Booking Information
Once you have booked your course, the link to the recording will be available
in your "My Account" area.
Please be aware that you will have access to this course for 180 days from
the date of purchase
Online courses cannot be booked on behalf of someone else. Access will only
be granted to the person completing the online order.
Who Should attend
This course was recorded in June 2022 and is suitable for
accountants, and other business professionals, at all levels and from all
sectors, given the scope of the sessions.
The CPD Summer Mini-Blitz reflects the style and format of our end of year
CPD Blitz series with short and focused sessions.
Course Overview
Plenary Sessions
- Building better skills for your career journey - (Caroline Reidy, The HR
Suite)
- Defending against human-operated ransomware attacks - (Will O’Brien, PwC)
- Beyond Presenteeism…Making Time in the Office More Meaningful – (Lisa
Hughes, Arena Coaching)
- Key Financial Reporting Updates (ROI and NI) – (Robert Kirk,University of
Ulster)
ROI Stream
Taxation Update -Crona Clohisey
- New Code of Practice for Revenue Compliance Interventions
- My Enquiries service levels
- Debt Warehousing Scheme -next steps
- Non resident landlords and filing 2021 Form 11
- Ongoing e-PSWT issues
ROI Insolvency Updates: SCARP, “Warehoused Debt”, Recent Case Law affecting
personal insolvency and enforcement of judgments - Jim Stafford, (Friel
Stafford)
NI Stream
- Taxation Update (Tom Penman (Baker Tilly Mooney Moore)
- Business Procurement (Compliance with EU and UK Law) – (Micaela Diver and
Stephen Abram, A& L Goodbody)
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognise some of the current issues impacting accountants and business
professionals today.
- Understand how recent key technical updates will impact themselves and
their businesses.
Speaker Bios
Lisa Hughes is an Executive Coach and Facilitator who works with individuals and
teams at all levels focussing on Leadership Development, Resilience and creating
High Performing Teams. Lisa spent her career in the arena of corporate life, her
background is in commercial, her degree in business, her speciality in
marketing. She has run co-located, hybrid and remote teams across global
multinationals, corporates and in start-ups. Lisa understands the joys and
challenges of leading teams and developing people. She is a member of the EMCC
and accredited by WACN (World Association of Coaching with Neuroscience
Will O’Brien – Director,
Consulting has overall responsibility for Forensics & eDiscovery operational
management and delivery at PwC. His industry skills include GIAC Certified
Forensic Examiner and Analyst, PRINCE2 Certified, along with an honours degree
in Computer Science from University College Cork. He also successfully completed
the Centre for Creative Leadership - Leading for Organisational Impact in
Brussels in 2016. This is a globally recognised program which provides the
understanding, experience and momentum needed to lead organisational functions.
He recently led and developed a Certificate in Technology Risk and Data Incident
Management on behalf of Chartered Accountants Ireland and he is a regular
speaker and guest lecturer on the topic of Cyber Security and Forensic
Technology at the Institute of Bankers Certificate and Diploma in
Compliance.
Caroline Reidy – Managing Director, The HR
Suite. runs The HR Suite who offer specialist tailored and effective human
resources, employment law and business solutions to over 500 clients throughout
Ireland. Caroline is a past Commissioner on the Low Pay Commission and is also
an adjudicator in the Work Place Commission. Caroline has completed a Masters in
Human Resources in the University of Limerick and is a trained mediator.
Achieved a Diploma in Company Direction with Distinction with the Institute of
Directors. She is also the author of ‘The Art of Asking the Right Questions”
that provides top tips to people managers throughout the employment journey. To
mark 10 years in business in 2019 Caroline launched a children’s book
‘Celebrating You’ to advocate diversity and the importance of celebrating
individuality in children. Caroline is also a TEDxTralee. Caroline also
contributes as a thought leader to national media, conference speaker and
articles in national press.
Joe Carroll – Head of Professional Development,
Chartered Accountants Ireland has worked for Chartered Accountants Ireland over 15 years and has
significant experience leading the development and delivery of all of the
Institute’s diploma, certificate and one day CPD programmes to personnel from
the Financial Services Sector and other sectors. Joe graduated from UCD with a
BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History Diploma and subsequently continued his
education completing a Diploma in Executive Coaching from Irish Management
Institute, a MSc Education Leadership from Dublin City University, a Certificate
in Adult Guidance and Counselling, Maynooth University and a HDip Education
Studies, University College Dublin and a Certificate in Technology Risk and Data
Incident Management.
Sinead Fox-Hamilton - Relationship and
Professional Development Manager, Chartered Accountants Ireland is a Law graduate and Fellow Chartered Accountant who has enjoyed a
diverse career spanning varied Finance, Recruitment and Consulting positions. In
her current role with Chartered Accountants Ireland, she showcases the Chartered
Accountancy profession, supports career and professional development journeys
along with working with employers to implement relevant training and learning
solutions to support talent management. Sinead was noted in Northern Ireland’s
‘Top 40 under 40’ and ‘Top 20 Inspiring Women’ listings and was also recognised
for her ‘Services to Accounting and Finance’ in the Northern Ireland Women’s
Awards. She is a past winner of Chartered Accountants Ireland ‘Chartered Star’
competition.
Cróna Clohisey – Chartered Accountants
Ireland is the Public Policy Leader in Chartered Accountants Ireland
and is a Chartered Accountant and Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.
Cróna has spent over 10 years working in both KPMG and Grant Thornton as well as
the Revenue Commissioners. Cróna has authored and contributed to several of the
Institute’s policy publications including in the areas of sustainability,
pensions, foreign direct investment and Brexit.
Micaela Diver Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
(Belfast), A & L Goodbody Micaela Diver is a partner in A&L
Goodbody's Litigation Department. Micaela specialises in Public & Regulatory
law and is experienced in complex, high profile cases in the Northern Irish
Commercial Court. Micaela advises clients in both the public and private sector
on contentious and non-contentious public procurement law matters, including
large scale outsourcing and infrastructure projects. She also advises clients on
competition law matters including compliance, merger control and private damages
actions. Micaela acts for clients in judicial reviews, statutory appeals,
investigations (bribery and anti-corruption) and other inquiries across a
variety of sectors including energy, utilities, health, transport, construction
and the public sector.
Stephen Abram – Senior Associate, EU and Competition (Belfast), A & L
Goodbody Stephen Abram is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department
in Belfast and he specialises in Competition & Regulatory law. Stephen has a
wide range of experience in advising regulated companies and regulatory
authorities on the application of legislation relevant to the sectors in which
they operate. Before joining the firm, he was a legal adviser at the Utility
Regulator and previously trained and practiced with firms in London. Stephen's
primary areas of practice are competition, procurement, judicial review,
regulatory, merger control and State aid law. Whilst Stephen has developed
extensive experience in advising clients in the utility sector, he also advises
clients involved with software development, the production of medical products
and those acting within the financial sector.
Tom Penmanspecialises in complex tax
planning, structuring groups of companies, international tax, enquiries,
providing tax efficient succession and inheritance tax planning and deals with
all aspects of income tax and capital gains tax.
Jim Stafford is an
experienced Insolvency Practitioner and forensic accountant with two years
working in New York and five years working in London. He has been appointed as
Liquidator/Receiver/Examiner to over 600 companies. He has also been involved in
hundreds of corporate restructurings and is one of Ireland’s leading experts on
Personal Insolvency and bankruptcy
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