Risk and Compliance Governance

Role Responsibilities KPIs
Enterprise Risk Manager: Owns the organization’s Risk and Compliance framework. This is a leadership role rather than an active role.
  • Ensures a Risk Management Framework is in place and operating effectively

  • Chairs the Risk and Compliance forums

  • Empowers Risk Portfolio Managers

Attends all Risk and Compliance forums
Risk Coordinator: Coordinates the organization’s Risk and Compliance activities (also fulfills the Risk Portfolio Manager responsibilities)
  • Manages the organization’s Risk Management Framework and how this is supported by the Promapp Risk and Compliance Module

  • Liaises with and provides guidance to Risk Portfolio Managers

  • Develops and delivers Risk and Compliance training courses as part of Induction and for Business as Usual training

  • Schedules, attends, and coordinates other Risk Managers' attendance and minutes Risk and Compliance forums

  • Recognized as the first point of contact for any queries Risk Portfolio Managers have

  • All staff are trained on how to view Nintex Process Manager Risk and Compliance items (if appropriate)

  • All Risk Portfolio Managers are trained on how to:

    • Create and edit Risk and Compliance items & treatments

    • Approve (or decline) changes to treatments

    • Monitor periodic sign-off of Risk and Compliance items and sign-off, where required, via the My Risks dashboard

  • Regular Risk and Compliance forums have been held, were attended, and were minuted

Risk Portfolio Manager: Manages their respective Risk Portfolio and ensures the Risk and Compliance registers are complete, accurate, and current, and that appropriate treatments are identified, operational and effective

Note: RISK PORTFOLIO EDITORS assist Risk Portfolio Managers to edit or change Risk and Compliance details within their specific Risk Manager’s Portfolio

  • Maintains the Risk and Compliance Register within their Risk Portfolio to ensure all risks are identified, accurately described, and accurately scored

  • Assigns Risk Owners to Risk and Compliance items within their Risk Portfolio, as required

  • Ensures all Risk and Compliance items within their Risk Portfolio have treatments that manage the risk effectively

  • Addresses any treatments that are overdue or have been marked as non-compliance (if no Risk Owner exists)

  • Conducts an impact assessment for any treatment changes and approves / declines the change (if no Risk Owner exists)

  • Attends all Risk and Compliance Forums

  • Risk Register is reviewed and updated at least quarterly

  • Risk and Compliance treatments are reviewed and updated at least quarterly

  • Overdue or non-compliant sign offs for their Risk Portfolio are addressed (if no Risk Owner exists)

  • Treatment changes are approved or declined within 10 working days of a request (if no Risk Owner exists)

  • Attend all Risk and Compliance Forums

Risk owner: Owns and manages risks that have been assigned to them by the Risk Portfolio Manager
  • Assists Risk Portfolio Managers to identify treatments in relation to the Risk and Compliance items they own

  • Completes periodic sign off to confirm existing treatments are operational and effective

  • Conducts an impact assessment for any treatment changes and approve / decline the change

  • Addresses any treatments that are overdue or have been marked as non-compliant

  • Assists Risk Portfolio Managers to ensure all relevant Risk items are identified

  • Risk and Compliance treatments for the Risk and Compliance items they own are reviewed and updated at least quarterly

  • Overdue or non-compliant sign offs for their Risk items are addressed

  • Treatment changes are approved or declined within 10 working days of a request

  • Attend all Risk and Compliance Forums (optional)

Treatment Sign-off Stakeholder: Responsible to action the treatment assigned to them, which has been determined to mitigate an identified risk and requires a sign-off to confirm that the treatment is being carried out
  • Periodically signs-off to confirm that Risk and Compliance treatments are in place and are operational and effective (sign-off timeframe is dependent on the risk)

  • Identifies new Risk and Compliance items and treatments (as with all staff)

  • No treatment sign-offs become overdue

  • At least one new Risk and Compliance item or treatment is identified in a period (optional)

Users - All Nintex Process Manager users (These users can also be Risk Portfolio Viewers for selected Risk Portfolios)
  • Follow documented process steps or tasks when carrying out work to ensure Risk and Compliance items are managed

  • Provide feedback on Risk and Compliance items or treatments as things change

  • All work is carried out in accordance with documented process information

  • At least one new Risk and Compliance item or treatment is identified in a period (optional)