Fiona Dempsey
Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Summary
A dedicated finance Professional with 20 year’s experience seeks opportunity to add value to an organisation drawing on my professional, commercial and diverse finance experience. I am passionate, driven and target-focussed with the highest integrity and experience of working on various functions throughout the business. I am an enthusiastic learner who is eager to meet new challenges and have excellent communication, presentation, organisation and interpersonal skills with strong finance and operations experience. I chose to pivot my accounting career to support a friend in a new commercial venture, I was sought out for this role due to my trustworthiness & Integrity.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Operations
Realtai Property Ltd
04.2023 - Current
- Development and implementation of a new financial forecasting model, resulting in an Improvement in the accuracy of Revenue & Expenses Projections across multiple projects
- Conducting comprehensive financial analysis for key business initiatives, providing insights that has influenced strategic decision making
- Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure transparent and effective communication and fundamentally ensuring regulatory & statutory compliance
- My experience has been integral to the success and financial effectiveness of the organisation with forward thinking and sustainability at the forefront
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Oak Project Management
04.2022 - 04.2023
- As a member of the SMT, I provided critical support to the Managing Director in my role as Executive Assistant/Office Manager
- Throughout my tenure, I have driven process improvement to boost operational efficiency, standardising the approach
- My role involved –
- Oversee daily office operations, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow
- Manage office budgets, track expenses, and ensure cost-effective operations
- Coordinate and supervise administrative team, providing training and support as needed
- Implement and maintain office procedures and policies to improve efficiency
- Handle scheduling, meetings, and travel arrangements for executives
- Maintain office supplies inventory and place orders as necessary
- Resolve office-related issues and provide support to staff and visitors
- Executive reporting on month end results in all sectors of the organisations
- Research on Business Development across many sectors
- Participation & Co-ordination of Tenders and prequalifying preparation
- Onboarding of subcontractors to provide additional works on projects, this involved the management of a prequalification process ensuring up to date insurances & safety certs were provided & documented for all contractors and on all sites
- Recruitment management across all sectors
- Headed up implementation of new systems and processes to align all office operations
- My role required effective collaboration with stakeholders, ensuring smooth operations contributing to the overall success and efficiency of the organisations I supported
Management Accountant Assistant
Mercury Engineering
Dublin
07.2008 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Dublin
- Prepare and process management adjustments in project costing system for three legal entities across different currencies
- Calculate deferred income and WIP on projects monthly using Mercury Engineering group wide revenue recognition policy
- Prepare and balance monthly management accounts for three legal entities
- Prepare commentary on project revenue, margin and performance for monthly the board pack
- Process and authorise electronic payments including first authorisation of payment runs and manual payments throughout the Mercury Group
- Analyse and process to ERP system numerous payrolls across Europe monthly
- Reconcile payroll liability accounts and prepare returns to the relevant authorities monthly
- Manage the full life cycle of fixed assets from creation to disposal
- Preparing budgets for support functions
- Analyse forecasts monthly
- Analyse internal cost centres on a monthly basis
- Perform variance analysis and report to Group Financial Controller with corrective action where necessary
- Responsible for month end close off and reconciling balance sheet accounts
- Bank reconciliations across numerous bank institutions and currencies
- Daily management of various bank accounts
- Monthly revaluation of creditors, debtors, banks, petty cash, fixed assets, and tax across multiple jurisdictions
- Prepare VAT reconciliations for returns across multiple jurisdictions
- Management of petty cash in various currencies
- Reviewing aged debtors with Accounts Receivable monthly with appropriate action taken when required
- Prepare for year-end audit and deal with ad hoc requests from auditors
- Prepare and revalue trial balance for multiple companies
- Prepare intercompany balances and liaise with business unit leaders to agree monthly balances
- Account manager for Vodafone including analysis and distribution of monthly costs in addition to negotiating contracts
- Key user acceptance tester within the Group for roll out of new company codes and enhancements to the functionality of existing SAP solution
- Dublin
Accounts Payable Clerk
Mercury Engineering
Dublin
05.2005 - 07.2008
- Company Overview: Dublin
- Review and process vendor invoices
- Complete vendor reconciliations for year-end audit
- Process and review weekly payment runs across multiple company codes
- Ad hoc electronic payments and cheques to individual vendors
- Create and maintain vendor account details within the SAP system
- Process and maintain RCT and insurance details for subcontractors
- Assist in all relevant audit queries
- Liaise with project management teams and internal departments to verify costs and invoices when required
- Lead meetings with vendors to resolve account discrepancies
- Dublin
Education
IATI -
Institute of Technology Tallaght
01.2005
Junior and Leaving Certificates -
Santa Maria College
BallyroanSkills
- Proactive initiative taker
- Accurate to detail
- Reliable and responsible
- Adaptable
- Analytical and problem solver
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Super user of SAP solution
- Experience with accounting solutions -Quickbooks, Brightbooks, Sage, Xero
- Experience with Expense management systems -Dext, Revolut, Concur
Timeline
Finance Operations
Realtai Property Ltd
04.2023 - Current
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Oak Project Management
04.2022 - 04.2023
Management Accountant Assistant
Mercury Engineering
07.2008 - 01.2022
Accounts Payable Clerk
Mercury Engineering
05.2005 - 07.2008
IATI -
Institute of Technology Tallaght
Junior and Leaving Certificates -
Santa Maria College
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