Virtual CPD Update – Career Progression and Transition (ROI/NI) On Demand

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.

Members can claim an additional 2 hours for every video watched, and we recommend you add these hours to your own CPD records

Who should attend?

This course was recorded in September 2023 and is suitable for accountants, and other business professionals, at all levels and from all sectors, given the scope, agenda and fast-moving pace of the sessions.

Course Overview

These sessions are currently being curated and may be subject to change

Morning Plenary Session:

• Opening Address: (Sinead Donovan, President, Chartered Accountants Ireland)
• Key-Note Speaker: Careers in the New World of Work (Prof Claire Gubbins, Dublin City University)
• The importance of Mentoring in Career Development (Caroline Reidy, The HR Suite) During this session Caroline will discuss the Four C’s of mentoring- Conversation, Connection, Community and Culture. Caroline will examine the important skills Mentors and Mentees should have.
• Salary Negotiation Tips (Dave Riordan, Chartered Accountants Ireland)How to obtain a salary and package that is aligned with that of your peers, the market and suits your individual requirements.
• Career Pivoting (Rory Lankford, FMC Agro Ireland) A Case Study on successful career pivoting and key takeaways.
• Supercharge your Career (Sinead Donovan and Sinead Fox-Hamilton, Chartered Accountants Ireland) Key activities necessary to “supercharge your career” and why you should be doing them: building a professional network, skills diversification, being a part of a “professional family”, trusting your own instincts, believing in yourself and taking risks.
• Future Leaders: Leading and Empowering Others (Jill O’Reilly, O’Reilly People Management) Jill will explore how empowering others can directly impact your success as a (future) leader.
• How to Thrive Through Imposter Syndrome (James McSporran, McSporran Leadership Development) This session will explore some of the psychology behind imposter syndrome and give practical strategies for how to thrive, or help people on your team thrive through imposter syndrome when it strikes. We’ll look at how it forms, how you can use it to develop yourself, and how to coach others who are feeling held back.
• Panel Discussion

Participants can choose from the following

Leinster Society: Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Update 2023 (Des Gibney, Maria Zapciu, Gemma Freeman).

Western Society: Sustainability and ESG Reporting (Catherine Duggan, Orla Carolan, Peter Gillen, Susan Rossney).

Northwest Society: Succession Planning (Dr Peter Robbins, Rosy Temple, Jim Connolly).

Midwest Society: How is Data and AI influencing the role of today’s Accountant (Jake Kelly, Paul Tully, Nabanita Roy).

Ulster Society: Retaining and Motivating Your Talent (James McSporran, Patrick Gallen, Sarah Orange).

Cork Society: Employment Law Update/Overcoming Conflict in the Workplace (Deirdre Malone, David Swinburne).

London Society: Remote Working Now (John Lee, Chris Kane).

All afternoon sessions will be recorded and made available to participants proceeding the live session.

Key Learning outcomes

By the end of this course. participants will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of and receive relevant insights on how to develop and successfully progress their own career trajectories.
• Have a greater understanding of the subject matter of their selected afternoon topic

A full outline of this conference can be found here

Speaker Bios

Catherine is a senior energy/sustainability specialist with 15 years global experience, who joined Grant Thornton in 2021 to lead the sustainability offering in Financial Services.

Orla Carolan, Director Financial Services Advisory, Grant Thornton

Orla Carolan, is a sustainability and financial reporting SME with extensive experience in regulatory reporting and accounting roles in financial services.

Susan Rossney, Sustainability Officer, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Peter Gillen, ESG First Line Risk & Assurance Manaer in AIB

Dr Peter Robbins is Associate Professor of Innovation in DCU Business School.

Part of the 5th generation behind Magee 1866 which has over 150 years’ experience in designing, weaving & tailoring luxury fabrics and clothing in Co. Donegal, Ireland. Rosy joined the family business in 2018 and took over the mantle of CEO from her father in 2020.

Jim Connolly is a well-known figure in the pensions industry and has held many senior positions with PwC, Standard Life, Goodbody and Bank of Ireland. He is now Head of Retirement Planning for AIB (Allied Irish Bank) Private.

Jake Kelly

EY Manager, Digital transformation and strategy, Data & Analytics

Paul Tully

EY Director, Data & Analytics.  Paul is a finance & analytics director with over 20 years hands on experience across practice and industry, now leading EY's data analytics team to enable clients to leverage analytics and AI in their finance function.

Nabanita Roy

EY Senior Manager, Data Science & AI

James is a Leadership Development Consultant who has been coaching & facilitating across all leadership levels for 15 years.

Patrick is the Partner leading Grant Thornton’s People and Change Consulting practice in Ireland.

Sarah is the founder and Managing Director of Artemis Human Capital and oversees both the Executive Search and Professional Recruitment divisions.

Deirdre leads EY Law Ireland’s employment law team, working with all EY service lines to offer clients integrated and seamless solutions.

David is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and sits on a number of committees across the Institute. David advises Irish SME and Family Businesses at all stages of their life cycle from start-up to growth phase and providing strategic advice and solutions to those that run into difficulty.

John is the co-founder of Work From Anywhere, a platform to help companies execute a hire or work from anywhere strategy.

Chris Kane has worked in the Corporate Real Estate sector for over 30 years, having operated as the Vice President of International Corporate Real Estate for The Walt Disney Company, before acting as Head of Corporate Real Estate at the BBC, where he was responsible for the creation of MediaCityUK in Salford, the redevelopment of Television Centre and overseas the £1bn development of Broadcasting House.