CFO Excellence Advisory
Advisory practice · svc-risk
Risk Advisory
Six-layer enterprise risk architecture with appetite, KRIs and resilience.
Outliers Risk Advisory installs the Outliers Enterprise Risk Architecture™ and Risk Maturity Model™ — turning enterprise risk from a register exercise into a board-grade decision system covering appetite, KRIs, BCP and control effectiveness.
- Duration
- 10–14 weeks
- Access tier
- enterprise
- Pricing
- Custom · Project · Briefing on request
Business problem
Risk register exists but is not driving decisions, board appetite is implicit, and resilience plans are unrehearsed.
Ideal client profile
- CROs and CFOs of regulated entities
- Audit and Risk Committees of listed and PE-backed companies
- Groups exposed to operational, fraud or cyber events
Symptoms / trigger events
- Risk register is updated but not used in decisions
- Board has no documented appetite statement
- KRIs are missing or not tracked
- BCP has not been tested in 12+ months
Outcomes
- Board-approved risk appetite statement
- Active KRI library tied to dashboards
- Tested BCP with crisis playbooks
- Control effectiveness scorecard
Scope of work
- Run Board Effectiveness assessment with risk lens
- Author appetite statement and KRI library
- Refresh BCP and run scenario test
- Stand up control effectiveness testing cadence
Delivery phases
- Phase 1 · DiagnoseWeeks 1–3
Baseline ERM, KRIs, BCP and control testing across the group.
- Phase 2 · DesignWeeks 4–6
Draft appetite, KRI library, BCP refresh and control map.
- Phase 3 · EmbedWeeks 7–12
Run scenario test, deploy Risk Dashboard, brief Risk Committee.
Deliverables
- Risk appetite statement
- KRI library
- Refreshed BCP and crisis playbook
- Control effectiveness scorecard
Symptoms this practice addresses
- Risk & ResilienceRisk and control weakness — appetite implicit, KRIs missing, BCP untested