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Chartered Accountants Ireland
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Peadar Murphy FCA · Financial Data Specialist

Bridging the divide between finance, operations, and data to build the tools that drive organisational value.

I'm a Chartered Accountant who codes. With 20+ years experience across international financial services, I sit at the intersection of finance and technology — turning complex data problems into clean, automated solutions. Available for contract through Techzana.

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Years Experience

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Contracts Delivered

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Savings Identified

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Client Retention

Sectors worked across 30+ years of international financial services

🏦 Retail Banking
🌍 Investment Banking
🛡️ Insurance
📦 Asset Management
📊 Capital Markets
🏛️ Central Banking
🔄 Fund Administration
🏢 Corporate Finance
🏦 Retail Banking
🌍 Investment Banking
🛡️ Insurance
📦 Asset Management
📊 Capital Markets
🏛️ Central Banking
🔄 Fund Administration
🏢 Corporate Finance

What I Do

Specialist services at the intersection of finance and technology — for CFOs, FDs and finance teams who need results fast.

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Financial Reporting

End-to-end management reporting, board packs and KPI dashboards that give decision-makers clarity fast.

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Process Automation

Excel, VBA, Power Query and Power Automate solutions that eliminate manual effort and reduce errors.

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Business Analysis

Requirements gathering, gap analysis and process mapping to align technology with business goals.

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Power BI & Data Analytics

Interactive dashboards and self-service reporting that turn raw financial data into actionable insight.

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Financial Data Architecture

Designing data models and reporting hierarchies that scale — from single-entity to complex group structures.

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Systems Integration

Bridging finance systems and data sources so your numbers are consistent, automated and trustworthy.

Featured Work

Real deliverables from real contracts — each with a measurable outcome.

Vue.js Python Excel API

Automated Variance Reporting Tool

Global Finance Team

💡 Saved 15 hours/week

About Peadar

I'm a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) with 30 years experience across international financial services. My edge is that I'm equally at home in a finance team and a development team — I understand both the numbers and the technology that produces them.

Recent Experience

Senior Business Analyst

· Major UK Bank 2023 – 2024

Delivered automated MI reporting suite reducing monthly close by 3 days.

Banking Automation

Financial Reporting Analyst

· Global Insurance Group 2022 – 2023

Built Power BI dashboards for CFO covering £4bn AUM portfolio.

Insurance Power BI

BA / Reporting Lead

· FTSE 250 Retailer 2021 – 2022

Led finance transformation programme, rationalising 120+ legacy reports.

Retail Transformation

Skills & Tools

Reporting & BI

Power BI Excel SQL SAP BW Tableau

Automation

VBA Power Query Power Automate Python

Finance

Financial Modelling Variance Analysis Budgeting Forecasting IFRS

Delivery

Jira Confluence Azure DevOps SharePoint Agile

What Clients Say

Feedback from finance directors, COOs and reporting leads across international financial services.

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Peadar has an exceptional ability to bridge the gap between complex financial requirements and technical delivery. He transformed our reporting process and gave the CFO genuine confidence in the numbers for the first time.

FD

Finance Director

Global Investment Bank

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What sets Peadar apart is that he understands both sides — he can sit in a board meeting and then turn around and build the solution himself. Rare combination.

CO

Chief Operating Officer

European Insurance Group

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Delivered on time, on budget, and the automation he built is still running two years later without a single issue. Exactly what you want from a contractor.

HF

Head of Financial Reporting

Asset Management Firm

Names and organisations withheld in line with standard financial services confidentiality.

Let's talk about your data challenge.

I'm currently considering contract opportunities in financial reporting, data automation and business analysis. Get in touch and let's see if there's a fit.

peadar@techzana.com