Kevin O'Reilly

Experience

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  Horwath Bastow Charlton

  Sept 1990 - Dec 1993

  Chartered accountant

  Having completed my PDA studies, I trained as a Chartered Accountant with Horwath Bastow Charlton. I was responsible for financial modelling assignments for a variety of clients, in-house time-recording, invoice billing, work-in-progress / debtor management and providing management information for the partners of the practice, together with the streamlining of clients’ accounts preparation for the practice. I was the senior accountant reporting directly to the partner in charge on a variety of audits, including the preparation of statutory accountants, corporation and director income tax returns, company secretarial filings, together with a number of insolvency assignments. Show less

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  Reflex Group plc

  Jan 1994 - Aug 1995

  Financial Systems Consultant / Accountant

  Having completed my Chartered Accountant training contract, I joined the leading Irish software and ISEQ performing company, Reflex Group plc as Financial Systems Consultant. I was in charge of:• Financial systems development• Presales demonstrations and implementations of proprietary software to motor trade and wholesale clients, both in Ireland and UKFollowing the disposal of the software division I was retained as a group accountant

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  Kerridge Computer Company

  Aug 1995 - Apr 1997

  Financial Systems Consultant

  One of Europe’s largest independent software companies, Kerridge Computer Company as a Financial Systems Consultant. Experience:• Project managing and implementing a software solution for Kerridge’s biggest retail motor trade client in Ireland• Specification of statutory changes• Successful signing of new clients following presales demonstrations

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  KPMG in Ireland,

  Apr 1997 - Sept 2000

  Management Consulting Manager – Enterprise Solutions

  Significant roles on client assignments have included:• Project manager / content expert for ERP implementations for various clients including Groupe Moulinex, HJ Heinz, Bausch & Lomb, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Desoutter (Atlas Copco), Forest Laboratories, Waterford Crystal, RTE, Rhone Poulenc, Sayers Bakeries (UK) and Campus Oil• Sole external consulting for US multinational (70 European subsidiaries) designing a European Chart of AccountsOn a day-to-day basis I had direct responsibility for:• Client engagement budget management• Project management of ERP / Business and IT Consulting assignments• Proposal preparation and presales meetings with prospective clients• Developing and updating internal knowledge management repository Show less

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  BearingPoint Inc (incorporating KPMG Consulting)

  Oct 2000 - Apr 2006

  Management Consulting Manager – Enterprise Solutions

  Significant roles on client assignments have included:• Project manager / content expert for ERP implementations for various clients including Bausch & Lomb, Kingspan, INVESCO, Esat BT, Blackrock Clinic, Novartis, Stafford Miller (GSK) and Campus Oil• Delivery manager for one of the largest retail bank’s in Ireland restitution projects, insurance commission audit, departmental MIS and process review. Project manager / content expert for very complex and challenging restitution, member of Business Advisory Group. The restitution project was ultimately reviewed by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, and resulted in a multimillion euro refund to customers• Lead Oracle 11i consultant with specific involvement for European EFT solution, Belgium, Italian, French, UK and Irish statutory requirements, consolidation and shared service centre.• Project manager for SAP implementation in a make to order manufacturing environment, including the implementation of SD (including variant configuration), MM, PP, AR, AP, GL, FICO, AM together with Basis and ABAPOn a day-to-day basis I had direct responsibility for:• Client engagement budget management• Project management of ERP / Business and IT Consulting assignments• Proposal preparation and presales meetings with prospective clients Show less

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  BearingPoint

  May 2007 - now

  CFO for our GROW Region including Ireland, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark- to build a resilient and collaborative Finance team, across 6 offices, serving 8 practices, 20 legal entities and of course working from home- deep dive into specific topics including re-engineering of payroll for consistent process and payslip detail across Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the UK- initiated Subject Matter Experts Groups across Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Record to Report- enhanced Regional engagement with Group Financedata driven monthly analysis and reporting, delivered using graphs and automated variance commentary using thousands of data points, with full granularity Show less - Enhanced internal management reporting- Continuous Finance Process Improvement- Operational excellence- SAP super user (GL, AP, AR, reporting)- Expat taxes- IP transfer- Tax compliance- Payroll outsourcing and data migration (UK and Ireland)- Pension trustee DC scheme- Appointed Company Secretary to BearingPoint Ireland and BearingPoint Ltd (UK), Q2 2012- Corporate structure reorg- M&A and post acquisition integration- R&D tax credits- Completed openSAP course SAP Business ByDesign Financials Show less

  • CFO Grow Region

    Oct 2019 - now

  • Head of Finance - BearingPoint Ireland and BearingPoint Limited (UK)

    Jan 2010 - Oct 2019

  • Head of Finance - BearingPoint Ireland Limited

    May 2007 - Dec 2010