ACCA Ireland invites you to join us for our Credit Union Conference 2023 which will take place as a virtual webinar on Wednesday, 26 April at 09.30-13.00.

On the day we will be joined by a number of leading experts mentioned below, who will be delivering sessions on Accounting updates for Credit Unions, The new credit union legislation, Keeping the board informed, Preparing a credit union strategic plan. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

Chairperson: Grainne Murphy, CEO of Ballinasloe Credit Union

Current accounting issues arising

 Session 1: Accounting update for credit unions

 Aidan Clifford

• Accounting for Credit Union Owned Outsourced Service Providers
• Impairment testing for Outsourced Service Providers
• Accounting for investments in a volatile interest rate environment
• Issues arising at the 2022 year end – preparing for 2023
• Reporting on sustainability in credit unions

   

  Session 2: The new Credit Union Legislation – decisions directors need to make

  Bryan Hayes

• Reducing the number of board meetings
• Reducing the number of Board Oversight meetings
• Delegating more functions to the executive
• Participating in corporate credit unions
• Farming out and in loans
• Rule changes that may be required

   

  Coffee break

   

  Session 3: Keeping the board informed – what should the board expect in their meeting information pack

  Gene Boyd

• Communicating complex financial information
• The use of a dashboard
• Example board reporting packs
• Managing board time

   

  Session 4: Preparing a credit union Strategic Plan

  Michael Byrne

• Core business model – making the most of what you have now
• Charges and fees
• Ancillary products
• Managing a business model change

Expert panel Q&A

About the Presenters 

Aidan Clifford, Advisory Service and Public Affairs Manager, ACCA Ireland.  Aidan provides an advisory service for members’ of ACCA on accounting, auditing, ethical and company law as well as coordinating the ACCA Ireland responses to proposed legislative and regulatory changes.  Aidan also represents ACCA on a number of technical committees in areas such as anti-money laundering, reporting to CEA and various audit related working groups.  Aidan is a voluntary member of the Board Oversight Committee for a community credit union.

Brian Hayes is a partner in Moore and leads firm’s Governance, Risk and Assurance team.  Brian specialises in credit union consulting work and has advised over 150 credit unions over the past decade. Brian is a both a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Internal Auditor.

Gene Boyd is an experienced chartered accountant who has worked in a variety of senior management roles with international exposure, principally in the pharmaceutical industry.  He has extensive governance expertise having worked for a number of years in iternal audit, chairs the Audit Committee of Kerry County Council and is a member of the Audit Committee of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as well as providing risk management training and consultancy services.

He has held various governance roles in credit unions including, at various times, Chair of the board, the board oversight committee and audit committee.  He is currently on the board of Member First Credit Union, one of the larger community-based credit unions in Ireland.

Gene also delivers and has developed training courses for the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Credit Union Development Association, the Institute of Public Administration, and the National College of Ireland on Governance-related topics.

Michael Byrne is the CEO at Core Credit Union & Vice President of the Board at Irish League of Credit Unions.  Michael is also an ACCA member who has worked at partner level in auditing and is a member of the ACCA Financial Services Panel. Michael has also volunteered for the ILCU Foundation Volunteer Coaching Programme.