Risk Control Self Assessment Roundtable

Transforming RCSA from Compliance Exercise to Strategic Value

Join us for an intimate, in-person roundtable discussion addressing one of the top priorities for financial institutions today: re-focusing Risk Control Self-Assessment approaches to deliver meaningful value beyond compliance. This collaborative session brings together management-level professionals to collectively explore how RCSA can transition from a routine exercise to an effective process that identifies and evaluates risks while strengthening organizational resilience.

Discussion Focus

Risk Control Self-Assessment represents a critical process through which management and staff across all organizational levels collectively identify and evaluate risks and associated controls. While virtually every person in financial institutions has encountered RCSA requirements, many organizations struggle to realize the full benefits that an effective RCSA process can deliver. This roundtable addresses the common challenge of RCSA being viewed purely as a compliance exercise rather than a strategic tool for operational risk management.

Why Attend

Financial institutions recognize that traditional RCSA approaches often fail to capture the value these assessments should provide. As each RCSA entity must identify operational risks arising from its products and activities, there is growing recognition that these processes need fundamental re-evaluation. This roundtable provides a platform for peer-to-peer dialogue on practical strategies for implementing RCSA frameworks that drive genuine risk insight and operational improvement.

Key Discussion Areas

Participants will engage in collaborative discussion on:

• Moving Beyond Compliance: Strategies for transforming RCSA from checkbox exercise to value-generating process

• Effective Implementation: Practical approaches for building RCSA frameworks that deliver actionable risk intelligence

• Organizational Engagement: Methods for fostering meaningful participation across management and staff levels

• Risk Identification: Enhancing capabilities to identify and evaluate operational risks arising from products and activities

• Control Assessment: Strengthening evaluation processes for associated controls and their effectiveness

Who Should Attend

This roundtable is designed for management-level professionals working in risk and control assessments at financial institutions with asset sizes between $30 billion and $200 billion. The intimate format facilitates candid discussion and knowledge sharing among peers facing similar RCSA challenges and opportunities within comparable organizational contexts.