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Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving

This course combines financial risk assessment with the structured problem solving needed to address its causes. Delegates work through credit, market, liquidity and operational risk, the measurement approaches used for each, and the control environment that contains them. The problem solving half applies root cause techniques to financial control failures: reconciliation breaks, unexplained variances, recurring losses and control overrides. Delegates work on real failure scenarios and practise distinguishing a symptom from a cause, which in financial control is usually the difference between a fix that holds and one that produces the same loss again the following quarter.

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Course objectives

  • Distinguish credit, market, liquidity and operational risk and their measurement
  • Assess the control environment containing each exposure
  • Apply root cause techniques to financial control failures
  • Distinguish a symptom from a cause in a control breakdown
  • Analyse recurring losses, reconciliation breaks and control overrides
  • Design corrective action that prevents recurrence
  • Report a control failure and its remediation credibly

Who should attend

  • Financial risk and control professionals
  • Internal auditors
  • Finance managers and controllers
  • Operational risk staff
  • Compliance professionals in financial services

Course outline

  1. 01Credit, market, liquidity and operational risk
  2. 02Measurement approaches and their limitations
  3. 03The control environment and where it typically breaks
  4. 04Root cause analysis applied to financial control failures
  5. 05Symptom against cause in a control breakdown
  6. 06Reconciliation breaks, variances and recurring losses
  7. 07Control override, and why it recurs
  8. 08Corrective action and credible reporting

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
8 to 12 October 2026Victoria, SeychellesClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
26 to 30 October 2026London, United KingdomClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
28 October to 1 November 2026Port Louis, MauritiusClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
27 November to 1 December 2026Dubai, UAEClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now

Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving

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