Sinead Holland
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Summary
Experienced Financial Accountant with over 20 years in month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and tax returns. Manages financial reporting across multiple entities, ensuring accuracy and timely insights for decision-making. Oversees month-end processes, compliance, and a small finance team, delivering strong controls and effective financial guidance to enhance business performance.
Overview
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Certification
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25
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
OFS – Global Energy Solutions
Naas, Co. Kildare
01.2025 - 06.2026
- As Finance Manager within the Senior Finance Team, I lead and develop a small team of Accounts Assistants while overseeing the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial information across the organisation. My role ensures that financial reporting supports strategic decision-making and complies with internal controls and external requirements.
- Manage, mentor, support and develop a team of Accounts Assistants, ensuring high performance, accuracy, and timely completion of all accounting tasks.
- Producing monthly, quarterly, and annual Management Accounts, Job costing Reports, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Reports ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards.
- Prepare commentary and insights for senior leadership.
- Analyse financial performance, identify trends, and highlight risks or opportunities.
- Support the month end consolidation process, accounts, and analysis. Support the annual budget process and rolling monthly actual and forecast analysis.
- Allocated workload effectively, embedded strong financial discipline, and drove continuous improvement initiatives across finance function.
- Accurately prepare and analyse all key month end reports, including job costing analysis, Balance sheet and KPIs
- Highlighted key achievements in finance management and team development that enhanced overall effectiveness.
- Prepared and posted monthly general ledger journal entries to facilitate the completion of month-end accounts, covering accruals, prepayments, WIP, intercompany, and fixed assets.
- Reviewing and ensuring all sales and purchase invoices are processed correctly and in a timely manner.
- Completed bank reconciliations and supported bank payment runs.
- Support cash planning and forecasting Review and approve staff payroll and expense payments.
- Manage and reconcile intercompany accounts (including posting any inter-co invoices) Analytical review, all balance sheet lead schedules, reconciliations, and disclosures
- Facilitated negotiations for treasury forward rates and spot FX transactions, optimising financial outcomes. forward rates and contracts and spot FX deals
- Completing monthly / bimonthly / tax returns and filings (VAT3, VIES, RCT, RTD and P30) Audit and tax support as required
Financial Accountant
OFS – Global Energy Solutions
Naas, Co. Kildare
06.2018 - 01.2025
- Financial Accountant managing Financial Management Accounts and Reporting functions for OFS Ireland Ltd and OFS Dubai Entities.
- Highlighted significant contributions to financial performance
- Produced monthly, quarterly, and annual management accounts, job costing reports, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports to support financial decision-making.
- Preparing and posting monthly general ledger entries to support the completion of month end accounts
- Ensuring all sales and purchase invoices are processed correctly and in a timely manner
- Prepared and analysed reports including job costing analysis and KPIs.
- Completing bank reconciliations and payment runs as required
- Conducted cash planning and forecasting, negotiated forward rates, foreign exchange contracts, and executed spot foreign exchange deals to optimise currency transactions.
- Preparing Sub-Contractor Payment runs
- Review and approve staff payroll and expense payments
- Manage and reconcile intercompany accounts (including posting any inter-co invoices)
- Performed in-depth analysis of financial statements and metrics, lead schedules, reconciliations
- Supporting ad-hoc and special projects as required
- Completed monthly, bimonthly, and ad hoc tax returns and filings, including VAT, RTDs, RCTs, and VIES, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Provided comprehensive support for audit and tax processes
General Ledger Accountant
IAC Publishing Search & Media Europe
Dublin, 15
11.2016 - 06.2018
- Managed all Oracle General Ledger accounting procedures and produced monthly financial and management accounts to deadlines, preparing timely and accurate company ledgers for a group of entities in US GAAP, including month end close activities.
- Key Achievements
- Production of all monthly Financial & Management Accounts in accordance with US GAAP through Oracle and preparation of monthly reporting pack for internal management review
- Executed daily bank reconciliations for JP Morgan and BNP Paribas accounts in Euro, Sterling, and USD, alongside weekly nominal reconciliations in Oracle.
- Managed treasury functions, monitoring cash balances and preparing weekly and monthly cash reports, overseeing local currency requirements, and processing payroll and high-value EUR/USD/GBP bank transfers via JP Morgan.
- Prepared and posted month-end journals for various entities, encompassing revenue, cost of sales, intercompany transactions, prepayments, accruals, payroll, loan interest, transfer pricing, and purchase accounting for new acquisitions.
- Projects: Treasury Cash Pooling Arrangement and Oracle Implementation
- Analysis of Intercompany financial balances and variances on a monthly basis and necessary follow up
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly balance sheet account reconciliations for management review
Assistant Financial Accountant
Bunzl Ireland Limited
Dublin, 22
02.2015 - 10.2016
- Prepared timely monthly financial accounts in accordance with IFRS and UK GAAP, managed general ledger journal postings, performed balance sheet reconciliations, and conducted daily accounting activities in the finance team.
- Key Achievements
- Month End Process and production of Monthly Financial and Management Accounts
- Daily Bank Reconciliation for Euro, Sterling and USD Accounts and weekly Nominal reconciliations in SAGE
- Compiling Daily Statistics and KPI reports to deadline and report to Management
- Reported weekly cash return, cash flow forecasts, and managed petty cash to ensure accurate cash flow monitoring.
- Month-End preparation and journal posting of Accruals, Prepayments, Bank & Intercompany transactions in SAGE
- Performing analytical review on Income Statement & Balance Sheet Variance analysis
- Prepared and filed CSO Returns, VAT, PAYE, PRSI, INTRASTAT & VIES returns via Revenue On Line (ROS) to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Review of AP Invoices and efficient management of Supplier Payments via Online Banking, Direct Debit & Cheque
- Preparation and posting of month end Purchase, Sales and Nominal Ledger Journals in SAGE
- Reconciliation of Balance Sheet, Bank & Clearing Accounts, Purchase, Sales, VAT & Nominal Ledgers
- Managed intercompany debit and creditor accounts, including invoices, reconciliations, and journal entries to facilitate accurate financial reporting.
- Maintenance of the Company's Finance Leases, Fixed Asset Registers and monthly depreciation calculations
Finance and Accounting Analyst
Accenture
Dublin, 4
02.2014 - 01.2015
- Managed all SAP General Ledger Accounting procedures and produced monthly financial and management accounts to deadline, overseeing the month/quarter/year end close for two Swedish Accenture legal entities.
- Documented key professional milestones and contributions to enhance team performance and project outcomes
- Month-End preparation and journal posting of all Accruals, Prepayments, Bonuses, Pension, Payroll, Insurance, Bank, Intercompany & Intra-group transactions in SAP
- Production of all monthly Financial & Management Accounts in accordance with US GAAP through SAP
- Balance Sheet, Bank Account & Clearing Account Reconciliations in BlackLine
- Analysis for Local & US GAAP compliant accounts and investigation of reconciling items
- Perform monthly internal controls and ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley - SOX requirements
- Performing analytical review on Income Statement & Balance Sheet, Revenue analysis & Variance analysis
- Identification of the main month on month variances to ensure accuracy of reported numbers
- Deep dive analysis on specific Income Statement and Balance Sheet lines
- Preparation of monthly Cash Flow Forecasts, Departmental Budgets to deadline
- Stock option expensing prepare, post and reconcile employee share options in SAP
- Monthly Accounts Payable & Client Receivables Reconciliations, Review of Aged Creditor & Aged Debito Reports
- Review of Accounts Payable & Receivable invoices to ensure accuracy, correct cost classification & VAT treatment
- Analysis of Intercompany financial balances and variances on a monthly basis and necessary follow up
- Established and maintained strong relationships with clients as point of contact for invoice requests, ensuring timely resolution of invoice queries
- Prepared Year End Audit Files and Statutory Financial Statements, liaising with external auditors and clients to ensure compliance and accuracy
- Provide cross team support within Finance & Accounting liaising with teams on a monthly basis regarding financial reporting requirements.
Assistant Accountant
Ryans Accounting and Financial Solutions Limited
Co. Dublin
10.2013 - 02.2014
- Provided accounting, bookkeeping and financial services for a portfolio of clients, facilitating efficient, effective and accurate accounting operations for client accounts.
- Key Achievements
- Accounts
- Prepared client accounts for companies, sole traders, and partnerships, performing all bookkeeping procedures to trial balance and year-end, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
- Month end preparation and posting in QuickBooks of all monthly Journals, Payroll, Bank, Prepayments & Accruals
- Weekly & Monthly Bank Reconciliations in QuickBooks & SAGE
- Compiled year-end client accounts and financial statements in SAGE Accounts Production, contributing to timely financial reporting for clients.
- Production of monthly Management Accounts for clients
- Prepared weekly and monthly cash flow forecasts, finance leases, and income tax computations.
- Preparing clients VAT, Intrastat & Vies Returns and filing through Revenue On Line (ROS)
- Prepare clients Company Secretarial and B1 Annual Returns and submission to the CRO using online facility CORE
- Liaising with clients directly to ensure accurate maintenance of accounting records and timely query resolution
- Payroll
- Process weekly and monthly payroll on CollSoft Payroll package for a portfolio of client's
- Preparing monthly P30 returns, Year End P35 and P60 returns and P45's in CollSoft and filing through ROS
- Accounts Payable
- Managed purchase ledger for a portfolio of clients, accurately processing purchase invoices and credit notes, and allocating invoice payments using QuickBooks to maintain financial accuracy.
- Performing monthly Creditor Reconciliation's and Review Aged Creditor Reports
- Accounts Receivable
- Manage Debtors Ledger for a portfolio of client's including processing of Sales Invoices, Credit Notes, allocating Invoice Payments using QuickBooks
- Management of weekly & monthly direct debit collections, investigate unallocated payments
- Perform Reconciliations, Review Aged Debtor Reports and Credit Control
Department Finance Administrator
Intel F24 Yield Department
Leixlip, Co. Kildare
01.2004 - 10.2006
- Responsible for all accounting, finance and administration duties providing daily extensive support to Department Managers and Group Lead's working closely and effectively with their teams on a daily basis.
- Key Achievements
- Performed nominal coding and processed purchase ledger invoices through SAP.
- Arranged authorisation and processed supplier payments runs through SAP ensuring timely payments to suppliers
- Bank statement reconciliation on a weekly and monthly basis, allocating numerical and nominal payments
- Monitored SAP for budget, contract, and payments management to ensure compliance and accuracy
- Preparation & Review of Budgets and analysing variances for F24 Yield Department
- Implemented and managed SPOCC credit card procurement program and organised training for employees
- Selected and developed vendors, negotiating contracts, performing financial analysis of procurement histories
- Managed SPOCC purchasing and reconciled monthly supplier statements, credit accounts, and payments.
- Developed and implemented financial controls to enhance financial reporting processes
- Processed and reviewed employee expenses to ensure that they were in line with company's policies
- I worked with Managers to ensure that financial accounting, management reporting and cost variance analysis met the company's business requirements, learning to be proactive and consider areas for cost reduction.
Accounts Administrator
Quality Packaging Machinery
Dublin, 22
01.2002 - 12.2003
- Ran the office and managed all accounting duties, including processing through SAGE Line 50.
- Managed debtors by processing sales invoicing, credit notes, allocating debtor accounts, and performing reconciliations and credit control.
- Creditors: Processing of Purchase Invoices, Matching Delivery Dockets, Reconciliation's and Payment
- Bank: Receipts, Lodgements, Allocations, Transfers, Monthly Reconciliation's (Both Sterling and Irish Bank Accounts) Petty Cash recording and balancing
- Accounts: VAT Returns bi-monthly and year end returns, End of months Creditors, Debtors and Bank to trial balance
- Sales: Taking all Machine and Spare Part orders, Organising Transport for same
- Purchases: Generating Purchase Orders for all Machines, Film and Spare Parts and issuing to suppliers
- Oversaw stock control, managing goods inwards and maintaining inventory levels.
- Audit: Assisting in Yearly Audits by external auditors
- Implemented new SAGE Line 50 accounting system to enhance cash flow through effective management of invoices and payments, facilitating increased stock turnover and sales.
Procurement Administrator
IBM
Dublin, 15
02.2001 - 01.2002
- Creating and processing Purchase Orders through SAP to purchase production parts and issuing to suppliers
- Researching prices of requested production parts and liaising with suppliers on a daily basis
- Receiving account payable & invoice queries from suppliers and liaising with accounts payable to resolve issues
- Managed procurement department administrative duties and client accounts to ensure smooth operations.
- Documented significant contributions to project success
- Compiling monthly and quarterly business compliance checks for business controls
- I developed strong abilities to work in a fast paced and demanding team environment also strong analytical, communication and organisational skills. I was the main contact person for five clients and managed the company's relationship with them.
Education
Bachelor of Business Studies - Business and Accounting
National University of Ireland
Maynooth, Co. Kildare01-2013
1.1 Honours Certificate - Economics, Finance and Venture Management
NUI Maynooth
01-2010
FETAC Level 5 - Manual and Computerised Payroll and Accounts SAGE Certification Course
01-2008
Leaving Certificate -
Maynooth Post Primary
Maynooth, Co. Kildare01-1998
E.C.D.L - City & Guilds in IT, Advanced Excel, Word & Customer Care
Skills
- Proficient in Accounts IQ, Oracle, SAP, SAP Business Objects, BlackLine (Reconciliations), QuickBooks, Sage Line 50, 200 & 500, CRM, ExpenseIn, Yooz, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, BOI, Sage Micropay, CollSoft, TAS Books, Sage Accounts Production, Ariba Spend Management, Timetrack, DocuSign and SOX Requirements
- Excel proficiency
- Analytical reconciliation skills
- Organisational skills
- Financial forecasting
- Effective communication skills
- Team collaboration
- Planning and time management
Certification
2013 - Present ACCA & FIA Exam Exemptions: BT, MA, FA, LW, PM, TX, FR FIA: FA1, MA1, FA2, MA2, FBT, FMA, FFA
Personal Interests
- Financial Markets & Economic Trends – staying informed on global markets, FX movements, and economic developments.
- Professional Development – ongoing learning in accounting standards, financial reporting, and leadership.
- Process Improvement & Systems Optimisation – interest in improving workflows, controls, and finance systems.
- Business & Management Books/Podcasts – continuous learning in leadership, strategy, and organisational performance.
- Volunteering & Community Involvement – supporting local initiatives and charity events.
- Health & Wellbeing – walking, gym, and maintaining an active lifestyle.
Hobbies and Interests
Current Member of NUTM Alumni | Volunteer for St.Vincent De Paul | Reading | Gym | Aerobics
Disclaimer
Professional and Personal References available upon request.
Timeline
Finance Manager
OFS – Global Energy Solutions
01.2025 - 06.2026
Financial Accountant
OFS – Global Energy Solutions
06.2018 - 01.2025
General Ledger Accountant
IAC Publishing Search & Media Europe
11.2016 - 06.2018
Assistant Financial Accountant
Bunzl Ireland Limited
02.2015 - 10.2016
Finance and Accounting Analyst
Accenture
02.2014 - 01.2015
Assistant Accountant
Ryans Accounting and Financial Solutions Limited
10.2013 - 02.2014
Department Finance Administrator
Intel F24 Yield Department
01.2004 - 10.2006
Accounts Administrator
Quality Packaging Machinery
01.2002 - 12.2003
Procurement Administrator
IBM
02.2001 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Business Studies - Business and Accounting
National University of Ireland
1.1 Honours Certificate - Economics, Finance and Venture Management
NUI Maynooth
FETAC Level 5 - Manual and Computerised Payroll and Accounts SAGE Certification Course
Leaving Certificate -
Maynooth Post Primary