How a career change sparked a digital transformation in the Accountancy sector.
Larissa Feeney‘s journey to becoming the founder and CEO of Kinore, Ireland’s first online, remote-first finance and business services finn, is not a typical one.
Despite never planning to strut a business or become an accountant, Feeney has emerged as a disruptive force in the financial sector.
Feeney’s career journey began in an unexpected place: a first-class honours degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Ulster.
Despite an early aptitude for accountancy, she pursued a career in hospitality, working long hours in bars and restaurants.
This hands on experience instilled in her a deep understanding that every business, at its core, is people first.
Feeney’s transition into finance started in an unconventional way, as a ‘Director of First Impressions’ (receptionist) with an accountancy firm where she found herself drawn to the world of finance.
After a year, she plucked up the courage to ask her then boss …