Research Finance Administrator at University College Dublin (2025-10 – Present)
- Managed financial administration of externally funded research projects, including claims, cost statements, and compliance with funder and university regulations.
- Monitored research budgets and expenditure, producing accurate records and highlighting financial risks and variances.
- Maintained financial data and project documentation on the University ERP system to support reporting and forecasting.
- Coordinated audits by preparing financial evidence and liaising with auditors and internal stakeholders.
- Administered research contracts, including invoicing, partner payments, and project close-out processes.
- Provided financial support and guidance to researchers and partners, resolving queries and escalating complex issues where required.
- Contributed to process improvements to enhance financial accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
Syndicate Assistant Accountant at Beazley Group (2024-09 – 2025-09)
- Assisted preparation and review of quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with internal policies.
- Assisted preparation and review of UK GAAP (IFRS17) statutory accounts for seven syndicates and Local GAAP branch accounts.
- Collaborated with underwriting, claims, and actuarial teams to provide financial insights, supporting decision-making processes.
- Prepared and recorded daily financial journals, ceded re journals, and other ad-hoc journals posted on Agresso.
- Managed daily settlements through Lloyd's, overseeing cash movements, payment processing, and compliance with settlement protocols.
- Assisted reconciliations of technical journal entries and collaborated with external auditors during audits.
- Assisted senior accountants in creating financial files and reports for various companies, ensuring tailored and precise financial data, beside supporting ad-hoc tasks.
- Liaised with external auditors and coordinated the preparation of journal entries for investment and reinsurance figures received from the USA.
- Managed multi-currency bank transactions and internal fund transfers, ensuring accuracy and due diligence in financial documentation.
- Received investment payments and liaised with the investment team to ensure accurate financial reporting and reviewing financial statements.
- Assisted in collating and validating data and coordinated with the tax team to record journals in Workday.
Financial Controller at C&F Tooling (Coshla Quarries LTD.) (2024-07 – 2024-09)
- Managed monthly accounts to include P&L, balance sheet and cash flow to ensure debit/credit control accounts are always up to date.
- Regularly updated the fixed asset register to reflect additions, disposals, and adjustments of company assets and conducted periodic reviews and reconciliations of the fixed asset register to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standard.
- Prepared and submit VAT returns, PAYE, and RCT.
- Processed weekly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate cash flow management and resolved discrepancies.
- Managed payroll processing on a weekly basis, ensuring timely and accurate payment to employees.
- Prepared annual statutory accounts and liaise with auditor external stakeholders.
Accounts Assistant at OBF Insurance Group LTD (2022-07 – 2024-05)
- Executed and managed group treasury payments, ensuring accurate accounting and reporting of all treasury transactions, bank accounts, to ensure optimisation of bank systems.
- Management and performance fee accounting beside sales and purchase ledger maintenance and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Collaborated with the finance team to manage day-to-day liquidity and medium-term cash flow forecasting and monitoring resulting in improved financial planning and budgeting.
- Allocated EFT payments to clients, cheque, and credit card payments through Relay software and issued client receipts, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Processed insurance company reconciliation, payment, and calculations and reported them regularly to the financial controller, resulting in improved financial reporting and compliance.
- Administered day-to-day and monthly closing procedures in collaboration with the financial controller and liaised with FC on regular accounting routines.
- Managed the archives of all accounting-related documents of the firm in line with agreed processes.
- Coordinated with the financial controller for weekly and monthly reporting to the board of directors, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, resulting in improved financial reporting and compliance.
- Managed credit control accounts receivable and debt chasing function, resulting in an increase in cash flow and reduced outstanding debts.
- Counselled clients with insurance renewal and performed other administrative duties as requested, ensuring client satisfaction and retention.
Finance Internee at InTax (2022-02 – 2022-07)
- Prepared and filed VAT, PAYE/PRSI returns, and income tax returns (Form 11 & Form B1 annual return) on ROS, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and avoiding penalties for the company.
- Processed monthly and weekly payrolls for clients using Cloud Pay software, ensuring timely and accurate payments.
- Conducted bank reconciliations on a monthly and annual basis, ensuring the accuracy of financial data and identifying any discrepancies.
- Posted journal entries and created financial statements using Sage Accounts Production, providing management with up-to-date financial information for decision-making purposes.
- Conducted internal audits and analysed balance sheets, identifying discrepancies and recommending corrective actions, resulting in a reduction of financial risks and improved financial performance.
Trainee Accountant at Tanveer Alam & Co (2021-09 – 2022-01)
- Organised the preparation of month-end accounts and coordinated closely with and reported to senior accountants in the team.
- Computed invoices and arranged general entries with excellent attention to detail.
- Responded to customer's queries to ensure good customer service and deal with any other ad hoc work which might arise.
Branch Manager at Chick'n Lick'n (2019-08 – 2021-08)
- Catalouged regular financial records, including sales, cost of sales, salaries, fixed assets and administrative expenses, besides managing recruitment, training and supervision of the staff.
- Delivered customer service, including greeting customers, guiding them about menu specialties, resolving customers' complaints and booking table reservations.
- Ensured all operations comply with the license, hygiene, health and safety legislation, regulations, standards, SOPs and guidelines.
