An advocate for sustainable business growth and insight-driven leadership, Rory has inspired countless entrepreneurs with his thought-provoking talks and lectures.
His framework is built on four fundamental values:
Only 20% of startups in Ireland survive more than four years. Of those, only 3% ever exceed the CRO classification ‘small’ (>50 employees and >€12m turnover). That’s just over 0.5%!
In this talk Rory will:
It’s an inescapable fact that growing companies need money. Often, business owners planning for growth will rely on the 3Fs; however Friends, Family and Fools are generally the worst investment option!
For this talk, Rory draws on his long experience in business as well as the many successful funding strategies he has helped clients to implement. He has coached Irish companies with successful pitches/applications on Dragons’ Den and to Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund, HPSU programme, and New Frontiers programme.
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Rory has been a trailblazer in his industry for years. From the moment he set up his accountancy practice, he embraced global technological innovations such as SaaS and PaaS, that were being largely ignored in Ireland. As an early adopter of tech solutions, he quickly identified the ways digital transformation can supercharge a business, and has been using it to help clients achieve great things ever since.
In this talk, Rory will:
Do you know how to assess the health of your business? What are the early warning signs that issues such as cash flow are likely to seriously impede your ability to operate? Drawing on his experience both as a Chartered Accountant and as Finance Director of large companies, Rory takes you through the process of assessing your financial health and identifying ways to improve it.
Rory has worked with a number of fast-growing startups in accelerators and hubs such as NDRC, Guinness Enterprise Centre, The Digital Hub and Fumbally Exchange – watching them put his framework into practice to achieve sustainable growth.
In this talk, Rory will:
All these talks can also be delivered as masterclasses aimed at the CEO, COO, or CFO.
They are usually held as a half-day or full-day session, depending on the company.
A qualified trainer, Rory regularly delivers courses and talks on finance and business topics for Local Enterprise Offices, Enterprise Ireland, The Entrepreneurs Academy, The Institute of Chartered Accountants, and Springboard and Momentum Programmes.
Rory is a Big Four-trained Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience running the finance functions of businesses in Ireland and the UK, initially as Financial Controller, then Finance Director and lastly as CEO.
Heading up the advisory practice at Beyond, Rory advises businesses on their financial strategy and works with them to achieve growth, profitability and positive cashflow.
With connections to Dublin’s leading business accelerators such as the NDRC, The Ryan Academy and Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund, Rory mentors high potential businesses to achieve growth, improve profitability, and manage cash.
Rory is the founder of Beyond, an accountancy firm based in Dublin 2. Beyond specialises in cloud applications, automated bookkeeping, and paperless accounting, and offers a range of business development services to clients.
Rory acts as an ambassador for global cloud accounting market leader, Xero, representing their interests in the Irish market – at trade shows and with their customers. Previously, Rory represented Vodafone as a mentor on its Smart Startup programme.
From 2013:
Founding Partner & COO, Beyond
From 2014:
Founder, Beancounters
2007-2010:
Managing Director, Buy & Sell
2001-2007:
Finance Director, Buy & Sell
1998-2001:
Finance Director, Media Directories International
1997-1998:
Transition Accountant, McAfee Software Europe
1993-1997:
Financial Controller, Dean Street Post
1989-1993:
Chartered Accountant, KPMG
