Deloitte is to establish an office in Galway, creating 30 new jobs in the process. The news comes on the back of the professional services firm’s announcement last week that it will create 400 jobs in its consulting business over the next four years.

Deloitte’s new office in Galway will be its fifth in Ireland and will offer a full suite of services, with a particular focus on audit, accounting and risk advisory, tax, corporate finance and restructuring, and company secretarial services. The new office will be based in the Galway Financial Services Centre.

The firm is recruiting for positions at all levels, from graduate through to manager and senior manager.

Brendan Jennings (pictured), managing partner at Deloitte, described Galway as a global centre of activity for medical technologies and ICT companies, in addition to having a strong indigenous business sector.

“I am confident that there is great opportunity, both for our firm and the business community in Galway,” he added.

Gerard Casey, audit and advisory partner, and Dan O’Donovan, tax partner, will be head up Deloitte’s expansion into Galway, supported by a senior management team.

Key personnel on this team include Brian Farrell, a tax director with 13 years’ experience; Austin Sammon, an audit director and former managing partner of a Galway city firm for over eight years, and Katie O’Connor, an audit senior manager with over a decade of experience advising both international and private businesses.

Gerard Casey commented: “We’re pleased to be establishing roots in Galway. Deloitte has a strong client portfolio in Connacht, having worked closely with companies across various sectors in Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim for many years.”