Lifecycle of a Risk Management Professional

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Your home base for workforce development guidance, from recruiting to training a risk management professional.

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Find Your Future Videos

Video series highlighting the many rewarding roles in banking and risk management.

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Online Training

• ABA Frontline Compliance Training – Courses that cover key concepts in compliance and risk management for employees in every role.
• Ethical Issues for Bankers – A cornerstone course that explores ethical standards for financial services professionals.

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Risk Management Schools

• Foundational – This essential career-building school covers the fundamentals in risk governance, appetites and tolerance levels; effective controls; monitoring and reporting. It also offers exposure to each of the key risk categories (e.g., financial, non-financialand credit)
• Advanced – Elevate how you lead your risk program with a curriculum that identifies and addresses emerging risk issues. Dive into leading conversations at the senior management level and across each of the board committees.

Online Certificate Programs – focused online training to upskill risk management professionals

Elevate how you lead your risk program with a curriculum that identifies and addresses emerging risk issues. Dive into leading conversations at the senior management leveland across each of the board committees.

• Risk Management Frameworks
• Operational Risk Management
• Financial and Credit Risk Management

AML and Fraud School

The ABA AML and Fraud School equips you with strong, fundamental and self-sustaining skills to tackle financial crimes threats. Our comprehensive curriculum will challenge you to innovate and think critically when you assess, monitor and report suspicious activity. 

Nationally Recognized Professional Certifications

• Certified Enterprise Risk Professional (CERP) – Exclusively for risk management professionals within banking, and covers credit, financial and non-financial risks.
• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) – One of the most respected and well-recognized credentials for a banking compliance professional.
• Certified AML and Fraud Professional (CAFP) – Focused solely on U.S. banking, this designation demonstrates expertise in the AML and fraud prevention and identification field.

Rewards and challenging experiences that make a difference. Incorporate these training solutions into your professional development offerings:

• Leadership in Action Suite – A suite of five courses exploring techniques and best practices for cultivating a collaborative team environment
• Emerging Leaders Forum
• Women and Allies Leadership Symposium

Emerging Leaders Open Committee

Open to all emerging leaders in the banking industry. Connect with other bankers and use your voice to help shape the future of banking

Learning Opportunities with Continuing Education Credits

• ABA Risk and Compliance Conference
• ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference
• Compliance and Risk Management Webinar Series

Senior-Level Events

• Annual Convention
• Conference for Community Bankers
• Stonier Graduate School of Banking

Succession Planning Toolkit

Do you have a plan for who will next lead your risk management team? This toolkit includes an easy-to-follow framework for identifying new leaders across the organization and managing critical staffing transitions.

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Retirement and Turnover

Proactive planning is essential to creating a seamless transition for your operations. ABA can help you think strategically about benefits and practices to successfully offboard staff. 

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