Established Risk Control Processes to Drive 5% Annual Cost Savings for Financial Services Company

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Challenge

A financial services company was facing a strict regulatory environment and required process enhancements to comply with changing regulations.

The company needed to establish processes, tools, controls, metrics, and frameworks to proactively comply in a cost-effective way.

Approach

  • Created process control framework (Process maps, risk identification, control plans)
  • Used journey mapping methodologies to translate policy into BRDs and worked closely with technology to automate KYC processes
  • Created a capacity model to be used for monthly tracking of productivity and efficiency across four locations
  • Automated regulatory mailing processes
  • Worked with developers to create transparent controls reports and workflow

Results

Number 1

Generated annual cost savings of 5%

Number 2

Developed and implemented process control framework around 10 core processes

Number 3

Translated 25+ country-specific policies into BRDs with full traceability of firm policies to the automated rules

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