Governance, Risk Management and Compliance training course
Governance, Risk Management and Compliance training course

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Define corporate governance and its relation to risk management and internal controls
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in a private or public organization
  • List the functions of corporate governance and differentiate between the various models
  • Identify the areas of risk management and its internal and external environment changes
  • Identify the proper controls to be implemented in various business cycles

Course Outline

Overview of governance, risk management and internal controls

    • Definition of corporate governance
    • The scope of corporate governance
    • Essential corporate governance principles
    • Code of conduct
    • The board of directors
    • The audit committee
    • Other committees

Stakeholders in Corporate Governance (CG)

    • Stakeholders
    • Shareholders rights
    • Directors’ duties and rights
    • Internal auditors and external auditors
    • Risk based decision making
    • CG failure effects
    • The efficient board

Functions of corporate governance

    • Independence of the board
    • Selection, remuneration and evaluation of the board
    • Analyzing current company’s CG system
    • Disclosure and transparency

Introduction to compliance

    • Definition of compliance
    • Importance of compliance
    • Practical examples of compliance
    • Risks of compliance

Enterprise Risk Management

    • Risk perception
    • Why should we care about risk
    • Internal environment changes
    • External environment changes

Risk management areas

    • Strategic
    • Operations
    • Reporting
    • Financial
    • Health and safety

Risk management process per COSO guidelines

    • Internal environment
    • Objectives setting
    • Event identification
    • Risk assessment
    • Risk response
    • Control activities
    • Information and communication
    • Risk monitoring

Implementing controls in business cycles

    • Controls in purchase and payment cycle
    • Controls in inventory and costing cycle
    • Controls in HR and payroll cycle
    • Controls in sales and collection cycle
    • Controls in fixed assets life cycle