Breaking Into Risk Management In Banks

Learn the fundamental skills on how to become a successful Risk Management professional.

Why Is This Course

Advance your career and help your company build and maintain a firm-wide culture of risk awareness through integrated risk management policies and regulations. You will benefit from certification, unlimited lifetime updates, unlimited expert support and an active community of tens of thousands of peers to enhance your results.

About This Course

The course delivers fundamentals of Risk Management in banks – overview of the principles, processes, and frameworks of Risk Management.

What Will You Learn in This Course

  • How risk management can assist organizations to achieve their objectives and optimize decision making
  • The types of internal and external risk exposure typically faced by an organization and the concepts of positive and negative risk
  • How to assess risk effectively and to select appropriate actions and controls
  • What does “Risk Universe” stand for
  • What are the main components of Risk Management cycle
  • What is the difference between risk and uncertainty
  • How to determine your organization’s tolerance for risk
  • The importance of culture, communication, and behavior in an effective risk management structure
  • How to communicate your risks to all levels of your organization, and externally
  • What soft skills are required from Risk Manager
  • What are the benefits of making a career in Risk Management field

By the end of the course you will have an understanding of concepts that allow you to recognize and escalate risk-related issues before they become too severe.

You will also get the following Bonus

Bonus #1. Risk Management Glossary

Upon successful completion of all quizzes and exercises you will get a Certificate of Completion from Global Risk Academy


Who This Course Is For?

  • Anyone new to risk or wishing to enter the risk profession
  • Executives and heads of departments requiring a better understanding of risk management and the role it should play within their organizations
  • Students studying or professionals about to embark on a Certificate of Completion from Global Risk Academy in paid courses of Global Risk Academy

Course Outline - Executive Summary

  • The importance of Risk Management and regulations in any bank
  • The essential knowledge for Risk Managers in banks
  • Soft skills and technical expertise of an effective Risk Manage

At the end of each module there is a quiz to check your learning progress.


Your Instructor


Boris Agranovich
Boris Agranovich

Founder at Global Risk Community, Global Risk Academy and creator of B2B Pioneers platform

More than 30 years of global experience in working with large & medium corporations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific across multiple sectors including Financial Services, IT, Consulting, Manufacturers and Distributors.

Speaker and panelist in the world's leading professional events.

Specialties: Risk management systems, social networking for business consultancy, management reporting, policies and procedures, banking, corporate & Trust and hedge fund industry, consulting and coaching.

MY VISION: Good risk management should facilitate business growth by understanding the risks involved and managing them to acceptable levels, rather than seeking to prevent new initiatives.

MY MISSION: to help clients successfully increase revenue, manage risk and regulatory change, reduce costs and enhance control.


What Others Are Saying

"I find it very useful as a tool to systematize knowledge about risks.
For a more advanced learner or risk practitioner, Part 3 is the most
applicable for day-to-day risk management at work.

I do appreciate the course and would recommend it the people I know who might
be interested in it."

- Alexei Shmouratko, Owner at 4D-FINANCE

"Many thanks for a really nice course, I really liked the presentations and the content, brief, relevant and pretty much including all basic aspects of a risk manager's work.
I will definitely consider taking more courses from Global Risk Academy."

- Anna Zotova, Card schemes risk head at CardPay

What Others Are Saying

"Thanks. Although based on banks, the material is useful for risk management generally. As someone who has worked in the IT industry for over 45 years, involving risk management at the operations and projects level, it was a good refresher."

- Kevin Stark, Project Manager

What Others Are Saying

"I found this course very beneficial in understanding Risk Management techniques and at last thanks for the glossary."

- Farrukh Ghani, Operational Risk Manager in Public sector bank..

What Others Are Saying

"I found this course very beneficial in understanding about risk in banking domain ,expecting more of such material for benefit of students"

- Baliji Lova, Research scholar in Gitam university

Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
Once you join, you'll have lifetime access to a completely self-paced online course available on any device. You can decide what content you want to start with, when you'd like to start and when you'd like to finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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