Addressing strategic risks is an organisational imperative – both to protect value and to maximise opportunities. Our advisory services support organisations in developing, refreshing and embedding risk management practices. We believe that setting, communicating and understanding risk appetite and culture are critical to the success of our clients. Our services are underpinned by a range of technology solutions, ranging from standalone risk management tools through to an integrated Governance, Risk & Compliance platform.

• Strategic and Operational Risk Management
• Scenario Planning
• Risk Appetite determination and application
• Developing a Risk Culture
• Governance, Risk & Compliance Technology Solutions.

Internal Audits role is evolving, with the increasing number of organisational failures and emerging technology risks highlighting the need for a value adding, challenging and truly independent internal audit service. Our teams utilise an established methodology, enhanced through the use of technology and integration of new thinking.

• Full outsourced internal audit
• Co-sourcing solutions, including specialist audit resourcing
• Technology Assurance
• Internal Audit function reviews and redesign
• Training for in-house teams.

The role of Assurance is changing as organisations and business models have adapted – assurance requirements are increasing decentralised and encompass multiple organisations and geographies. Our teams bring their methodologies and experience, alongside our global network and relationships in working across the most complex international assignments.

• Governance Reviews
• Business Process Reviews
• Supply chain
• Safeguarding
• AAF accreditation
• Controls assessment
• Master Trusts.

Organisational compliance is a critical component of an organisations operations – there is a need to ensure that compliance is truly effective and efficient throughout – the impact of a regulatory/ compliance failure can have significant financial and reputational consequences. Our work is informed by industry experts, balancing pragmatism with the need to address critical risks.

• GDPR compliance
• Financial Crime
• IORP II
• Value for members.

Cyber has emerged as an important risk that cannot be ignored, all organisations are vulnerable.

Crowe’s Cybercrime Protection team provide support to help organisations strengthen cyber resilience.

• Diagnose vulnerabilities
• Strengthen systems and processes
• Manage incidents
• Investigate what happened
• Mitigate operational, financial and reputational impacts.

The exponential increase in data, both internal and external to the organisation, presents a series of challenges and opportunities. Our data analytics team provide support in analysing populations of data, both in addressing organisational challenges and partnering with internal audit teams to support specific audit projects.

• Understanding organisational challenges
• Designing analytic approaches
• Financial data analysis
• Supporting organisational change
• Training and support in data analysis.