2026: Risk management for finance professionals

2026: Risk management for finance professionals

£625.00 + VAT
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Virtual
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Business performance, risk & strategy
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Schedule Description: Strengthen governance by turning risk into strategy.
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CPD hours: 6hrs

Description

Strengthen governance and resilience by turning risk into strategic insight. This practical course helps finance leaders assess maturity, shape risk culture, and balance threats with opportunities — equipping you with frameworks and tools to embed effective, forward-looking risk management across your organisation.

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Virtual classroom - Risk management for finance professionals
Strengthen governance by turning risk into strategy.

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WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?
Risk management is more than compliance: it is central to good governance, long-term resilience and organisational success. Finance leaders are expected to support boards and executive teams in balancing risk threats with risk opportunities, setting appetite and culture, and embedding effective controls across the extended enterprise.

This course equips you to benchmark your organisation against recognised codes and principles, assess maturity, and move beyond defensive risk thinking into a more strategic, opportunity-driven approach. You will gain practical tools, frameworks and insights that can be applied immediately in the boardroom and across your organisation.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognise risk management as a governance and strategy activity, not just compliance.
• Understand risk culture, appetite and maturity, and their impact on decision-making.
• Benchmark your approach against UK and international standards, principles and codes.
• Reframe risk as both a threat and an opportunity for organisational growth.
• Develop improvement plans and evaluate the performance of risk management and control. frameworks
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, including ESG, assurance and AI in risk monitoring.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Senior finance professionals, both executive and non-executive, who want to strengthen their ability to articulate, shape and embed a culture of effective risk management in their organisation.

WHY CHOOSE ICAEW?
• Trusted heritage: For over 145 years, ICAEW has trained and supported the world’s leading finance professionals, setting the global benchmark for quality.
• Expert-led learning: Our courses are designed and delivered by subject matter experts, combining professional insight with real-world experience.
• Connected and relevant: With close links to government, regulators, and industry, our training reflects the latest challenges and opportunities in business and finance.
• Practical and interactive: Live, small-group learning with peer exchange ensures every programme delivers immediate workplace impact – and counts as verifiable CPD.

CPD HOURS
ICAEW's revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Regulations bring in new CPD requirements. This includes a minimum number of hours and an ethics requirement. Attending this course could contribute up to 6hrs of verifiable CPD, providing you can demonstrate that the content is relevant to your role.

A copy of the course booking confirmation email is accepted as evidence of verifiable CPD. You will need to save the email as a JPEG or PDF before uploading it to your record. Click here to use ICAEW’s self-assessment tool to help you work out how much CPD you will need to fulfil each year.

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A highly interactive full-day programme, worth 6 hours of CPD, blending expert input, discussion and practical examples for immediate workplace application.
 
Governance, Fundamentals and Culture
• Setting the scene: latest trends in risk and control.
• Governance frameworks and benchmarking against codes and principles.
• Risk fundamentals: why risk management matters.
• Practical frameworks and approaches that work in practice.
• Exploring risk maturity, appetite, culture and opportunity-risk concepts.
• Interactive review of perspectives at individual, team and organisational level.

Board-Level Risk and Future Developments
• Risk in the boardroom: roles, responsibilities and strategic focus.
• Monitoring, reporting and technology in practice.
• Case study: responding to a risk-based dilemma.
• ESG agenda: threats and opportunities in global frameworks and reporting.
• Latest developments: regulatory and market trends, AI and new tools.
• Wrap-up: key takeaways and practical next steps for your organisation.

 

Louis Cooper
Louis is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has over 30 years’ experience in governance, risk and assurance services, in public practice where he has worked for all of the ‘Big 4’ Accounting firms and for 6 years was a partner at the UK top 10 audit firm Crowe Clark Whitehill (now Crowe UK), where he led the Risk & Assurance team. He provides a range of corporate governance consulting and advisory services and sits on the Quoted Companies Alliance ('QCA') Corporate Governance Expert Group and co-wrote the QCA Corporate Governance Code 2023. He acts as an Associate with three governance, risk and assurance consulting firms and is a regular speaker at governance related events, both in the UK and overseas.

Louis was one of the founders of the Non-Executive Directors’ Association (‘NEDA’) – the members Association that was set up in 2006-7 to support the specific needs and demands of Non-Executive Directors and Trustees across all sectors and at each stage of their ‘life-cycle’. Louis was CEO for 10 years and led the NED and board training, education and advisory services. Louis acted as editor of the latest edition of the ‘NED Handbook’ (6th Edition - 2023) and helped to establish the Non-Executive Director Awards which celebrated 18 years in 2024.

 

Rate Cost Early Bird Pricing
ICAEW Member £425 + VAT £361.25+ VAT
Non-member £625 + VAT £531.25 + VAT

Early Bird Pricing
15% discount automatically applied on bookings made up until 6 weeks before the course date

How are the courses delivered?

All Virtual Classrooms are run by live on Zoom. These are interactive and not recorded, interaction and delegate involvement is encouraged.

When will I receive joining instructions?

You will receive a email with joining instructions after enrolling. Materials and any other resources for the course will be sent to you shortly before the course start date.

Are there breaks?

Yes, no fixed timings - will depend on the length of the course.

How do I access the course slide deck?

Depending on the course you will either be sent in the lead up to the course or after.

What if I miss the live date?

The Virtual Classrooms are not recorded so we recommend you attend all sessions.

What if I am going to be 15 minutes late?

This is not a problem, the classroom starts at the start time, but you will be let in if you are delayed for any reason. Trainers do their best to accommodate catch-up, but this is not guaranteed. Where possible please let us know of any delays so we are aware when doing role call the beginning of the session.

Can I have my colleague with me in the live course?

Yes, if you purchase a second place. Each booking is valid for one person only.

Can I record the training?

No, virtual classrooms are not recorded.

Do the courses on this programme count as verifiable CPD?

Yes, these courses contribute verifiable CPD, so long as you can demonstrate that the content is relevant to your role. Additional information about CPD can be found here: Your guide to CPD.

How many people will be on the course?

Virtual Classrooms are designed to resemble a real classroom. Therefore, group sizes vary between 6 – 22 delegates per course.

 

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