Insurance Ireland Annual INED Seminar 2018 supported by EisnerAmper Ireland

On Thursday, 22 February, Insurance Ireland, supported by EisnerAmper Ireland, hosted its Annual INED Seminar in the National Concert Hall, Dublin 2.  The event was a great success and we were delighted to have the opportunity for members of our team to connect with the Insurance & Reinsurance INED community.  The theme of this year’s seminar was “The Role of the INED – Expectations, Challenges and Opportunities”.

MC for the event was Dave Montgomery, Partner and Head of Risk & Regulatory at EisnerAmper Ireland. The keynote speakers were Sylvia Cronin, Director of Insurance Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland and Thomas B. Considine, Chief Executive Officer, The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), New Jersey, USA.  The panel also included Kevin Thompson, CEO, Insurance Ireland, and Vincent Sheridan, Chairman, Insurance Ireland INED Council.

EisnerAmper Ireland is delighted to be working with Insurance Ireland and their dedicated INED Council to support the delivery of their Annual INED Seminar in addition to co-hosting a series of bespoke INED Fora throughout 2018.  As the voice of insurance actively promoting the highest standards, Insurance Ireland represents 95% of the domestic market and more than 80% of Ireland’s international life insurance market.  The Insurance Ireland INED Council promotes best practice for insurance industry INEDs in addition to acting as a sounding board for entities, organising appropriate training and acting as a networking hub.

EisnerAmper Ireland is a firm of specialist accountants with a niche focus on the Financial Services, International Trade and Government sectors.  As Head of Risk & Regulatory at EisnerAmper Ireland, Dave Montgomery leads a team in the provision of regulatory, risk management, audit and advisory solutions to Insurers and Reinsurers operating in or through Ireland.  As a former regulator with the Central Bank of Ireland, Dave supervised insurance and reinsurance firms and also worked on the development and implementation of the PRISM^TM framework.  If we can assist you or your business in any way, please contact Dave Montgomery.

EisnerAmper Ireland Celebrates Pancake Tuesday & Valentines Day

On February 13 & 14 2018, EisnerAmper Ireland celebrated Pancake Tuesday and Valentines Day in our Dublin office.

On Tuesday, Pancakes were made in the kitchen for all staff to enjoy, in order to take a brief break from working hard on behalf of our clients.

On Wednesday, a gift-bag of chocolates was left on all staff members’ desks.

At EisnerAmper, we strive to nurture and leverage the talent and unique ability of each individual member of our team.  This is part of the unique approach we take to creating a positive working environment for all staff, in order to best develop the next generation of accountants and advisors. Our ‘Art of Practice’ is a conceptual framework that underpins our strategy to develop specialist professionals with a full practitioner skillset.

Clodagh Byrne wins Innovation Challenge at Future Leaders’ Hackathon 2018

EisnerAmper Ireland congratulates Clodagh Byrne, Assistant Manager from our Risk & Regulatory department, whose team at the Future Leaders’ Hackathon 2018 won the ‘Innovation Challenge’ award.  The event saw over 100 participants, competing in teams to create an innovation, service or product that facilitates Ireland to be the best place to live and work.

Clodagh’s team ‘DataLock’ consisted of 9 ‘Future Leaders’ whose multidisciplinary skills and hard-efforts won them the prize.

Hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, in partnership with the DCU Ryan Academy, the Future Leaders’ Hackathon provides a fantastic opportunity for nominated future leaders to ‘hothouse’ their leadership skills – communications, marketing, team-building, negotiating, pitching, presenting – to network in a fun, competitive environment and to create innovative solutions. To read more about the event, click here.

Design thinking is key to our business model and how we serve our clients. To read more about how we differentiate, click here.

EisnerAmper Ireland takes part in Future Leaders’ Hackathon 2018

EisnerAmper Ireland’s Clodagh Byrne, Assistant Manager, Risk & Regulatory and Barry Horan, Supervisor, International Business are taking part in the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland’s Future Leaders’ Hackathon 2018 in DCU St Patrick’s Campus from Thursday February 8 to Saturday February 10.

The Hackathon involves a gathering of 80 – 100 future leaders from the American Chambers’ member firms, to form multi-disciplinary cross-sector teams to hack solutions and create an innovation, service or product that facilitates Ireland to be the best place to live and work.

At EisnerAmper we design business & compliance solutions to make trade happen – audit, tax, advisory, outsourcing and risk & regulatory.  In this regard, if we can assist you or your business in any way, please contact a member of our team at +353 1 2933 400.

EisnerAmper Ireland attends Australia Day Corporate Lunch 2018

On Friday 26 January 2018, EisnerAmper Ireland’s Jennifer Kelly, Partner, Head of Outsourcing, attended the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce annual Australia Day Corporate Lunch in Croke Park, Dublin.

The event was a great success and featured an address by H.E. Richard Andrews, Australian Ambassador to Ireland and Blaine Callard, CEO, Harvey Norman.  We were delighted to have the opportunity for members of our team to connect with our clients and friends of our Firm.

Helping companies do business in Ireland and Europe is what we do every day – audit, tax, advisory, risk & regulatory and outsourcing. In this regard, if we can assist you or your business in any way, please contact our International Business team.

EisnerAmper Ireland attend Financial Reporting training course

On Wednesday 24 January 2018, EisnerAmper Ireland staff attended an Audit and Accounting Training session in the Clayton Hotel Leopardstown presented by Mercia, a leading provider of training services to accountants in the UK and Ireland.  The financial reporting training was provided by University of Ulster Professor of Financial Reporting Robert Kirk.

The course covered topics including observations noted by IAASA related to Irish financial statements; financial instruments; leases; revenue from contracts with customers; insurance contracts; a comparison of FRS 102 1A and FRS 105; other recent changes to Irish and UK GAAP; ethical standards; and public interest entities.

EisnerAmper Ireland attends Young Professionals “Fueling for Workplace Performance”

EisnerAmper Ireland’s Clodagh Byrne, Assistant Manager in our Risk & Regulatory team, attending a “Fueling for Workplace Performance” seminar in Chartered Accountants House, hosted by Young Professionals in partnership with the Dublin Sports Clinic.  The session focused on three key areas for optimum workplace performance: Physical health and mobility (the sessions started off with doing stretches), nutritional tips and stress management.

The seminar was highly informative and well-suited to those with busy work schedules who work primarily in an office environment.

Allinial Global Regional Directors Visit EisnerAmper Ireland office

On Friday 12 January, Job Dieleman, Regional Director, Americas and Chris Robinson, Regional Director, EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) of Allinial Global visited EisnerAmper’s Dublin office. There they met with Frank Keane, Partner and Head of International Business, Brian Hillery, Marketing Partner and other members of the EisnerAmper Ireland team to discuss the future international business development strategy of both EisnerAmper and the Allinial Global network in addition to our continued collegial relationship.

Allinial Global is an association of over 130 legally independent accounting and consulting firms who share education, marketing resources and technical knowledge across a wide range of markets, giving our clients access to over 3,000 partners and 13,000 staff worldwide.

EisnerAmper Ireland hosts tables at the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants Christmas Lunch 2017

On 8 December 2017, EisnerAmper Ireland hosted four tables at the annual Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants Christmas Lunch in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin 4.

The event was a great success and we were delighted to have the opportunity for members of our team to connect with so many clients and friends of our Firm.

At EisnerAmper we create business & compliance solutions to make trade happen – audit, tax, advisory, outsourcing and risk & regulatory.  In this regard, if we can assist you or your business in anyway, please contact a member of our team at +353 1 2933 400.

EisnerAmper Global welcomes Singapore member

EisnerAmper Ireland is delighted to welcome EisnerAmper Singapore to the EisnerAmper Global network.  EisnerAmper Global is a specialist network of independent member firms operating in key financial services and international trading hubs.  EisnerAmper Global member firms provide clients with access to the expertise of 200 partners and 2,000 professionals globally, with office locations including New York, Miami, San Francisco, Cayman, Dublin and Singapore.

EisnerAmper Singapore, formerly Saw Meng Tee & Partners PAC, provides specialist accounting, advisory, outsourcing,and risk & regulatory services to international and domestic clients operating in Singapore and across Asia.  At EisnerAmper Singapore’s launch, Managing Partner Saw Meng Tee noted that EisnerAmper Singapore’s vision is to be “recognised as one of Singapore’s leading professional services firms in the specialist areas of financial services, corporate solutions and advisory”.  EisnerAmper Ireland and Saw Meng Tee & Partners PAC have been working closely together over the past 18 months to further develop existing ties between Ireland and Singapore.

For enquiries, please contact Frank Keane, Partner and Head of International Business, EisnerAmper Ireland or Saw Meng Tee, Managing Partner, EisnerAmper Singapore.