Meet the team: Maeve Grogan, financial controller
Maeve Grogan first joined Rogerson Reddan in 2008 as financial controller in a part-time capacity, but in the intervening years, both her responsibilities and her hours have increased.
Today, Maeve works a four-day week and her remit covers much more than just the accounting essentials like bookkeeping, and financial reporting. She also carries out profitability analysis, tasked with understanding which projects are most beneficial to the business. Maeve also identifies key performance indicators for the company, and she also oversees the billing process
Maeve Grogan
Maeve was new to the construction industry when she started at Rogerson Reddan. She had previously spent 12 years in the telecoms sector, followed by a move into executive search. Once in place at Rogerson Reddan, she was responsible for setting up a formal finance function in the company.
Although her work rarely involves donning a hard hat and setting foot on building sites, it’s a strategic role in the business. One of the achievements she’s most proud of is a project management system she implemented, that allowed the team to record their time and expenses incurred. Along the way, Maeve has played a key part in raising awareness of the financial impact of decisions.
It’s a part of the job she enjoys, “because the numbers in isolation are just meaningless. It's where you're learning about different things that make the job interesting,” she says.
Maeve also welcomes the growing range of opportunities for women in construction, not just directly through the education route but also moving from other business sectors. “Variety is the spice of life: you should never feel you're stuck in an industry. Just go wherever you want: if an area takes your fancy, don't be afraid to retrain and specialise,” she says.
As one of the longest standing female staffers at Rogerson Reddan, Maeve is well placed to notice the growing diversity in the company and the wider building industry. “At one stage, there were only two female quantity surveyors along with two female support staff in Rogerson Reddan. But now, there’s more and more females coming in, which is great. I think it adds to the company: I’m a great believer that females bring a different perspective,” she says. “There’s nothing about the industry that should put off a female: it’s an interesting, varied career with lots of avenues you can go down,” she said.