Patrick O'Connor BA FCA

Managing Director

Patrick O'Connor is the founder and Managing Director of O'Connor Associates. He is a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years of post-qualified accountancy experience gained in both public practice and industry. He rose from an audit junior to an audit senior in public practice, then to financial controller and group controller in some of the most significant financial institutions in the world, ultimately gaining the position of CFO for two different small/medium enterprises.

“That broad experience of being both the auditor and the audited, along with working for both small/medium enterprises and large multi-national companies, has given me a unique understanding of the best practice processes from the larger enterprises that I believe all businesses should strive to have, but also the benefits of being an SME such as being agile and able to take and make critical business decisions faster and not getting bogged down in committees and multiple levels of approval.”

“I strive to bring that experience to all my clients to help ensure they have the critical processes in place to monitor and understand their business (numbers-wise) and to help create the business culture and environment ready to act when opportunity or adversity requires it.”

“Everyone knows there is no reward without risk, and that risk can never be fully eliminated, but I help my clients manage it and understand it, leading them to make well-informed and understood decisions.”