Stephanie Armstrong
Dublin
Summary
Focused Finance Manager committed to producing accurate, reliable management accounts within tight deadlines., improving reporting frameworks for enhanced analysis and forecasting. Skilled in problem solving, process improvements and Stakeholder management.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Hostelworld Group PLC
2026.04 - 2026.06
- Preparation of annual statutory accounts for Hostelworld Group and its subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS & FRS 102
- Build reporting decks for Annual bonus payable calculation and LTIP & RSU calculations
- Build Delegation of Authority Matrix
- Other Ad hoc duties as requested
Finance Manager
Vodafone Ireland Ltd.
2022.01 - 2026.02
- Management of the Enterprise Complex Fixed process within Vodafone Ireland
- Project management of the migration of activities from Local operating company to VOIS shared service centre
- Complex Fixed Month end reporting in-line with appropriate Group deadlines
- Management of the monthly review calls on the Complex Fixed sections of the P&L with senior leadership including the CFO
- Providing Governance and feedback on Revenue and Cost recognition proposals from the Complex Fixed Business partners
- Providing commercial insights to key stakeholders within the Complex Fixed segment.
- Streamlining of the Complex Fixed process, along with the embedding of a recently completed project which decommissioned legacy systems
- Management of Revenue & Cost reporting transformation project
- Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations preparation and review
- Management of Balance sheet clean-up project
- Project management of balance sheet Risks and opportunities within the Complex fixed segment
- Manage and mentor two members of the Financial Reporting team members
- Management of internal and external auditors on Complex Fixed queries, liaising with various stakeholder's across the business to ensure queries were resolved in a timely manner
- Point of contact for any accounting treatment queries in relation to new VBU Commercial deals
Lead Accounting Manager
Trane Technologies PLC
Swords, Co. Dublin
2019.12 - 2021.12
- Prepare Irish parent company and consolidated financial statements for Trane Technologies plc and local GAAP statements for Trane Technologies Irish Holdings Unlimited Company and ensure all statutory accounting deliverables are achieved
- Manage end to end External Audit for parent & consolidated financial statements, ensuring audit queries were resolved in a timely manner.
- Lead contact with internal and external auditors on local GAAP audits and assist with U.S. GAAP audit queries when required.
- Engaged with and supported key stakeholders such as Corporate Finance, Treasury, Legal, Finance business partners, Corporate Tax, and Business Process Owners.
- Managed Oracle accounting records for the local and US GAAP set of books of Trane Technologies PLC and Trane Technologies Irish Holdings Unlimited Company, including monthly trial balance submissions to Hyperion and preparation of general ledger reconciliations.
- Prepared management reports for senior management, including budgetary control, forecasting and reporting for corporate costs and weekly cash forecasts for Treasury department.
- Ownership of Irish tax filings (payroll, VAT, corporation tax, dividend withholding tax and stamp duty returns), including monthly and quarterly tax computations and submissions on Taxstream systems.
- Lead contact with Irish Tax Authorities and the internal Corporate Tax department. Coordinated all tax related payments with the Treasury group.
- Ownership of all PLC related intercompany recharges to/from other Trane Technologies group entities.
- Engaged and supported the Company Secretary & Payroll & Treasury teams to co-ordinate payment of Director’s quarterly retainer fees.
- Complied with local and Corporate Sarbanes-Oxley and other control standards that may be set by Corporate.
- Provided on-going support to the Company Secretary on Irish legal compliance matters to ensure adherence to Irish Company Law.
- Ownership of all legal filings to Companies Registration Office for Share Issuance's, Share Redemption's, Annual Returns, Financial Statements (together with Directors' report on Financial Statements), Shareholder Ordinary and Special Resolutions and Directors Appointments/Resignations.
- Prepared the Multiple Instruments of Transfers, calculated the stamp duty on share transfers and liquidations, and arranged for payment to Irish Revenue.
- Prepared distributable reserves calculation prior to quarterly dividend declarations.
- Assess impact of new accounting standard FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' to quantify adjustments and disclosures required upon adoption of standard.
Financial Reporting Accountant
Aer Lingus
Dublin Airport
2019.06 - 2019.12
- Preparation of monthly consolidation and cash flows
- Preparation of forecast balance sheet and forecast cash flows along with co-ordination of same for inclusion in the five year plan
- Responsible for completion of quarterly financial accounts pack for submission to parent company
- Ownership of accounting, planning and reporting of capital expenditure and depreciation costs. Key outputs included budget, forecasts and five year plan as well as monthly, quarterly & annual reporting.
- Ownership of fixed assets and capital projects, including regular review of the fixed asset register for impairment or disposals, and tracking of project spend versus budget
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet accounts, monthly variance analysis, analysis against budget & forecast and prior and providing an insight into the drivers of variances
- Assisting other finance teams and commercial dept. with technical accounting queries and the explanation of how commercial decisions may be accounted for
- Preparation of statutory financial statements prepared under IFRS
- Efficiently manage the half year and year-end audit, ensuring completion within tight deadlines
- Working with management to ensure Internal Controls framework is maintained & that policies, processed and accounting technical judgements were documented
- Engaged with finance management to achieve improvements in internal processes, procedures & controls
Group Financial Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
2018.03 - 2019.06
- Assist in delivering month-end reporting and analysis of CFO/ Board reporting requirements.
- Managed key aspects of the group month-end close including the group consolidation and intercompany close, working with subsidiary finance teams in relation to month end consolidation, reporting and commercial insights.
- Ownership of Joint Venture accounting process
- Engaged with accounting operations teams and business partners to understand movements in the month and add commentary to the monthly management accounts.
- Contributed to the monthly management accounts to include additional 'value add' KPI’s including divisional P&L’s and commentary.
- Ownership of the PPB daily revenue reporting process, ensuring revenue reports were issued to Senior Management on a daily basis.
- Ownership of weekly PPB Group revenue performance pack to Exec, including commentary & explanation of the key drivers of performance.
- Ownership of the PPB Group Revenue monthly reporting pack.
- Ownership of the monthly Exco Report including revenue and commentary.
- Contributed to delivering year-end financials and all associated deliverables to tight deadlines in accordance with IFRS and FRS 101
- Production of annual and interim published financial reports in accordance with IFRS in association with other key finance personnel, meeting demanding Stock Exchange and Combined Code requirements.
- Preparation and completion of 82 annual statutory accounts for Paddy Power Betfair plc and its subsidiaries to tight deadlines in accordance with IFRS and FRS 101.
- Provided training to others on IFRS16 and the tool acquired to calculate the impact and provide ongoing guidance to Subsidiary finance teams on the standard.
- Oversee all financial returns required to be filed by the group.
Online & Capital Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
2015.05 - 2018.03
- Ensure Cost accounting for the Online Marketing Group (OMG) for all Revenue Channels are complete and accurate on a monthly basis.
- Manage end to end Online Marketing Group, Customer Acquisition & Affiliate process , balance sheet reconciliations & maintenance of the Internal OMG & Affiliate database across all Revenue Channels.
- Manage end to end accounting for Irish Turnover tax across all Revenue Channels.
- Manage end to end accounting for Online Revenue Channel ensuring all revenue & costs are recorded correctly.
- Issue & approval of the daily revenue reporting process & ensure the revenue reports are issued to Senior Management on a daily basis.
- Provide Monthly reporting packs of OMG, Customer Acquisition & Affiliate spend to Senior Management & OMG team.
- Review of monthly profit & loss accounts to ensure revenue is correctly recorded & identify any discrepancies in costs.
- Manage end to end accounting & balance sheet reconciliations for PPB Europe Capital expenditure.
- Provide annual & half yearly Fixed Asset Lead Schedules for PPB Europe to Tax teams, Group reporting & External Auditors.
- Deal effectively with queries from the Business Partnering & Group reporting team.
- Support Online & Capital Business Partnering team in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly reforecasts.
- Engage in any process improvement initiatives that will lead to a better process.
Retail Financial Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
2013.02 - 2015.04
- Ensure Cost accounting for Retail Ireland, Northern Ireland & Estate Management are complete and accurate on a monthly basis.
- Manage end to end Risk Hedging to include accounting, payments, balance sheet reconciliations & maintenance of the Internal Hedging database across the Group.
- Lead the issuing & maintenance of the daily & weekly revenue reporting process & ensure the revenue reports are issued to Senior Management on a daily basis.
- Liaise with retail shops & banking teams to ensure lodgments are recorded correctly and received in company bank accounts.
- Provide reports to Retail operations & district managers as required.
- Reporting and analysis of shop incurred expenditure as required.
- Manage the accounting, payments & balance sheet reconciliations across the Group for all General & Shop landlord insurance.
- Responsible for ensuring 56 balance sheet reconciliations are completed each month within the deadline provided.
- Responsible for assigned Cost Accounting and liaising with accounts payable to ensure the smooth running of the costs function.
- Review of monthly profit & loss accounts to ensure revenue is correctly recorded & identify any discrepancies in costs.
- Deal effectively with queries from the Business Partnering team, Group reporting and other finance teams.
- Support Retail Business Partnering team in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly reforecasts.
- Engage in any process improvement initiatives that will lead to a better process.
Assistant Accountant
Avnet Technology Solutions
Parkwest, Dublin 12
2009.04 - 2012.12
- Manage bank accounts on a daily & monthly basis (EUR, GBP, USD)
- Prepare weekly cashflow’s & 13 week forecast for bank & Intercompany bank accounts
- Manage Intercompany process across 4 entities
- Manage & maintain fixed asset register for 4 entities
- Revaluation of Debtors / Creditors / GRIR / Nominal accounts
- Process forward contracts accruals
- Prepare weekly reporting schedule of foreign exchange exposure to EMEA Treasury
- Prepare Working Capital for 4 entities
- Prepare audit reporting packs at year-end
Financial Accountant
MLC- Wealth Management for National Australia Bank
Sydney
2008.04 - 2008.12
- Prepare financial accounts for 15 funds for year-end accounts, May & June, in a time frame of 8 weeks
- Prepare year end account pack to include trial balance, profit & loss statement, balance sheet ,cash flow statement & explanation of variances
- Prepare income statements, asset revaluation reconciliations, cash flow analysis & analytics reports
Assistant Financial Accountant
AIG- Investments Ireland
Dublin
2007.11 - 2008.03
- Manage & prepare financial accounts for 9 International entities within AIG
- Prepare billing reports for all entities & submit instruction to recipient (Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Accruals, Fees to recipients, Fees to recipients accruals , Management Fees, Bank Reconciliation's, P&L)
- Process Commissions for 9 entities
- Provide financial reports for Finance Managers based on billings under my entities
- Liaise with Custodians , Fund management teams & auditors
- Prepare & provide financial reports to Finance Managers of my entities
- Prepare & provide financial reports to other entities investing in funds under my control.
Financial reporting
Bank of Ireland- Personal Lending
Dublin
2006.11 - 2007.11
- Prepare & reconcile bank reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Prepare quarterly Investor reports for Citibank
- Manage daily & monthly treasury financial reporting
- Reconcile treasury balance sheet & manage daily deals (loans, deposits, swaps, pool movements) daily & use for month-end reporting
- Agree Intercompany balances for treasury & master account on a monthly & quarterly with Bank of Ireland Global Markets (SRP)
- Confirm treasury money markets deals & arrange payment to / from Bank of Ireland Global Markets
Finance support officer
Iarnrod Eireann
2003.01 - 2006.11
- Process payroll timesheets for the Revenue Protection Unit
- Manage accounting data, material supplies, revenue analysis, year to date visibility & accrual reports in SAP
- Preparation of monthly revenue analysis reports
Education
ACCA Qualified Accountant -
ACCA Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
Skills
- Management of month-end close
- P and L Management
- Audit process management
- Deadline focused
- Process improvement / transformation
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Balance sheet review
- Internal controls enforcement
- Team Leadership
Industries
- Public Transport
- Financial Services
- Investment and Insurance
- Technology
- Gambling and gaming
- Aviation
- HVAC & Climate control
- Telecommunications
- Travel
Systems & ERP
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- SUN
- HFM / Smartview
- Power BI
Timeline
Finance Manager
Hostelworld Group PLC
2026.04 - 2026.06
Finance Manager
Vodafone Ireland Ltd.
2022.01 - 2026.02
Lead Accounting Manager
Trane Technologies PLC
2019.12 - 2021.12
Financial Reporting Accountant
Aer Lingus
2019.06 - 2019.12
Group Financial Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
2018.03 - 2019.06
Online & Capital Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
2015.05 - 2018.03
Retail Financial Accountant
Paddy Power Betfair
2013.02 - 2015.04
Assistant Accountant
Avnet Technology Solutions
2009.04 - 2012.12
Financial Accountant
MLC- Wealth Management for National Australia Bank
2008.04 - 2008.12
Assistant Financial Accountant
AIG- Investments Ireland
2007.11 - 2008.03
Financial reporting
Bank of Ireland- Personal Lending
2006.11 - 2007.11
Finance support officer
Iarnrod Eireann
2003.01 - 2006.11
ACCA Qualified Accountant -
ACCA Association of Certified Chartered Accountants