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Strategic GRC Master Class

Certificate in Corporate Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Coventry Academy -  Strategic GRC Master Class
5
Days

Course Schedules

 Dubai
 10-14 Feb 2025
 $5,950
 Riyadh
 23-27 Feb 2025
 $5,950
 Riyadh
 14-18 Apr 2025
 $5,950
 Dubai
 30 Jun-04 Jul 2025
 $5,950
 Paris
 18-22 Aug 2025
 $5,950
 Riyadh
 08-12 Sep 2025
 $5,950
 London
 13-17 Oct 2025
 $5,950
 London
 24-28 Nov 2025
 $5,950
 London
 29 Dec 2025-02 Jan 2026
 $5,950

Training course overview

This Strategic GRC Master Class training course provides participants with advanced knowledge and practical tools to address the governance challenges faced by organizations in both the public and private sectors. The course covers a wide range of essential topics, including corporate governance frameworks, strategic planning, risk management, internal auditing, and financial management. By offering a comprehensive understanding of these areas, the course prepares participants to effectively navigate the complexities of organizational governance.

Participants will engage in real-world case studies and discussions, exploring current trends and best practices in corporate governance. The program fosters a collaborative learning environment, encouraging participants to share experiences and insights from their own professional contexts. By the end of the course, delegates will have developed the key skills needed to lead, manage, and govern organizations with confidence in an increasingly complex and uncertain environment.

In addition to enhancing participants’ governance expertise, this training emphasizes the importance of ethical, sustainable practices, enabling them to drive long-term success and resilience within their organizations.

What are the goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Successfully build knowledge of the importance of effective corporate governance
  • Examine the role of middle and senior management in developing and implementing effective corporate governance
  • Understand strategy and risks and how to implement a risk management based regime
  • Implementing an effective control framework
  • Improve internal controls, measurement and performance reporting and overall corporate governance
  • Understand the financial statements and ensuring financial sustainability

Who is this training course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Senior and middle managers
  • Finance professionals responsible for financial accounting, treasury, internal audit, budget preparation and management reporting
  • Line managers with strategic planning and operational budgeting responsibility
  • Professional advisers and Business Consultants

How will this training course be presented?

This Strategic GRC Master Class training course will be highly participatory and your seminar leader will present, guide and facilitate learning, using a range of methods including discussions, case studies and exercises. Where appropriate, these will include real issues brought to the workshop by delegates.

By combining analysis, problems and examples with real case studies - lessons learned from the seminar will be applied to your organisation.  Key performance indicators (KPIs) for the critical success factors (CSFs) will focus attention on high priority action plans for taking back to your organisation.

Course Outline

Day One: The Importance of Corporate Governance
  • What is corporate governance?
  • Why is corporate governance important?
  • Understanding the drivers for effective corporate governance
  • Case study reviews
  • Understanding governance roles and responsibilities
  • The role of senior and middle management
  • Organisational models and effective corporate governance
Day Two: Strategic Planning
  • Organisations and strategy
  • The role of the board and senior management
  • Formulating a strategic plan
  • Monitoring strategic performance
  • Strategic planning checklist
  • Case study review
Day Three: Risk Management
  • What is risk management?
  • Why is risk management important?
  • Risk management in hindsight
  • Understanding the risk management process
  • Application of the risk management process at the strategic level
  • How to improve your risk management regime
  • Case study review
Day Four: Improving Internal Controls
  • Importance of administrative and accounting controls
  • Case study examples
  • Developing and improving internal controls
  • The role of the internal audit function
  • Implementing effective project controls
  • Analysis and reporting for decision making
Day Five: Understanding Financial Statements
  • Navigating around the main financial statements
  • Exploring the relationships between the financial statements
  • The role of the financial statement preparer.
  • Directors and boards duties and responsibilities 
  • Current reporting and accounting issues
  • Key ratios used to monitor organisational performance
  • Financial and management reporting for effective decision making
  • Developing, measuring and reporting financial and non-financial  KPIs

The certificate

  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course.

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