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Operational Risk: A Practical Approach

February 22, 2010
Bayards, New York City
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7 CPE Credits

BONUS: 7 Operational Risk Templates and Takeaways

 

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Instructor: Philippa Girling
Hours:
9:00 am - 4:30 pm; Registration/Breakfast begins at 8:30 am

Do you have limited resources to implement an operational risk framework? Are you trying to determine the vital elements of a successful operational risk program? Are you unsure where you should focus your efforts to ensure you meet your business and regulatory requirements? Do you want to learn the do’s and don’ts of a successful and practical approach to operational risk management? Would you like to have proven generic templates to kick start your program?

 Who should take this seminar?

  • Operational Risk Managers and Analysts

  • Risk Managers

  • Compliance Officers

  • Regulators
  • Auditors
  • Supervisors
  • ERM Managers

 What will you learn? By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Propose a governance structure that will support appropriate operational risk management at their firm

  • Implement an internal marketing strategy to ensure effective adoption of the operational risk program

  • Roll out a training program to facilitate the required culture change

  • Implement effective loss data collection processes and procedures

  • Produce meaningful and actionable reporting for management

  • Design KRIs that have value

  • Design an appropriate RCSA approach

  • Produce operational risk policy documents

  • Prepare an operational risk update for the Board

Course Outline


DRIVERS AND DESIGN

  • Identifying the drivers for operational risk in your firm

  • Optimizing the design of your operational risk framework

  • The vital elements of an operational risk management framework

  • Planning the rollout or enhancement of an operational risk framework

  • Tracking progress

Takeaway: Generic operational risk policy (Word)

TRAINING, MARKETING AND CULTURE CHANGE

  • Designing an effective training program

  • Implementing a launch or re-launch plan

  • Marketing the culture change

  • Embedding the culture change

  • Winning over partners: Audit, SOX, Compliance etc.

Takeaway: Generic operational risk training pack (Powerpoint)

LOSS DATA COLLECTION

  • Setting standards: Who, what, where, when, why and how?

  • Designing a practical process

  • The use of operational risk coordinators

  • Mitigation and action tracking

  • External data sources

Takeaways: Sample loss data collection standards (Word) and generic loss data collection templates (Excel)

RISK AND CONTROL SELF ASSESSMENT

  • Pros and cons of different styles of RCSA

  • Planning for RCSA roll out and maintenance

  • Setting standards and procedures for RCSA

  • Setting scope and content of RCSA

  • Keeping RCSA’s current

Takeaway: Generic RCSA templates (Excel)

KEY RISK INDICATORS (KRIs)

  • Types of KRIs, KPIs, KCIs

  • How to collect relevant KRIs

  • Sources of KRIs

Takeaway: List of potential KRIs (Excel)

REPORTING

  • Answering the ‘So What?’ questions

  • Effective loss data reporting

  • Effective RCSA reporting

  • Effective KRI reporting

  • Effective operational risk reporting

Takeaway: Sample reporting package (Powerpoint)

SELECTING IT TOOLS

  • Build v. buy

  • The RFP process

  • What to ask in a demo

  • Assessing how a technology tool might fit your needs
     





 

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