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Aviation Advisory
Our dedicated Aviation Advisory team bring best-in-class expertise across modelling, lease management, financial accounting and transaction execution as well as technical services completed by certified engineers.
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Consulting
Our Consulting team guarantees quick turnarounds, lower partner-to-staff ratio than most and superior results delivered on a range of services.
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Business Risk Services
Our Business Risk Services team deliver practical and pragmatic solutions that support clients in growing and protecting the inherent value of their businesses.
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Deal Advisory
Our experienced Deal Advisory team has provided a range of transaction, valuation, deal advisory and restructuring services to clients for the past two decades.
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Forensic Accounting
Our Forensic and Investigation Services team have targeted solutions to solve difficult challenges - making the difference between finding the truth or being left in the dark.
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Financial Accounting and Advisory
Our FAAS team designs and implements creative solutions for organisations expanding into new markets or undertaking functional financial transformations.
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Restructuring
Grant Thornton is Ireland’s leading provider of insolvency and corporate recovery solutions.
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Risk Advisory
Our Risk Advisory team delivers innovative solutions and strategic insights for the Financial Services sector, addressing disruptive forces, regulatory changes, and emerging trends to enhance risk management and foster competitive advantage.
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Sustainability Advisory
Our Sustainability Advisory team works with clients to accelerate their sustainability journey through innovative and pragmatic solutions.
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Asset management Asset management of the futureIn today’s global asset management landscape, there is an almost constant onslaught of change and complexity. To combat such complex change, asset managers need a consolidated approach. Read our publication and find out more about what you can achieve by choosing to work with us.
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Internal Audit Maintaining Compliance with New EU Pension Directive IORP IIOn 28 April 2021, the Irish Government transposed IORP II (Institution for Occupational Retirement Provision), an EU directive on the activities and supervision of pension schemes, into law.
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Risk, Compliance and Professional Standards FRED 82 – Periodic Updates to FRS 100 – 105The concept of a new suite of standards for the UK and Ireland, aligning with international financial reporting standards, was first conceived in 2002
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Audit and Assurance Auditor transition: how to achieve a smooth changeoverAppointing new auditors may seem like a daunting task that will be disruptive to your business and a drain on the finance function. Nevertheless, there are a multitude of reasons to consider a change, including simply seeking a ‘fresh look’ at the business.
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Corporate Tax
Our Corporate Tax team is made up of more than 40 highly experienced senior partners and directors who work directly with a wide range of domestic and international clients; covering Corporation Tax, Company Secretarial, Employer Solutions, Global Mobility and Tax Incentives.
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Financial Services Tax
The Grant Thornton team is made up of experts who are fully up to date in terms of changing and evolving tax legislation. This is combined with industry expertise and an in-depth knowledge of the evolving financial services regulatory landscape.
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International Tax
We develop close relationships with clients in order to gain a deep understanding of their businesses to ensure they make the right operational decisions. The wrong decision on how a company sells into a new market or establishes a new subsidiary can have major tax implications.
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Private Client
Grant Thornton’s Private Client Services team can advise you on all areas of financial, pension, investment, succession and inheritance planning. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are different to the next and we tailor our services to suit your specific needs.
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VAT
Grant Thornton’s team of indirect tax specialists helps a range of clients across a variety of sectors including pharmaceuticals, financial services, construction and property and food to navigate these complexities.
Experience
Shane is a Director within our Financial Crime Compliance offering and has extensive experience leading and project managing several large scale global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing Terrorism (CFT) due diligence exercises.
Shane’s recent experience has seen him lead cross-functional teams consisting of up to 50+ regulatory consultants across Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIB), Global Asset Managers, and Irish Pillar Banks.
As part of his work, Shane has supported and advised a number of senior stakeholders across the financial services sector including reporting to Global Heads of Operations and Heads of Financial Crime Compliance.
Shane is specialised in AML and CFT risk and compliance, supporting national and international regulated financial institutions in developing AML/CFT risk and governance policies and frameworks, and assisting in the design of governance structures and processes. His extensive experience has seen him working with both Irish and global institutions across the Banking, Asset Management, Payment, E-Money and Insurance sectors.
He possesses a deep understanding of the level of granularity that regulators require and has supported a number of clients in the completion of AML / CFT governance and risk related independent reviews and subsequent remediation programs in light of the increased supervisory powers and enforcement appetite from global regulators.
Shane has an in-depth understanding of global AML / CFT regulations, regulatory expectations, and industry best practice across the financial services sector, combined with project management expertise.
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- MSc Management in UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
- LLB with Economics from University of Limerick
- Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)