Qualifications:

Joe graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology with First Class Honours in 1995, also receiving a B. Sc. Mgmt from Trinity College Dublin.

In 1996 Joe was awarded a Masters in Accounting from University College Dublin after studying for a year at the Smurfit Graduate School of Business in Blackrock, County Dublin.

Joe sat the Final Admitting Examination for the Chartered Accountants Ireland (formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland) in 1998 and passed all exams at the first attempt. Joe has been an Associate Member of Chartered Accountants Ireland since 2000.

Experience:

Joe worked with KPMG from October 1996 until September 1999 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

On completion of his training contract with KPMG, Joe moved to Pioneer Management (Ireland) Limited, an investment fund management company based in the IFSC in Dublin. Working in the Corporate Accounting Department, Joe gained some excellent experience in a number of areas - production of monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliation, liaising with external auditors, VAT reporting, payroll processing and reporting, accounting system conversions as well as other project work.

In 2001 Joe moved to CIT, an American company specialising in asset financing and leasing, based in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. As a member of the Portfolio Accounting team Joe was involved in the centralisation of a number of portfolios from across Europe into Dublin. As Team Leader for the Portfolio Accounting group, Joe was responsible for managing a significant percentage of the European balance sheet. Joe was also heavily involved in a number of system's based projects in his time with CIT. These included a full general ledger systems conversion in 2006.

Our Objectives:

We aim to provide tailored solutions for small and medium sized enterprises depending on the individual needs of each business we represent.

As business proprietors in uncertain economic times we appreciate that you will need easily accessible, up to date information.

Many businesses only meet their accountants at financial year end. As a result, information tends to be provided on a reactive, historical basis. This allows insufficient time for planning and problems often cannot be identified and resolved on a timely basis.

We communicate with our clients on a regular basis - for example, we can provide accounts and reports on a monthly basis if required. Instead of preparing accounts with reporting deadlines in mind, we provide regular reports and analysis with the objective of saving money for our clients. Savings can occur through basic tax planning, identification of potential cost reductions and resolving potential problems before they become major issues for your business.

When our clients compare our fees to the money they've saved throughout the year they often find that the savings exceed the costs.

We firmly believe that accounting fees should be viewed as an investment not an expense - at Lynwood Resources we aim to give our clients a return on that investment.