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GC-701 · Professional course

Integrated Fraud Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Governance

Fraud risk increasingly intersects with operational, financial, compliance, cyber, procurement, third-party, reputational and governance risks.

5 days Classroom, online or in-house QR-verified certificate Next intake 19 Oct 2026

Course overview

Fraud risk increasingly intersects with operational, financial, compliance, cyber, procurement, third-party, reputational and governance risks. Effective fraud prevention therefore requires more than isolated controls; it requires an integrated enterprise risk framework capable of identifying vulnerabilities, assessing exposure, strengthening preventive controls and ensuring appropriate escalation and accountability.

This five-day programme provides a structured approach to enterprise fraud risk management and governance, integrating fraud risk assessment with enterprise risk management, internal controls, governance, monitoring and incident response. Participants will examine how fraud risks emerge across business processes and how institutions can establish coordinated mechanisms for prevention, detection, investigation, reporting and remediation.

What you will be able to do

  • Explain the relationship between fraud risk and enterprise risk management
  • Identify internal and external fraud risks across organisational processes
  • Conduct structured fraud risk assessments
  • Develop fraud risk registers and risk profiles
  • Assess inherent and residual fraud risk
  • Evaluate preventive and detective controls
  • Identify control weaknesses and risk concentrations
  • Integrate fraud risk into enterprise governance frameworks
  • Establish fraud monitoring and escalation mechanisms
  • Develop fraud response and remediation frameworks
  • Strengthen management accountability and control ownership
  • Monitor emerging fraud risks and changing threat patterns
  • Develop practical fraud risk governance frameworks

Who should attend

  • Risk managers
  • Internal auditors
  • Fraud risk professionals
  • Compliance officers
  • AML/CFT professionals
  • Corporate governance professionals
  • Finance managers
  • Procurement and operations managers
  • Investigators
  • Senior management
  • Board and committee secretariat personnel
  • Public-sector risk and control professionals

Course outline

Day 1Fraud Risk and Enterprise Governance

Understanding Fraud Risk

  • Fraud concepts and classifications
  • Internal and external fraud
  • Occupational fraud
  • Management fraud
  • Procurement and payment fraud
  • Digital and technology-enabled fraud
  • Emerging fraud risks

Enterprise Risk Governance

  • Enterprise risk management principles
  • Governance structures
  • Three-lines model
  • Board and management responsibilities
  • Risk ownership
  • Risk appetite and tolerance

Fraud Risk Governance

  • Fraud risk policies
  • Fraud risk ownership
  • Governance committees
  • Reporting and escalation
  • Accountability frameworks
  • Fraud risk culture
Practical exerciseDeveloping an enterprise fraud-risk universe.
Day 2Fraud Risk Assessment

Fraud Risk Identification

  • Process-based risk identification
  • Fraud scenarios
  • Fraud drivers and opportunities
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Internal and external threat factors

Fraud Risk Analysis

  • Inherent risk
  • Likelihood and impact
  • Risk scoring
  • Residual risk
  • Risk prioritisation
  • Fraud risk heat maps

Fraud Risk Registers

  • Risk descriptions
  • Root causes
  • Existing controls
  • Control effectiveness
  • Risk owners
  • Mitigation actions
  • Monitoring indicators
Practical exerciseDeveloping a fraud risk assessment and risk register for a simulated organisation.
Day 3Controls, Monitoring and Detection

Fraud Control Frameworks

  • Preventive controls
  • Detective controls
  • Corrective controls
  • Segregation of duties
  • Approval controls
  • Access controls
  • Reconciliation controls

Fraud Monitoring

  • Key risk indicators
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Exception reporting
  • Control testing
  • Data analytics
  • Continuous monitoring

Control Weakness Analysis

  • Control design deficiencies
  • Control execution failures
  • Management override
  • Collusion
  • Control circumvention
  • Remediation
Practical exerciseAssessing control weaknesses and developing targeted mitigation measures.
Day 4Fraud Response and Governance

Fraud Incident Management

  • Fraud reporting
  • Triage and escalation
  • Initial assessment
  • Investigation referral
  • Evidence preservation
  • Incident documentation

Investigation and Remediation

  • Investigation governance
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Loss assessment
  • Recovery
  • Disciplinary and legal processes
  • Control remediation

Enterprise Fraud Intelligence

  • Fraud trend analysis
  • Cross-business risk analysis
  • Fraud typologies
  • Emerging threats
  • Management reporting
Practical exerciseDeveloping an integrated response to a simulated major fraud incident.
Day 5Governance, Reporting and Capstone

Fraud Risk Reporting

  • Board reporting
  • Management dashboards
  • Fraud risk indicators
  • Emerging-risk reporting
  • Control effectiveness reporting

Building a Sustainable Fraud Risk Framework

  • Fraud risk policy
  • Governance model
  • Risk assessment cycle
  • Monitoring
  • Assurance
  • Continuous improvement

Capstone Exercise

  • Participants develop an integrated enterprise fraud risk management framework, including risk assessment, controls, governance, monitoring and incident response

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.

19Oct

Pretoria, South Africa

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Pretoria, South Africa

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26Oct

Nairobi, Kenya

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02Nov

Nairobi, Kenya

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02Nov

Mombasa, Kenya

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09Nov

Mombasa, Kenya

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16Nov

Kampala, Uganda

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16–20 Nov 2026 · 5 days
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16Nov

Kampala, Uganda

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16–27 Nov 2026 · 10 days
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