As we move closer to H2 in 2021 and with many of us having had some time to reflect and take stock over the past year both personally and professionally, the next step for you may be to consider your career options. As professional recruiters, we have encountered many scenarios over the years, but a recurring conversation with hiring managers…
You can be a successful Chartered Accountant by going into audit or tax, but there are also other options available. Judith Kelly outlines some of the non-traditional career paths newly qualified Chartered Accountants can walk down. An accountancy training and qualification is a great foundation from which to launch your career. The career path chosen post qualification need not necessarily…
There is always a plethora of fascinating insights in Larry Fink’s annual letter to shareholders each year. As CEO of BlackRock, an asset manager managing close to $9 trillion on behalf of investors around the world, his views are increasingly seen as gospel to those in the corporate world. However, in this year’s note, one of Fink’s statements stood…
As we enter a new era of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) issues coming to the forefront, the movement is inevitably generating a demand for a range of new competencies and therefore employment positions in companies to meet these needs. Here we examine 3 of these new areas and roles to give a flavour of these required competencies in the…
For many, our ways of working and the environment in which we work has changed drastically. Whilst our ability to work remotely was typically not a question at interview previously, it is a key requirement for many employers and has become a more realistic prospect. With more and more companies extending their work from home policies every day, we…
As we entered 2020, the global M&A market was in a resilient position, having had very robust transaction values and volumes for a number of years immediately preceding. Now, with almost a year of a global pandemic behind us and in light of continuing uncertainty, we take a look at the current environment for M&A, Investment and transaction professionals. Current…
After all the uncertainty that 2020 brought, the expectation is that 2021 will bring better things and with that more opportunity for tax professionals…. As with other sectors of the job market, the expectation is that the year will start slowly and build as it progresses. The rollout of the vaccine means that there is light at the end of…
As a recruiter specialising in newly qualified accountants, most of my working day involves conversations with accounting professionals at all levels and across different disciplines about their career progression. These discussions have taught me that the biggest decision for these young professionals tends to be when they are approaching the end of their qualification. As a qualified accountant myself,…
” Ireland has an ideal climate for forestry with one of the fastest growth rates of trees in Europe helping to reduce climate change effects ” Coillte. Complementing our track record in Financial Recruitment, we recently opened our Sustainable Finance & ESG desk to partner and support new and existing clients in response to increasing demand. We are…
Congrats are in order. One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund Working Group was established in order to accelerate efforts to integrate financial risks and opportunities related to climate change in the management of large, long-term asset pools. But what is this organisation and what impact might it have? At it’s heart, this initiative comes from the understanding that the financial system…