Ruth McFarland ACA

Experience

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  KPMG

  Sept 2001 - Oct 2016

  • Audit manager

    Sept 2004 - Oct 2016

  • Audit Senior

    Sept 2001 - Sept 2004
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  Synapse Information Ltd

  Oct 2016 - now

  Finance and Operations Manager

  Synapse uses innovative Cloud technology to provide bespoke spreadsheet solutions that supercharge your familiar desktop tools. We provide simultaneous multi-user functionality and enable one version of the truth on every desktop.High-profile spreadsheet disasters are pushing many businesses towards costly enterprise solutions. We realised that the complexity, ingenuity and back-of-their-hand familiarity business users have developed for pushing Excel far beyond its intended functionality was not replicable with a new piece of software. We therefore decided to fill in the gaps left by Microsoft to create a powerful customisable business tool.One enormously successful application of Synapse technology is to revolutionise the financial close process by entirely removing the error-prone and time devouring process of manually cutting and pasting data from different documents. Adding data validation, automated audit trail, security measures and other integral features into the mix transforms the process for the better. Show less