Our guest this week is Helen Kilroy is the Head of Finance and Director of Services for ICT. Helen is a Chartered Accountant, having worked in practice in a number of senior roles in EY, Deloitte and BDO, before joining the local authority sector.   Helen is responsible for the Council budget of €113m and is working with the senior management team to drive corporate governance, digital transformation and income maximisation.   Helen talks to Fergal about her interesting journey from studying physics in Oxford to studying accountancy and she shares details on the work of the finance team including outlining where the funding comes from and is spent.   The Galway City – Your Council series can be listened to every Tuesday where we will be chatting to some of the people who deliver Galway City Council’s services and celebrate the valuable work they do in Galway City. As the local authority for Ireland’s third largest city - a leader in culture, education and business - Galway City Council is delivering services for a population of 83,456, with a 2023 revenue budget of €113 million, and a capital budget of around €5 billion over the next decade. Please subscribe or follow wherever you get your podcasts and you will be the first to hear new episodes every Tuesday. For more information on Galway City Council go to https://www.galwaycity.ie #GalwayCityCouncil #GalwayCityYourCouncil Produced and hosted by Fergal O’Keefe at https://lume.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.