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Business Analytics

Led by Mahendra Mehta · Financial risk management, Credit and operational risk measurement, Modeling, Risk mathematics, Derivatives Specialist

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About this program

This course helps participants understand the concepts behind the assessment and the management of the overall performance and risk exposure of a business or department.

Overview

This course helps participants understand the concepts behind the assessment and the management of the overall performance and risk exposure of a business or department. In it, we develop and construct dashboards using internal data and outline how participants would undertake the same, regardless of what types of systems (if any) that their organization uses. Our goal is to unlock the meaning of the numbers that circulate around an enterprise for the purpose of ultimately making better, more informed and pre-emptive decisions.

Learning Outcome

  • Learn how to use business analytics such a Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for management and risk management
  • Develop dashboards from business analytics
  • Organize and utilize internal data for forecasting and measuring performance
  • Create performance and KRI targets
  • Understand dashboard software offerings

Curriculum

Day 1
  • Session 1: What are Business Analytics?
    • Typical analytics:
    • Profit and Loss
    • Cashflow and Liquidity
    • Growth
    • Credit risk related KRIs
    • Market Risk-related KRIs
    • Operational Risk-related KRIs
    • Establishing KPIs
    • Setting targets
    • Forecasting KPIs
    • Establishing KRIs
    • Setting Targets
Day 2
  • Session 1: Forecasting KRIs
    • Management and Business with KPIs and KRIs
    • Capturing KPIs and KRIs in dashboard form
    • Structure
    • Choosing the right timeframe
    • Executive timeframes
    • Management timeframes
    • Board oversight timeframes
    • Statistics
    • Raw figures
    • Trends
    • Forecasts
    • Understanding what you need without deep rocket science
    • Frequency
    • Severity
    • Trends
    • Distributions
    • Basic moments
    • Forecasting and trendline setting
    • Basics
    • Data structured around executive functions
    • Data structured around reporting and board oversight structures
InstructorMahendra MehtaFinancial risk management, Credit and operational risk measurement, Modeling, Risk mathematics, Derivatives Specialist

has been involved in consultancy and teaching on various financial topics focusing primarily on financial risk management, which includes market, credit and operational risk measurement, modeling, Risk mathematics, derivative pricing and valuation mathematics and analytics its management and modeling, Enterprise Risk Management, development and implementation of policies, processes and procedures in the businesses.