Category:
Ethics, Governance, Leadership and personal effectiveness, Practice and business improvement, Technology and data
Format
This full day course will be delivered via Zoom on Friday 25 March 2022 from 9.30am to 5.30pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who should attend
Any member going into practice is obliged to attend this course in the year before or after obtaining their practising certificate. The course is primarily focused on the needs of members starting their own practices or being admitted as partners in small and mediums sized practices, in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Course overview
This interactive course will encompass a full day’s worth
of learning. Interaction with the speakers is encouraged, allowing you to ask
the questions that matter to you. Some of the key topics that we will cover over
the day include:
- The Basics of Going into Practice, including the
pitfalls to avoid when starting out on your practice journey;
- The fundamentals of Practice Regulation that you need
to know;
- Leading practitioner Eamonn Leahy sharing his story of
what it takes to succeed in practice;
- An overview of the Professional Indemnity Insurance
(PII) market from Martin Adams of Arachas; and
- An overview of Practice Management and
Development.
Key learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participant will be able to:
- Understand the basics of practice compliance,
including when you need a practising certificate
- Appreciate what should be included in a practice
business plan
- Know what causes most practice insurance claims and how to
avoid them
- Develop an understanding of what makes a successful
practice and what pitfalls to avoid
- Understand the key business drivers of practice and how to begin to market the practice.
Speaker Bios
Conal Kennedy Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 14 year period in Practice Consulting, Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice development and marketing.
Jeremy TwomeyJeremy in his role as Practice Consulting Manager works to support our member practitioners across our service areas, with a particular focus on compliance support, training and our associated advisory services. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having trained with Ernst & Young; he has held senior management positions across both financial and professional services, as well as the public sector.
Eamonn Leahy - FCA, AITI
Eamonn qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982 and as an associate of the Irish Tax Institute in 1986, the same year he founded his firm Leahy O’Riordan Chartered Accountants.
Eamonn specialises in insolvency matters for companies/individuals, as well as issues around practice management for those clients engaged in the delivery of professional services.
He is a long-standing member of the Institute Members in Practice Committee, and is also the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB-I) representative on CROLink, the Companies Registration Office (CRO) liaison group for users.
He has also acted as an examiner in previous years for the final tax examinations of Chartered Accountants Ireland, in addition to assisting in the delivery of the Institute Diploma Course for Insolvency.
Martin Adams
In his role as Special Risks Director at Arachas Corporate Brokers, Martin specialises in the provision of Professional indemnity Insurance (PII), Insolvency Insurance and Cyber Security cover.
A vastly experienced Insurance professional, Martin has worked at various senior levels in the Industry across the UK & Ireland for over 25 years.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at(+353) 01 523 3930
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