Ed Vincent Featured on BankDirector.com - "Redefining Risk Management for Financial Institutions"

A Guest Editorial by Edward "Ed" Vincent, CEO of SRA Watchtower

On Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 a leading Financial Services online news publication, BankDirector.com featured SRA Watchtower CEO, Edward Vincent's article titled, "Redefining Risk Management for Financial Institutions." The article advocates for a transformative approach to risk management. This shift not only reinforces the traditional three lines of defense but also empowers institutions to make risk-informed strategic decisions while streamlining communication with regulators.

Vincent outlines a strategic framework built on four key pillars:

1. Essential Key Risk Indicators (KRIs): Simplifying risk monitoring by focusing on a core set of KRIs to ensure clarity and manageability across all stakeholders.
2. Monthly Updates Powered by Automation: Utilizing automation tools for timely, accurate risk data updates, moving away from outdated, manual processes.
3. Benchmarking Against Standards and Peers: Aligning KRIs with regulatory standards and peer behaviors to enhance risk management and competitiveness.
4. Configurable, Permission-Based Dashboards: Improving transparency and decision-making through tailored, secure dashboards that provide relevant risk data to various stakeholders.

This framework aims to modernize risk management, driving improvements in safety and soundness while setting a new industry standard.

Read the full article on BankDirector.com.

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About the Author

Edward "Ed" Vincent is the CEO of SRA Watchtower, a financial technology services firm and the provider of Watchtower, The Holistic Risk Intelligence Platform™.  He has more than 25 years of experience leading financial technology SaaS organizations, building services and analytics teams, defining and implementing content and product strategy, and innovating products in the insurance, capital markets, investment banking, private equity, and compliance segments. He also is the host of an educational podcast series call the Risk Intel Podcast where he features weekly episodes interviewing industry risk experts from across the financial services industry.