Achieve Convergence of Finance & Risk in Banking

Preparing for the bank of the future: enrichment, unification and transparency of transactional data

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Traditionally, the Risk & Compliance departments were separated from Finance. In an increasingly competitive and data-driven banking environment, fueled by increasing regulatory compliance demands, the unification of these functions is fast becoming a matter of business survival.

This unification is desired to ensure the bank's performance is viewed through both risk and finance attributes simultaneously and at the same time through the lens of the respective internal players across the risk-finance-compliance ecosystem.

The Banks approaching the convergence of Finance with Risk & Compliance with a data-first perspective stand to gain competitive advantages against a growing number of incoming fintech providers.

A data-first approach allows the business to nimbly pivot continuous improvements in the said operations while navigating the need for higher granularity of performance tracking and performance attribution.

So what are some of the steps you could take today to address the convergence of Risk with Finance?

Join us for this Fireside Chat and:

Understand the end-to-end data model that empowers the agile, modern and integrated finance, risk and compliance ecosystem.
Gain insights into the data-driven integration of the risk-finance-compliance teams and how to structure the critical workstreams of the data transformation.
Explore blueprints of how other financial organizations have tackled this transformation through effective, incremental, and sustainable initiatives.
Plan your transformation around pilots that deliver quick results and then prioritizing use cases for short and medium timelines, before defining longer term goals.

Fireside Panelists

Maritza Curry, Head of Data | RCS

I have been involved in data and analytics since 2001, fulfilling a diversity of roles, spanning across Data Management, Data Analytics and Data Governance. My focus since 2013 has been on helping organisations formulate and execute their data strategies, both in South Africa and Australia. In 2015, I completed my MBA at the University of Stellenbosch Business School – my research report was on how to measure the value of data and analytics in organisations.

I have been featured in Corinium’s Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics list, HotTopics’ Global Top 100 Data Activators Awards, CDO Magazine’s Global Data Power Women List and OnCon’s Top 50 Data & Analytics Professional Icon list.

Sufyan Khan, Head of Analytics Solution Consulting | ORACLE

Leading the Solution Consulting Practice for OFSAA (Oracle's Financial Services Analytical Applications) for Europe, I work closely with industry leaders, clients, and partners to help understand Oracle's value proposition within the Financial Services space. How we can help clients consolidate their infrastructure, reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and deploy on the cloud to reduce their OPEX?

I provide expertise in how clients can benefit within the areas of Data Management, Enterprise Risk & Finance, Finance Modernisation, Risk Management and Analytics.

Instrumental in bridging the gap between business and technology.

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