Job Description

Grant Thornton currently has an exciting opportunity within our Regulatory Risk Advisory team in our Advisory practice. Our team brings people from diverse backgrounds together with experience across prudential regulation, conduct risk, compliance and governance and is made up of ex-regulators, compliance professionals, auditors and lawyers.

The increased focus by European Regulators on banking and investment firm’s interpretation of prudential regulation, the quality of capital and liquidity processes and documentation, as well as the effectiveness of risk frameworks means firms are increasingly requiring assistance in adapting to the changing regulatory environment. We are looking for new talent to play a key role in taking our prudential regulatory offering to clients as we continue to build a team in the Irish market.

The Regulatory Risk Advisory team offers the following services to prospective clients across the financial services sector (primarily banking, capital markets, asset management and payments):

• Regulatory Compliance Advisory Assisting institutions in interpreting and responding to evolving regulatory expectations.
• Prudential Risk & Capital Management Providing expert support on capital adequacy and prudential compliance to meet regulatory requirements and align with business strategy.
• Governance, Risk & Strategy Framework Building integrated, risk-aligned frameworks that enhance oversight, accountability and strategic decision-making.
• Markets, Treasury & Liquidity Management Advising on liquidity risk, treasury operations and balance sheet strategy, ensuring institutions are well-positioned for regulatory expectations, market risks and liquidity events.
• Internal Audit & Assurance Services Independent assurance and co-sourced support to strengthen internal audit effectiveness and deliver value-added insights.
• Regulatory Reporting and Data Processing Supporting accurate, timely and compliant regulatory reporting by improving governance, controls and data lineage across the reporting lifecycle.
• Authorisations & Regulatory Support Guide firms through the end-to-end regulatory lifecycle – from initial licensing to managing thematic reviews, inspections and skilled persons reviews.

The successful applicant will assist the Partners and Directors in expanding our market offering, play a key role in strengthening our client relationships, and assist in the delivery of a range of interesting engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams on engagements by being a key contact for clients, as well as being responsible for day-to-day liaison and building meaningful relationships with clients;
• Assist the Partners and Directors design and take our solutions to the marketplace;
• Develop opportunities and winning new business, through marketing and sales activities and continuous client relationship programmes with senior client staff;
• Take responsibility for the conduct of reviews and preparation of reports; making oral presentations of findings/recommendations to client management team(s);
• Support technical analysis – being a 'subject matter expert' in aspects of European prudential regulation (CRR/CRD, BRRD, IFR/D);
• Network with clients, prospective clients and internally across the firm; and
• People development, mentoring and coaching, including management of client-facing teams;

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience of the banking and capital markets sector, including a strong understanding of risk and capital and liquidity management processes and procedures;
• Technically proficient in the prudential aspects of the European regime as it applies to banks and investment firms, regulatory reporting as well as elements of the broader ECB/SSM regime and requirements;
• Experience in providing regulatory consulting advice to both established companies and new entrants either inhouse, at a regulatory body or a consultancy;
• Positive and proactive attitude, with the ability to adopt an agile approach;
• Demonstrate the ability to form strong relationships, make new contacts, listen to their needs and interpret this to identify new opportunities to assist them;
• Drive to win new work, build our reputation and expand our service offerings to our clients; and
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.

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