Contracting in Ireland, from Mac Accountancy

From Richard Collins of Mac Accountancy Services
108 Lower Baggot St Dublin 2 T 6620120 F 6620104

Why Become a Contract Professional?
Becoming a contract professional offers you the opportunity to maximise your earning potential. Contract professionals typically earn substantially more than their full-time counterparts. You also get the opportunity to negotiate your conditions of work such as your daily rate, hours of work and length of contract. You can have some flexibility regarding when and for how long you want to work.
What Do You Need?
You will need a trading solution and an accountancy service which minimises taxation and administration while maximising your take-home pay. At Mac Accountancy Services we take care of the entire administration process. We receive your timesheet and invoice your agency. Once your agency pays your invoice we make payment to your personal bank account on the same day through online banking.
What to Avoid.
Agencies will not accept invoices from Sole Traders. You need to have a limited company structure, either your own limited company or an umbrella solution, where you are either an employee or a shareholding director of a limited company that acts as an incorporated entity between you and your agency.
With a limited company trading solution you are entitled to offset tax deductible business expenses incurred by you for business purposes as deemed allowable by Revenue. However, you cannot claim for expenses not directly related to you earning your income such as dry-cleaning costs, shoe repair or flying lessons.
Each time you are paid you must receive a payslip, and preferably a calculator spreadsheet to show the value of your billable hours. This payslip should show deduction for tax and PRSI and ensures that your tax affairs are always up to date.
At the end of your contract you should no longer be charged for invoicing and payroll services and you should receive a P45 which summarises your tax affairs for the year to date.
You should avoid companies providing accounting solutions which are worked on a scaled fee, or a percentage of your invoice value. At Mac Accountancy Services we provide our umbrella limited company solution for a flat fee of € 195 per month deducted before you pay tax. Our bespoke limited company accountancy solution where you have your own limited company costs €175 per month and this is a business expense which can be offset against tax.

Summary
You need a professional accountancy service which will invoice for your services and pay you in a timely fashion, ensuring that your tax affairs are kept up to date and your legitimate business expenses are claimed.

From Richard Collins of Mac Accountancy Services
108 Lower Baggot St Dublin 2 T 6620120 F 6620104 http://www.macs.ie/

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Senior Business Analyst Contract or Permanent Financials

Vantage Resources are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to work on one of their client sites in Dublin South.

You will join an existing team working as the link between the business and IT.

The ideal candidate will have a number of years working as a Senior Business Analyst and will have been involved in Planning, Analysis, Testing and Implementation.

They are looking for both permanent and daily rate contract candidates.

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

Vantage Resources will not forward your details to any company without prior discussion and your approval.

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ERP Project Manager, 12 month contract, Dublin City

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Vantage Resources are looking for a Senior PM to work on one of their client sites in Dublin City.

You will be coming in on phase two of an ERP implementation and will be expected to roll the project out to the next phase.

They are looking for a heavy hitter with numerous large-scale implementation projects under their belt.

In return you will be offered an initial 12-month daily rate contract with excellent rates.

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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Project Manager, Dublin City Centre, Contract, Financial Services

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Ireland's leading IT resourcing specialists require a Project Manager for a role based in Dublin with a high profile IT Software Company. The client specialise in technology for the financial services sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in implementing packaged enterprise software solutions in the financial services arena; any experience of financial crime products would be an advantage.

Your responsibilities will include

• Working with clients to craft innovative solutions ....

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Oracle DBA, Dublin, 6 months Contract, Immediate Start

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Vantage Resources are seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator for a high profile financial services entity based in Dublin City Centre.
Your role will involve initially setting up test environments. You will then be involved as part of a team with responsibility for an automation of a code migration on a UNIX platform. Strong documentation skills will be highly regarded, as will previous oracle DBA skills in a UNIX environment. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a high profile financial services entity.

Candidates interested in this DBA contract, please forward your resume for immediate attention to lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our consulting team on +353-1-2952850 for a confidential discussion. Vantage Resources will not forward your details to any company without prior discussion and your subsequent approval.

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PL/SQL Developer, 6 Months Contract, Dublin City Centre

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PL/SQL Developer, 6 Months Contract, Dublin City Centre

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Vantage Resources are seeking an experienced PL/SQL Developer for a 6 month contract to work with a leading Financial Services entity in Dublin City Centre. Your role will involve working as part of a team on a complex development and build project.

Your responsibilities will include
Supporting completion/delivery of data-mapping documents for allocated business/product areas
Developing close working relationships with technical personnel (and other consultants working on project team)
Delivering robust transformation code, maintaining overall code-inventory and version control
Maintaining control of essential lookup tables
Liaising with programme technical personnel in respect of conversion environment management
Providing guidance and support to business users in matters of data cleansing and data quality
Participating in testing/QA of conversion

As an ideal candidate you will have
Excellent PL/SQL programming experience, with excellent experience of Oracle & Unix
Proven ability to manage code-base in a professional and well-organised manner
The ability to identify and analyse complex problems, and produce robust code to support conversion
The ability to broker the development of appropriate solutions through translation of business requirements into code
Strong focus on quality
Experience of systems conversions, and appreciation of reconciliation/financial aspects
Ability to work as part of a team, including working alongside Business Analysts and other Technical Analysts

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion. Vantage Resources will not forward your details to any company without prior discussion and your approval.

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Test Sales Manager (Account Manager), Dublin, Permanent

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ICT Sector, Excellent Career Opportunity

Vantage Resources are looking for an experienced Test Manager who would have ambitions to move into an account management role. Our client operating in the ICT arena is seeking a Test Manager or senior Test Team Lead who would have the required skills and ambition to move into an Account Management role involving the sale of test services to a wide customer base.

As an ideal candidate you will have

• Extensive and relevant experience in all stages of the software test lifecycle including unit / assembly testing, system / technical testing, user acceptance testing, operational readiness testing
• Extensive and relevant experience in software test management of all stages of the software test lifecycle
• Experience in recognised test methodologies
• Experience of working with multi-role development / support teams
• Management of external suppliers
• Experience of test co-ordination with external parties
• Experience of three tier development and test environments
• Extensive experience in using test tools
• Experience in a Police / Public Safety / Public Services environment
• Industry standard certification / recognised 3rd level qualifications

You will have strong ‘people management' skills and the ability to manage a large team of test analysts across a range of different sites. This role involves sales and/or account management so there is a definite requirement to have strong presentation and communication skills along with the commitment and motivation to deliver to customer requirements. Any experience of large corporate environments would be a distinct advantage. Interested candidates should forward their CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion. Vantage Resources will not forward your details to any company without prior discussion and your subsequent approval.

Technical Architect/ Systems Architect, Dublin South, Contract 6 months+

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Vantage Resources are urgently looking for an experienced Technical Architect to work on an internet/intranet applications development project with a large-scale, high profile multinational. Architectural skills will include the ability to view total systems from design onwards, taking into account infrastructural and geographical constraints, business and end user requirements. As an ideal candidate you will have an infrastructure, design and a web based applications development background. This role will see you analyse the existing infrastructure and its requirements. Ideal Candidates will have ...
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Senior Technical Consultants, Java/Middleware, Permanent Position, North Dublin

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Vantage Resources are looking for a number of Senior Technical Consultants to work on one of their client sites.

You will be required to design and deliver solution architectures based on their core product. To provide technical expertise to project team covering database, middleware and web technologies and work with project management to develop realistic development plans and contribute to successful delivery of plan.

Experience

Strong record in implementing packaged enterprise software solutions

In depth understanding of system integration issues

Experience in documenting client site technical requirements

Web based architectures (J2EE)

Middleware / Messaging technologies (MQ Series)

RDMS experience, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server

Web Applications Server Environments - Websphere, Weblogic, Tomcat, JBoss

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Business Analyst, Dublin South, Permanent, Pharmaceutical Sector €60-65K

Vantage Resources are looking for a solid Business Analyst to join a dynamic and progressive client company based in Dublin South.

Some key job functions would be

Gathering user requirements and producing functional specifications for new and existing projects

Prioritise and schedule enhancements, define business requirements, manage relationships with internal business units and manage the testing and rollout phases of major development projects

Ideal candidates will have

Strong Business Analyst skills, working on large projects

Experience in all aspects of data migration during SDLC including requirements gathering, system specifications, design, development, test and implementation

Strong analytical, decision-making, organisation and interpersonal skills are required as well as an ability to coordinate with teams in various locations
Depending on the candidate a strong basic salary and an excellent benefit package is on offer, including VHI, Pension, Shares, Holidays Etc.

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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Senior Project Manager, Dublin South, 12 month Contract

Vantage Resources require a senior Project Manager to oversee and manage a large complex IT financial systems implementation for their large global multinational client.

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Senior Business Objects Analyst, Dublin, 6-12 Month Contract, Pharmaceutical Sector

Our large multinational Pharmaceutical client requires a Senior Business Objects Analyst to manage, support and administer the Business Objects Environment.

This role will see you

Provide technical assistance to Other Business Objects support staff

Assume Lead Technical Role in future Business Objects projects/initiatives

Ensure that all activities that apply to databases and servers adhere to FDA regulatory compliance

Liaise with business users to identify mappings, discuss problems, propose solutions and resolve issues
You will need to have experience of the following

Previous Experience in a similar role

Business Objects (Repositories, Supervisor, Universe Designer, Reporter, Webi, BCA)

Oracle Database / PLSQL Experience

Data Modelling, Database Design, Star Schema, Data Warehouse

ETL Experience, Business Process Analysis, Business Objects Technical Designs
This is an URGENT requirement so for immediate consideration, please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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Senior Oracle DBA, Dublin City Centre, €70,000 p.a.

Vantage Resources have a requirement for a Senior Oracle DBA to work on one of their client sites in Dublin City Centre. You will have 5+ years project installing, upgrading, configuring, tuning and managing Oracle database products and Oracle application server products. This project is a new data-warehousing project so experience with Data Warehouses, BI, OLAP, iAS, SSO and Portal would be an advantage.

Duties

• Oracle database design
• Installation and Configuration of Oracle 10g databases and Application Servers
• Oracle patching
• Cloning Oracle environments

Requirements

5+ years DBA experience (9i / 10g)
Oracle Application Servers (9i / 10g)
Data warehousing and BI an advantage

In return you will work for a well-known company and receive a strong basic salary with a competitive benefit structure. For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion. Vantage Resources will not forward your details to any company without prior discussion and your approval.

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Unix Systems Administrator, Permanent
South Dublin, Excellent salary package

Vantage Resources are seeking an experienced UNIX System Administrator to join the technology department of our large financial services client based in Dublin.

Your role will involve administering and supporting the technical infrastructure, which will include UNIX and Linux server systems, JAVA application servers, HTTP servers, hardware and other related components that are currently maintained and supported by the Systems Support group.

Your responsibilities will include:

Administering the UNIX / Linux systems so that the systems operate successfully ...

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Team Lead Java/Tibco, Dublin, South Permanent

Our client, one of the world's forerunners in financial transaction processing is seeking for a Team Leader - Applications Development (SOA) within their Systems and Technology Department.

This is a technical role at team lead level where the candidate will be expected to direct the activities of the team as well as performing a technical analysis/developer role. The candidate will have current experience of leading a team as well as technical experience in Java or Tibco. It is expected that the role will be a 50/50 combination. The successful candidate will report to the Customer Support Systems Manager.

This is an opportunity to join a world leader in electronic payment processing systems. The ideal candidates will have a glorious opportunity to enhance their career with this global organisation.

Please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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Senior J2EE Developers/Architects, Contract and Permanent

Vantage Resources are currently looking for a number of Senior Developers on both a Contract and Permanent basis.

Roles are based around Dublin and are within Industry, Telco and Finance sectors.

We are looking for Senior Developers with 5 years+ as well as J2EE consultants at architect level.

Contract positions are between 6-12 months and offer competitive daily rates.

Permanent positions are offering salaries at or above market level with very attractive benefits.

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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For IT Recruitment and contract solutions in Ireland -Vantage Resources: "Senior Unix/Linux Administrator, Financials, Permanent
Vantage Resources have a requirement for a Senior Unix Administrator to work on one of their client sites in Dublin.

You will be required to administer and support our client's technical infrastructure that will consist of Unix and Linux server systems, Java Application servers and HTTP servers.

For this role we are looking for candidates with 5+ years experience including detailed knowledge of Solaris 9 & 10 and Redhat Linux server systems.

Experience with Apache webserver and Tomcat is also needed and any Java application server experience would be an advantage.

In return you will get the opportunity to work for a Financially solvent company who are continuously expanding.

A competitive basic salary and package is on offer depending on the candidates skill set.

For further information please forward your CV to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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For IT Recruitment and contract solutions in Ireland -Vantage Resources: ".Net Developer, Dublin, Contract 3-months+
Vantage Resources are seeking an experienced .Net developer for a 3-month contract with their high profile client in the government sector based in Dublin city centre.
As an ideal candidate you will have previous experience in a .net development environment.

Exposure to the following will be highly regarded

SQL Server

BizTalk

Automated Testing (e.g. Fitnesse Framework, NUnit)

ASP .Net

Web Services
There is a very strong probability of contract renewal beyond the initial three months.

Please forward your resume to Vantage Resources at lynda.hogan@vantage.ie or contact our team on +353 1 2952850 for a confidential discussion.

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Systems Analyst/Infrastructure Analyst, Initial 6 month contract, Financial Services, Dublin City Centre
Our largest Financial Services, City Centre based client is looking for an experienced Infrastructure/Systems Analyst to design, plan and implement a number of key infrastructure projects within their global corporate services department.
The contract will be initially offered for a probationary period of 6 months, with a strong possibility of extension thereafter.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

Advanced understanding of networking TCP/IP, DNS/network, LAN & SA procedures

2+ years of web server based technologies

Strong working knowledge of IIS, HTTP, .Net, etc

2+ years of SQL Server or other RDBMS

Some Project Management experience is desirable
You will need to be a motivated team player that has strong communication skills with excellent planning and time management experience. Good understanding of supporting a complex and distributed technical environment is required.

This is a great opportunity to earn fantastic experience is a global financial services company while enjoying continuity of contract with excellent market rates.

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"VBA/Access Developer Contract Galway Urgent
Vantage Resources are looking for an Access Developer to work on one of their client sites in Galway.

This role will have a quick turnaround so ideally you will be available to interview over the phone immediately and be available within 1 week.

Contract length is roughly 2-3 months.

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