined and controlled the finance and budgeting process, ensured timeliness, accuracy and consistency as well as analysed variances and suggested corrective actions.
Improved the process of submitting statutory returns of the funds to the financial regulator which were easily reconciled to the published financial statements. Substantially improved the completion time of the published financial statements and the annual audit.
Worked closely with members of the management and NAV preparation teams in order to make my role more relevant to the continued success of the firm. Details of my main duties can be found at www.worky.com/niall-maguire, which included (but were not limited to) the following: Corporate finance: administered management companies and maintenance of proper books and records for same.
Financial accounting: responsible for managing and producing financial statements and reports for a number of fund and management companies. Financial analysis: produced monthly and/or annual analytical summaries of key financial indicators.
IFRS: ensured that my knowledge of all relevant accounting standards were kept up to date.
Personnel building: provided ad-hoc reports to various departments within the organisation for different purposes, i.e. board meetings, marketing presentations and other requests from the clients.
Strategic management: identified key areas of the business requiring review and rationalisation in relation to the company’s own internal systems of control.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel 2003) and TAS.
VariousSelf employed
Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2004Northern Ireland and Dublin, IrelandI was able to obtain work through the contacts and recommendations I gained during my time in audit and I performed duties for a number of small and medium sized businesses during this time. Achievements I prepared full draft monthly financial statements for a variety of clients – small/medium sized businesses and the self employed (manufacturing, web-design/maintenance, corporate presentations/consultancy - which minimised the fee charged by their external accountants.
Provided guidance and assistance to those planning to set up a business and in their relationships with their banks.
Maintained quarterly Value Added Tax and payroll calculations, submitting same. The estimated value of taxes payable when producing said management accounts was in line with that calculated by the external auditors. Provided assistance to the clients clerical staff to ensure that adequate controls were placed in order that the financial statements were recorded and presented fully and properly. Details of my main duties can be found at www.worky.com/niall-maguire, which included (but were not limited to) the following: Banking: provided assistance in establishing business banking systems for newly established businesses.
Cash flow analysis: detailed cash flow analysis produced in relation to various investment proposals or business plans. Forecasting and analysis: summarised the impact upon key financial indicators in relation to the clients business plans.
Strategic management: identified key areas of the business requiring review and rationalisation in relation to the clients internal systems of control.
Computer experience included MS Office, Sage, Tetra 2000, Unibuild and Smartterm for Windows.
SP Mc Caffrey & Co., Niall Byrne & Co., Phelan Prescott & Co. and PGL[Audit junior/Audit semi senior and Audit senior
Sep. 1995 - Oct. 2003Omagh, Northern Ireland and Dublin, IrelandMay, 2001 – October, 2003 Audit Senior P.G.L. C.A.; Dublin, Ireland
December, 1998 – May, 2001 Audit Senior Phelan Prescott & Co. C.A; Dublin, Ireland
March, 1998 – December, 1998 Audit Semi Senior Niall Byrne & Co. C.P.A; Dublin, Ireland
September, 1995 – March, 1998 Audit Junior S.P. Mc Caffrey & Co.; Omagh, N. Ireland During my time in audit, I worked in medium sized audit and accounting firms who served a variety of clients. Achievements As audit junior with S.P. Mc Caffrey & Co.; Omagh and as audit senior with Phelan Prescott & Co. C.A; Dublin, I prepared tax returns for individuals, partnerships and corporations.
Progessed from audit junior to audit senior as a result of producing accurate and timely financial statements in an efficient and effective manner, within set time and fee-income constraints.
Provided guidance and assistance to other members of staff, managing a group in relation to same.
Computer experience included MS Office (including Excel), Sage, Tetra 2000 and Unibuild/Smartterm for Windows.
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