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Professional Certification

Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Officer (C-GRC)

The “Hellenic Association of Risk Managers” (www.harima.gr) member of FERMA (Federation European of Risk Management Associations, www.ferma.eu) & FECMA (Federation of European Credit Management Associations, www.fecma.eu), with the support of “Academics University of London Worldwide”, powered by GRANT THORNTON and in collaboration with the “Risk Training Institute” of ICAP CRIF, present the “Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Officer (C-GRC)” training program that leads to the corresponding certification after examinations.

The “Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Officer (C-GRC)” certification by the “Hellenic Association of Risk Managers” is awarded only to Association’s members and they keep their title as long as they are up to date regarding their membership. The H.A.RI.MA. first year’s registration fee is free of charge for the attendees that successfully graduate from the certificate program.
Upon completion of the program, participants may obtain the following professional titles through successful examination:

  • Certified COSO ERM auditor
  • Certified Risk and Compliance Officer (C.R.C.O.)

b) From the International Compliance Association (ICA):

  • Certificate in Compliance,
  • Certificate in Anti Money Laundering,
  • Certificate in Financial Crime prevention,
  • Certificate in Managing Sanctions Risk.

Description

The "Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Officer (C-GRC)" certification is a professional credential indicating an individual's proficiency in assessing and managing risks, implementing regulatory compliance measures, and ensuring that a company's policies meet its goals. Covering areas such as ethics, compliance law, risk management and corporate governance, this certification is of high importance to businesses that want to guarantee they are legally compliant, able to mitigate risks, and maintain a strong corporate reputation. Industries heavily reliant on regulations, like finance, health, and manufacturing, especially value professionals with CGRC certification as it denotes a thorough understanding and the ability to handle complex governance, risk, and compliance issues.

Target Audience

Compliance Officers / Managers and their Deputies
Governance Professionals
Lawyers / Legal professionals
Board Members
Assistants / Secretaries to CEOs and GMs
Risk employees / officers
IT Professionals dealing with governance, risk management and compliance
Strategy & Decision making professionals
Audit & Assurance
Consultants
Those who have recently been given or aspire to be given compliance responsibilities

This “Certified Governance, Risk, and Compliance Officer (C-GRC)” training course is designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to effectively design and enhance integrated GRC activities across your company. As well It enables you with the tools and techniques to understand your company obligations, to mitigate risk and to have a proper structure in place on how to manage it when an issue arises :

Understand the regulatory environment
The reason why a good governance is essential for effective regulatory compliance risk management
Identify high-risk areas and compliance gaps in your organization
Apply Risk-based Approach
The role of the Compliance Officer and his team
Develop and implement a governance, risk management and compliance strategic plan
Understand, define, and enhance organizational culture as it relates to performance, risk, and compliance
Implement governance, risk management and compliance processes that are effective and efficient
Use a risk-based audit approach

This training course is of direct relevance to governance, risk management and compliance and as a result, the organizations will benefit greatly from their employee’s participation. By sending delegates to this course, the organization will gain benefits:

More effective support for governance, risk management and compliance team
Greater relevance and reliability of analyzing the regulatory bodies
More strategic thinking and focus on performance
More effective use of developing successful GRC plan
Preparation of staff for increased responsibility
Supports risk and compliance officers through education
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Subject Areas

Definitions of governance, risk and compliance

How can technology interfere – platforms

Board Committees (Audit, Remuneration Committees, Risk, Suitability committee), structure, necessary skills, duties

Best practice for the BoD structure

Corporate Governance codes of practice

Current obligations and trends

Total 8 hours

Corporate Governance: linking corporations and society

Governance and accountability

Corporate Governance Codes (Cadbury, Greenbury, Turnbul Code, Financial Reporting Council)                                                                   

Selection and succession planning

Oversight, compliance, and risk management

The Board’s role in strategy development

Performance evaluation and executive compensation

Responding to external pressures

Creating a high-performance board

Three pillars of “lines of defense”: Compliance-Risk-Audit

The meaning of Internal Audit System

Board Members Responsibility

ESG framework and trends

Total 18 hours

Risk Management background history

Risk management framework        

Key considerations when developing a risk management framework

Documenting a risk management framework

Risk management governance

The Role of Chief Risk Officer

Necessary Chief Risk Officer Skills

Culture and Strategic Integration

Risk Appetite necessity

Risk management information systems

Implementing a risk management framework

Overview of the risk management process

Risk Avoidance versus Risk Opportunity

Risk identification

Risk assessment

Risk Treatment options

Corporate Risk Maturity

Risk management

Monitoring, Communication and reporting

Reviewing

Enhancing a risk management framework

Traditional Risk Management versus Enterprise Risk Management

Selected Areas of Risk Management:

  1. Third Party Risk Management
  2. Operational Risk Management
  3. Information Security Risk Management
  4. Business Continuity / Disaster Risk Management
  5. Reputation Risk Management
  6. Credit Risk Management
  7. Project Risk Management
  8. Compliance/Regulations Risk Management
  9. Novel Risks and Risk Velocity

ERMS / Risk Management Frameworks

  1. COSO
  2. ISO31000
  3. COBIT
  4. NIST
  5. Tailored ERM Practices

Total 32 hours

 

The role of risk and compliance officer

Internal and External Stakeholders

Compliance Risk Management

Compliance and Conduct Risk

Fraud risk, antifraud management

Culture development

Think like a fraudster, prevent and detect

Using technology in risk management and compliance

Compliance frameworks (NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, FedRAMP)

Anti-money laundering and financing terrorism (FATF), policy and culture

Selected Compliance Areas:

  1. Whistleblowing
  2. AML
  3. Anti-Fraud
  4. GDPR
  5. Labor
  6. Conflict of Interest
  7. Competition and Anti-Trust
  8. Intellectual Property
  9. Bribery-Corruption
  10. Sanction screening
  11. 3rd party integrity due diligence
  12. Contractual clauses (exit rights, audit rights, disclosures)
  13. Investigations            
  14. Compliance controls            
  15. Collective action
  16. MAR

Ethics and code of conduct

Standards, policies and procedures

Communication, education and training

Monitoring and auditing

Internal reporting systems

Discipline for non-compliance

Investigation and remediation measures

Total 30 hours

nternal audit within the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system (COSO)

Evaluation of the Internal Control System (ICS)

Audit and Compliance

Reporting to the BoD

Total 12 hours

Best practices on each thematic unit
Practical experience and case studies 

Total 15 hours       

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Course Start Date 8 of October 2025
Early Bird: €2950
Cost of Attendance €3.500
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