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Brian Grant

Summary

Resourceful Financial Analyst with progressive financial industry experience across auditing, financial controls, budgeting, accounting and tax specialties. Strong leader with excellent motivation and communication skills to build and manage high-performing teams.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Financial Analyst

PayPal
Dublin
10.2016 - Current
  • Analyzed trends in financial performance to identify areas for improvement.
  • Developed strategies to improve efficiency of business operations and reduce costs.
  • Evaluated complex financial information from multiple sources to make sound recommendations.
  • Drafted presentations summarizing key findings from financial analyses.
  • Performed quantitative analysis of historical data to identify patterns or anomalies in the data set.
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting processes were followed.
  • Assisted in developing long-term strategic plans for investments that aligned with organizational goals.
  • Constructed models for analyzing potential mergers and acquisitions opportunities.
  • Analyzed financial data to identify trends, patterns and strategies.
  • Analyzed complex financial information to offer recommendations to management, driving decision-making.
  • Participated in quarterly earnings calls and prepared materials for investor relations.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop and monitor key financial performance indicators (KPIs).

Planning & Performance - Team Lead

Zurich Insurance Plc
Dublin
03.2014 - 09.2016
  • Design and maintain internal databases to meet management reporting requirements based on data extracted from multiple systems across multiple EMEA branches.
  • Tracking of actual performance against plan and detailed variance analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet for management reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
  • Key point of contact for all European branch PPM teams, set quarterly deadlines and priorities for branches, report back to branch CFOs on team performance, work with teams to identify and resolve local reporting issues.
  • Identify quarterly reporting priorities for ZIP branch accounts, provide support on complex issues, review all reporting output before passing to ZIP Chief Financial Officer.
  • Design and maintain reports for the company's reinsurers, highlighting longer-term trends in loss ratios for each European branch.
  • Continual assessment of the impact of branch results (actual and planned) on ZIP’s financial rating provided by the key rating agencies.
  • Full analysis of quarterly results by business segment for each branch, preparation of quarterly reports for Zurich Board and Irish Financial Regulator.
  • Provide performance analysis as required to other key areas of the ZIP team, where possible, building automated reports to produce standardized results for regular requirements.
  • Annual European branch audits to ensure sufficient controls and documentation are in place.
  • Reconciliation of branch balance sheets – IFRS to SII to Irish GAAP.
  • Identifying system/process efficiencies, design and implementation of improved workflows in both head office and in local branches.

Analyst

Hannover Re (Ireland)
Dublin
01.2007 - 03.2014
  • Design and implementation of all technical reporting requirements.
  • Co-ordination of internal projects (process re-design and improvement, owner of all relevant process narratives) within Technical Accounting department and also any technical aspect of larger company projects
  • Preparation and interpretation of variance reports for internal management and Executive Board of parent company, plus drafting quarterly commentaries to Executive Board.
  • Forecasting is responsible for generating technical result forecast figures and all related reporting requirements. Monitoring of actual results vs. forecast.
  • Regulatory returns - data validation and preparation.
  • Audit liaison (internal and external) – key point of contact for all technical items

Senior Business Consultant

Vision Consulting
Dublin
01.2001 - 06.2005
  • Conducted market research and identified potential customer segments.
  • Developed business plans, strategies and objectives to maximize profitability.
  • Performed financial analysis of current operations and developed recommendations for improvement.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Mathematics And Statistics

Heriott Watt University
Edinburgh
07-1996

A-Levels - Mathematics, Politics, Ancient History

St Patricks Grammar School
Armagh
06-1992

Skills

  • Funds distribution
  • Investment Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Due diligence
  • Financial Modeling
  • Budget support

Certification

  • CIMA

Timeline

Financial Analyst

PayPal
10.2016 - Current

Planning & Performance - Team Lead

Zurich Insurance Plc
03.2014 - 09.2016

Analyst

Hannover Re (Ireland)
01.2007 - 03.2014

Senior Business Consultant

Vision Consulting
01.2001 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Mathematics And Statistics

Heriott Watt University

A-Levels - Mathematics, Politics, Ancient History

St Patricks Grammar School

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