Chartered Accountant (FCA; BSc) – Director
Sean is the founder of the firm and grew the practice with the help of Des Lynchehaun, who retired as partner in 2008.
He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in working with family businesses and charities, as well as providing key business consultancy services. He also helps clients with tax-planning and audits, and has years of accounting expertise acquired through working with a wide range of businesses.
“Working with the team at Malone Accounting has been a happy revelation for me having previously used the services of an accountant who hasn’t adopted modern technology and, more importantly, modern thinking. My business takes up all of my time and I have always struggled to manage company finances via paper and manual means. Through the use of technology as configured and managed for me by Malone Accounting, what used to be a huge problem has simply ‘gone away’ and freed me to pay more attention to business. The team at Malone Accounting combine modern technology with simple and sound financial consultancy and their advice is as easy to digest as it is effective financially. So, especially if you run a small business and you’re short of time for anything other than meeting your client’s requirements and your company’s financial management and reporting is a problem, I recommend that you lift the phone to Malone Accounting. I wish that I had done so much earlier. ”
Paddy Keenan – Director of Digital EA Ltd
“We have been working with Malone Accounting for almost a year and they provide us with a thorough service delivered with huge attention to detail, skill, expertise and always with patience and enthusiasm. Throughout the tendering process I was impressed by their grasp of our particular needs and the tailored solutions they offered. Following their appointment, they quickly worked with us to review our processes and to introduce Xero. Aidan trained us in the use of Xero and was instrumental in enabling us to use it confidently within a short period of time. This has been a real game-changer for us and, through it, we have achieved the level of real time accuracy, transparency and accountability we had been striving for. Knowing that Aidan and his team are available at the end of the phone any time we need them makes a real difference and is something we appreciate. In summary, working with Malone Accounting has given the Board, and myself as CEO, a high level of assurance regarding our financial systems and processes and I look forward to continuing to work closely with Aidan and the rest of the team. ”
Tina McCrossan – Chief Executive of Family Routes
“Malone Accounting acted for my father’s business for many years before I bought the business. They have been brilliant at guiding me step by step through the incorporation of the business a few years ago, something which has been a big step forward for us. They also switched us from our old accounting system to something much more modern with Xero. We now save a lot of time as all our purchase invoices are processed through Receipt bank as before we had to enter these manually onto our system and this alone has saved several hours each week. That’s time that we can best use on our business and helping our customers to deliver a better service and grow the business. ”
Paul Fegan – Director of Transcold Refrigeration Ltd
“We have been with Malone Accounting for over 10 years. Recently Aidan helped us set up a partnership for our business which saved us a significant sum, and again when we set up the limited company for a new venture in software development, Aidan guided us smoothly through that process. We have found Xero invaluable for tracking payments and invoices. It gives great peace of mind knowing that Aidan and his team are on hand to oversee and advise, so that we can keep all our tax obligations on track. ”
Stan & Sinead Hoben, Directors – Base Codex Ltd
“I’ve been a client with Malone Accounting for 4 years. Before coming to them I was using Sage and I had an outsourced book keeper. I had always felt a bit removed from the accounts and I was paying for a book keeper and an accountant to complete the final accounts. Malone Accounting introduced me to Xero which I use for my business accounts. It is easy to use, I can access it from anywhere and it integrates with my PayPal account saving me time and allowing me to get paid quicker. Malone Accounting can login to my accounts and assist me with queries but also help me by giving real time advice on how my business is doing. I now feel much more in control of my business and how it is doing. I can login anytime and see how my business is doing. I now am using another piece of software that sends reminders to my customers for outstanding invoices, saving me days of work and helping me get paid quicker. ”
Steve Laing – Director Fresh Graphics Belfast Ltd
“As a start up business Malone Accounting have been great helping us set up Xero and linking to another app Cliniko which is brilliant at scheduling all our customer appointments. It’s great having Aidan and the team able to login and help us solve any questions we are stuck with! ”
Louise McQuaid – Hand Kinetics Ltd
“We’ve been with Malone Accounting for over 30 years, they have provided an excellent service for during this time, from the instant support by phone, the email support and most recently they introduced us to Xero. This allows them to check our vat return before we send it, which gives us peace of mind; it also links to our bank accounts instantly saving us time on manually entries. A big thank you to all the team at Malone Accounting for your guidance and support throughout the years. ”
Kevin and Pamela Murphy – KM Motors
“Brendan from Malone Accounting has played a hands on role in implementing Xero for my business which is fantastic in helping me keep things up to date. He has introduced us to some great apps for Xero such as Auto Entry, Satago and Stripe which have saved lots of time and help me get paid much quicker from my customers. Brendan has also helped me with securing funding for the business from the bank, and in competitive tendering for contract work. ”
Leo Magee – Leak Detector Ltd
“Malone Accounting has been our accountant and business advisor for over 15 years. They advised us to incorporate our business and have guided us smoothly through that process. Aidan has been super helpful in introducing us to Xero online accounting software and we have been using this for the past 4 years. He has helped us setup Xero, trained us how to use Xero and support us throughout the year in keeping our accounts accurate and up to date. We use Receipt bank, which has saved us huge amounts of time it takes us to prepare our vat return – we have gone from a few days to a matter of hours each quarter. As our accounts are up to date and online, Malone Accounting are able to access our accounts easily and meet us months prior to our year end to advise us on how our business is doing and tax planning options prior to our year end so we know what is ahead of us and can plan accordingly. ”
Gerard & Kieran McCann – Directors of McCann Bros (N.I.) Ltd
“We chose to work with Malone Accounting through a tender process and the reason we chose them is because of their modern approach to accounting as they have helped us setup and use Xero and Receipt Bank for the BID. We are able to view reports instantly which is great for our board meetings and for full transparency with Receipt Bank every purchase invoice is captured within Xero and we can view these instantly. We are really happy working with Malone Accounting and they have saved us so much time and make everything straightforward for us. ”
Eamonn Connolly – Managing Director Newry Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd
“The relationship we have enjoyed with Malone Accounting has been excellent. The enthusiasm of Aidan Malone in particular for our project has been evident throughout and the introduction of Xero has proved an invaluable tool for our business from day 1 of starting. As we have grown in our experience, the use of Xero has also grown and it has proved worthy of any challenges we have given to it. The ease of use and the ability to produce whatever reports we require has been excellent and has enabled us to keep up to date with exactly where we are financially at any moment in time. The online video tutorials are simple enough to follow and allow the convenience of learning more about Xero and its uses at any time. Also, any of staff we have approached, for example in connection with payroll, have proved themselves to be efficient and very helpful. All of great benefit to a new start up business finding its way.”
Chris Hollies, Chris & Susan Bennett – Directors of the Wee Tram Ltd
“We chose to switch to Malone Accounting as we had identified them as a leading firm in Northern Ireland with cloud accounting software. We are happy we made the right decision as we have found it to be a great experience working with them. They now look after all our book keeping remotely using Xero and Receipt Bank and do our payroll, which is great as it allows us to focus on the important things in the business and do what we love doing which is helping our customers. We now have up to date accounting information which is vital for our business in making decisions and knowing how we are doing. They have added value to our business by introducing us to research and development specialists who identified that we could apply for R&D tax credits. We would have no hesitation in recommending them as they are a forward thinking client focused firm.”
Marc McMullan & Paul Neely – Directors of Total Pools & Leisure Ltd
