Identifying your AML risks and matching them to controls is the first step to robust AML defenses.
Challenge
The underlying cause of most AML failures is the failure to identify the very risks themselves.
AML controls have to be designed and implemented in response to the AML risks. If a firm fails to identify an AML risk then it won’t design and implement a control to address the risk, plain and simple. Therefore, performing a comprehensive AML Risk Assessment is the first, and greatest, step a firm can take in building robust AML defences.
Maestro-Solution
GRC-Maestro helps ensure firms ensure they have undertaken a through AML Risk Assessment. We have codified the AML Risk Assessment process which helps firms design the optimal approach to defining their distinct business areas by AML risk profile.
After determining the child level AML Risk Assessment, the firm can load each relevant AML Inherent Risks into GRC-Maestro and assign a risk frequency and severity level. AML Controls for each AML Risk are identified and entered into GRC-Maestro, resulting in a Residual Risk Rating.