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The Role of GRC in Financial Services: A Senior Leader Perspective

This research explores how Governance, Risk and Compliance programmes are experienced by senior leaders in financial services — what’s working, what isn’t, and where GRC is having the greatest (or least) impact on organisational performance. The specific areas covered include:

  1. Strategic Confidence and Decision Making
    • Pursuit of strategic opportunities
    • Contribution to strategic planning
    • Finding of a strategic opportunity
  2. Speed to Market and Operational Agility
    • Time to launch new initiatives
    • Ease of entering new regulated markets
    • Automation of governance and compliance processes
  3. Stakeholder Trust and Reputation
    • Building trust with stakeholders
    • Factor in a customer or counterparty working with you
    • Impact on Credit Rating or ESG score
  4. Cost Efficiency and Resource Optimisation
    • Reduction of duplication of effort
    • Return on investment relative to operational costs
    • Measurable impact on costs
  5. Resilience and Continuity
    • Response to significant disruption (cyber etc.)
    • Resilience as a competitive differentiator
    • Support to a major operational disruption
  6. Looking ahead
    • Biggest barrier to delivering more value

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