Business Risk Management in Banks Masterclass
Risk-based decision-making across the bank — identifying, pricing and mitigating credit, operational and market risk so every transaction earns its unit of risk.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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Most banks still allocate budgets and measure performance without asking the only question that matters: how much revenue does each unit of risk actually earn? The nature of risk management in banking and financial institutions is changing fundamentally — every transaction, product and service must be assessed for the risk it adds and priced for a suitable return, a culture the Basel Accord deliberately reinforces. This masterclass builds that discipline: the bank’s business model read through the risks it takes, the risk management process from identification to mitigation, and the regulatory capital and liquidity methodologies underneath. Pitched at an intermediate level, it assumes a basic grounding in accounting, financial products and banking functions.
What you will do
Who attends
- Risk managers and heads of risk
- Regulators and bank supervisors
- Internal auditors, bankers and analysts
- Professionals seeking a structured view of how bank risk is managed and regulated
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Risk and the banking business model
- The business model of banks in relation to the risks they take
- Types of risk management in banks
- Key banking risk groups and their relative importance
II.The risk management process
- Risk identification in banks
- Assessment and analysis methodology of risk
- Risk management practices across the banking industry
III.Regulation and capital
- Methodologies for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements
- The role of Basel in risk management
- Revenue per unit of risk: budgets and performance measurement
IV.Mitigation and decision-making
- The primary risks: credit, operational and market
- Different means of mitigating risk
- Applying a risk-based approach to any business decision
Frequently asked
Will these programmes prepare our team for supervisory review?
That is what they are built for. Casework is structured around the evidence supervisors request — risk-appetite articulation, documentation, attestation — and participants leave able to assemble the evidence trail before it is asked for and defend the framework in examination. Faculty include practitioners who have sat on the supervisor’s side of the table.
Which risk frameworks does the curriculum cover?
The risk and compliance curriculum spans enterprise risk management on the COSO framework, credit, market, liquidity and operational risk, IFRS 9 provisioning, stress testing, and financial-crime disciplines including fraud detection and AML/CFT. Each programme page states the frames it works in and what participants will build with them.
Can we attend in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers in English and French, in classroom, live virtual and hybrid formats. French-language cohorts serve institutions across BCEAO jurisdictions and other francophone markets.
What happens after we enquire about a programme?
A senior practitioner replies within one business day with the brochure attached. The conversation then covers dates, format, any tailoring your institution needs, and the fee — BIZENIUS shares fees in that proposal, not on a public price list.
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Knowledge transfer, emphasised throughout
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The Capability Arc™
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Advisory & Consultancy
A senior bench across risk, treasury and regulation.
Learning is one point on the Capability Arc. Many institutions pair this programme with the advisory engagement — and automate what the framework demands.
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Take the brochure with you.
One request — the full agenda, the faculty and the next cohort dates, sent personally by the admissions team.