Compliance – Keeping up with the Regulations

Organisations in many industries are facing a wave of new regulation and pressure from external stakeholders, including governments, regulators and clients, to improve their governance. Ensuring compliance in this changing regulatory environment is a challenge for many organisations, as is ensuring that the internal controls environment is robust and effective.

Developing and managing an effective, 'no surprises' internal controls environment is the only way to provide assurance to management, regulators and other stakeholders that your organisation is operating in a controlled manner and meeting its regulatory and legal responsibilities.

StratexPoint is specifically designed to support organisations in developing a robust and effective internal controls environment. The solution enables users to:

· Define key controls

· Define processes and systems, and their related risks and controls

· Define a set of Key Controls Indicators

· Assess controls related to the processes and systems

· Define accountability for risks and controls to individuals

· Automate process and systems related risk and controls dashboards and reporting, while enabling advanced analytics

· Encourage a collaborative approach to delivering performance via commentary, alerts and other web 2.0 collaboration capabilities Automating risk and controls dashboards and reporting, while enabling advanced analytics

The Importance of Effective Strategy Management

Strategy management has rarely been more critical to organisations than today. They must constantly search for ways to grow, creating value for shareholders and clients. To be successful, executives must formulate clear plans with a concise set of objectives; define the risks related to those plans and implement a change agenda to deliver its objectives while operating within its risk appetite.

Our solution, StratexPoint enables executives to more effectively manage their strategy by:

· Developing clarity around the direction and goals of the organisation

· Defining risk appetite in relation to your strategic goals

· Allocate resources to the most important initiatives

· Assess strategic performance and identify areas of improvement

· Automating strategy-related workflows and review processes

· Define ownership and governance for performance and risk using the RACI model

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu

9 Things StratexPoint Enables Users to do…

StratexPoint is the only SharePoint application which is specifically designed to support an integrated approach to performance and risk management, and specifically the Risk-Based Performance methodology. Within the solutions users are able to:

1. Define strategic objectives and map these using a strategy map

2. Define key and emerging risks and map these using a risk map

3. Define risk appetite within the context of the defined objectives and risks

4. Manage and monitor the alignment of risk exposure to appetite

5. Define a set of Key Indicators, KPIs, KRIs and KCIs

6. Align the organisational change agenda to deliver the objectives via initiatives and actions

7. Encourage the right culture using the RACI model to define ownership and governance

8. Automated performance dashboards and reporting, while enabling advanced analytics

9. Encourage a collaborative approach to delivering performance via commentary, alerts and other web 2.0 collaboration capabilities