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Risk Excellence – Connect. Modernise. Digitise.

Take Command of Risk

October 2020

RISK EXCELLENCE Connect. Modernize. Digitize. Take Command of Risk
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Overview

 

Organisations who can CMD their approach to assurance, compliance and risk, can embrace digital technologies and new ways of working. In this publication, Deloitte outlines the core components of CMD detailing how a CMD initiative is not just a technology solution but also a combination of a new mind-set, skill-set and tool-set for organisations.

Building resilient companies by aligning and modernising risk management and using digital technology applied to new operating models for risk - Connect, Modernise and Digitise (CMD) is a strategic, creative, agile and adaptive way, of bringing our existing innovative offerings to rapidly enable what is needed for organisations to drive impact and value through risk.

In this latest global Internal Audit point of view publication, we consider a more holistic discussion on risk, compliance and assurance transformation across an organisation.

Key findings

 

CMD is an opportunity arising from the leading thinkers across the three lines of defence. The convergence of digital technology, automation and analytics provides CMD the foundation on which to build a more resilient organisation, one capable of taking on the right risks and withstanding the shocks of an ever-changing risk universe.

Looking ahead

 

Now more than ever, digital is woven into everything we do. Technology is poised to enable a digitally connected risk enterprise, giving the CEO a clear line of sight on risk across all three lines of defence. Supporting a more agile enterprise, CMD can drive real time controllership and assurance, meaning the organisation is more prepared for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA).

The cost and accessibility of cognitive, analytical and automation technologies are no longer the limiting factors they were even a few years ago. By incorporating assurance by design into business processes, leveraging automation for control functions and innovating assurance activities, organisations are able to generate greater visibility into risk and faster response to remediation. Those organisations who achieve the CMD paradigm shift in assurance, compliance and risk are realising benefits.

CMD is an opportunity for Internal Audit to lead. CMD conversations are strategic and forward looking and go beyond control rationalisation, GRC implementation and control automation, to drive risk transformation.

This is Risk Redefined. This is taking Command of Risk.

Key contacts

 

Geoffrey Kovesdy

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Stuart Rubin

Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Key contacts

Adam Berman

Deloitte - United States
Adam Berman is a Partner in Deloitte’s Risk and Financial Advisory practice and has over twenty years of experience as an Internal Controls Specialist. He currently leads our Digital Controls market offering encompassing controls advisory, controls automation, implementation assurance, and related services. Adam is also Executive Sponsor of Deloitte’s Nexus Digital Nerve CenterTM, a suite of innovative digital services designed to transform the management and optimization of your organization’s risk and control programs. Adam focuses on operations and technology risk management for investment managers, inclusive of alternative assets, trust companies, and fund administrators. He has performed multiple operational and technical controls assessments to determine that appropriate controls frameworks exist, controls have been properly designed and operate effectively, and has assessed controls against leading practices. In connection with these projects, Adam has led control rationalization and reviewed projects aimed at identifying modernization opportunities. These include instances where automation can accelerate and scale processes and digital controls, powered by risk analytics, AI and machine learning, and can mitigate exposure and reduce residual risk across the organization.
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David Tiernan

Deloitte - United Kingdom
David leads Innovation for Global Internal Audit. Specialising in Internal Audit transformation and external quality assessments of Internal Audit functions, David helps Internal Audit functions improve their ways of working to create impact and value to its stakeholders.
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