Laura Joyce

76 Morehampton Sq., Morehampton Rd., Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Ph: 087 2422917Email:

PROFILE

  • ACCA Accountant with a strong business and commercial focus.
  • Four years post qualification experience in varied accounting and finance roles.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Yvolve Sports Ltd t/a Yvolution, Dublin. Jan 2014 – Present

Financial Accountant

Industry: Wheeled Toys

Reporting to the Finance Director my responsibilities include:

Current:

  • Produce weekly sales reports for the Sales team and senior Management team.
  • Monthly Gross Margin reporting and analysis.
  • Work with the Head of Sales and the Marketing Manager to agree product pricing.
  • Collate sales forecasts from each Sales Rep to produce the group sales forecast. Monitor actual against forecast.
  • Finance sign off for new customer account set ups.
  • Work with the Finance Director and Department heads on annual budget.
  • Third party royalties - calculating and making payment on a quarterly basis.
  • Varied adhoc and project tasks as requested by the Management and Sales team.

Previous:

  • Preparation of monthly Management Accounts to include variance reconciliations and analytical reviews.
  • Reconciliation and posting of stock for Europe.
  • Monthly reconciliation of Intercompany accounts.
  • Supervision of the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.
  • Preparation of Audit file for external annual Audit.
  • Calculating and making payment on a quarterly basis allthird-party commissions.

A|wear, Dublin. Mar 2011 – Dec 2013

Assistant Accountant

Industry: Retail

Reporting to the Financial Controller, I worked within the finance teamand my responsibilities included:

  • Daily & weekly Cash Flow management and forecast.
  • Coordinating and executing month end closing activities including close of purchase ledger and manual P&L postings.
  • Preparation of monthly Management Accounts to include variance reconciliations and analytical reviews.
  • Monthly review of departmental budget variances with relevant Heads of Departments.
  • Monthly payroll analysis by store against budgeted costs and hours.
  • Weekly invoicing and payments to all Concession brand partners.
  • Assisting the Financial Controller in the compilation of information for the Examinership and Receivership process.

Cunningham Lindsey Ireland, Dublin. July 2009 – Feb 2011

Financial Analyst

Industry: Insurance

As Financial Analyst in the Management Information (MI) team at Cunningham Lindsey my responsibilities included:

  • Collating and analysing large volumes of data to produce weekly and monthly relevant Management Information reports as required by the major Insurance companies.
  • Acting as a point of referral for Insurance companies, the Management team and regional branch operations.
  • Auditing claim files to ensure compliance with industry best practice.
  • Compiling monthly KPI and Service Level Agreement reports.

Project Work: As my role developed I spentseveral months heavily involved in the planning, implementation and testing of a data warehouse for Crystal Reportsfor use in the MI team. This reporting tool allowed for much greater streamlining and automation of the monthly and adhoc reporting function.

From September 2007 to March 2009 I travelled extensively though South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Icompletedseveral short contract roles whilstliving in Sydney.

Allied Irish Bank (Capital Markets), Dublin Nov 2005 – Aug2007Assistant Accountant Corporate Financial Control

Industry: Banking

  • Ownership of the month end accounting for a group company, including posting and reconciliation of all P&L and Balance Sheet items.
  • Assisting the Group Reporting team to complete monthly group returns and analytical reviews.
  • Maintaining monthly files to ensure SOX compliance.
  • Liaising with the auditors to ensure timely external audit process.

Barclays Bank, Dublin Oct 2004 – May 2005Customer Operations Assistant

Industry: Banking

  • Working within the Operations team of six people to provide an efficient processing service to internal and external customers.
  • Timely and accurate processing of customer transactions including salaries and fee’s.

EDUCATION

Sept 2016Two DaySupervisoryManagement course with Hibernian Training Courses Dublin.

ACCAACCA Member – final exams completed in August 2013

2000 – 2004 University of Limerick - BBS Bachelor of Business Studies with German

Major in Economics and Finance – 2.1 Hons

I.T. PROFICIENCIES

Highly computer literate – practical experience on a variety of software applications and accounting packages including MS Office, Cognos, Coda, Odoo.

REFERENCES

Available on request.