Linking Risk Management to Strategy
Overview
Risk mitigation and response
Boards and executive teams must manage an ever-changing landscape filled with uncertainty - due to economics, geopolitics, technology, tax regulations, talent pool, cyber-terrorism, data privacy and more. Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of things (IoT), are disrupting business models across all sectors. Learn strategies for mitigating risks and dealing with risks quickly.
Highlights
Prerequisites
Familarity with enterprise risk management concepts and best practices
Designed For
Objectives
- Recognize the importance of linking risk management to strategic planning.
- Identify the strategies to handle risks.
- Recognize the expanding role of finance.
- Recall how to incorporate risk management into strategic planning.
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Bruce Shepard
Bruce Shepard, CPA, was most recently an assistant professor of accounting at George Fox University and an adjunct professor of accounting at the University of Oregon, prior to becoming an instructor for the AICPA in 2012. From 2006-2010, Shepard was the CFO of Las Vegas Gaming, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he had full management responsibility for all financial affairs, daily business operations, administration and human resources. From 1985-2006, Shepard was in charge of the Middle Market Practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Portland, Oregon, where he served as an assurance partner focusing on providing proactive business advisory services to fast-growing companies.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Shepard spearheaded more than 100 acquisitions and divestitures by leading the financial structuring and negotiations. He worked with clients to develop strategic plans for short-term and long-term growth and assisted companies with attaining their needed growth capital. Shepard was awarded “Beta Alpha Psi Professional of the Year” in 2006 for sustained involvement with the University of Oregon.
Non-Member Price $118.00
Member Price $94.00