Ray Byrne

Experience

Ray is a director in Grant Thornton's Risk Advisory practice. He joined from an International Bank and brings with him over 20 years in Financial Services and over 17 years in the Prudential Regulation and Reporting space.

He has worked as Head of Regulatory Reporting for both a Significant Institution (SI) and an LSI, with responsibility for regulatory reporting submissions into both the Central Bank of Ireland and the European Central Bank.

He has led on a numerous projects and initiatives including CRR implementation, the development of Regulatory Reporting Frameworks, control environments, mergers, portfolio acquisitions, forecasting, and rule compliance. Ray has worked a Basel III SME, as well as performing numerous assurance engagements in a consultancy role.

With a significant level of experience in Regulation and Regulatory Reporting, including as Head of Regulatory Reporting, Ray has led on a number of initiatives including: 

• The Implementation of CRR and CRR II from both a rules compliance and regulatory reporting framework perspective.
• Lead role in the ECB’s Comprehensive assessment, including Asset Quality Review (AQR) and Stress Testing.
• Production and Assurance roles in the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Plan (ICAAP) across multiple entities.
• Oversight and Review of full suite of European Prudential Regulatory Returns and local Statistical Reporting.
• Interpretation and documentation of Regulatory rules and requirements.
• All aspects of Recovery Planning.
• Regulatory Reporting System implementation.
• Pillar III production, rule compliance, review and challenge.
• Ray also lectures in Regulatory Reporting in the Institute of Bankers (IOB).