Governance, Risk & Compliance
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
This five-day programme prepares professionals to design and run an integrated GRC capability, covering GRC foundations and integration models, corporate governance and board oversight, enterprise risk and compliance management, ethics, anti-bribery and third-party risk, and GRC technology, assurance and maturity. Participants develop skills in GRC integration, risk and compliance mapping, control and assurance design, and GRC reporting.
Introduction
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Training Course prepares professionals to design and run an integrated GRC capability. Participants work through GRC concepts and integration models, corporate governance structures and board oversight, enterprise risk management with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management systems and ISO 37301, ethics and anti-bribery programmes, third-party and supply chain controls, and GRC technology, monitoring, and assurance as one connected framework. The programme links the obligations an organisation carries with the integrated structure that discharges them. As a result, learners gain a practical command of professional GRC. Furthermore, the course strengthens governance judgement, risk oversight, and compliance discipline.
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Course Objectives
- Explain GRC concepts, drivers, and integration models.
- Apply corporate governance structures and board oversight practice.
- Apply ISO 31000 and COSO ERM to enterprise risk management.
- Apply compliance management systems and ISO 37301 requirements.
- Apply regulatory mapping, compliance obligations, and control design.
- Apply ethics, anti-bribery, and anti-fraud programme design.
- Apply third-party due diligence and supply chain compliance controls.
- Apply GRC data models, technology, and integrated reporting.
- Apply controls monitoring, testing, and assurance over GRC.
- Apply GRC maturity assessment and continuous improvement.
Course Methodology
- Interactive sessions built on GRC integration and compliance cases.
- Workshops on risk registers, compliance mapping, and control matrices.
- Group exercises on ethics programmes, third-party diligence, and reporting.
- Hands-on practice with GRC frameworks, obligation registers, and dashboards.
- Simulation of a GRC committee review and a compliance incident response.
- Facilitator coaching and peer review on personal GRC programme plans.
Who Should Take This Course
- Governance, risk, and compliance professionals.
- Compliance officers and ethics officers.
- Risk managers and enterprise risk specialists.
- Internal auditors covering governance and compliance.
- Legal and regulatory affairs professionals.
- Consultants advising on GRC programme design and maturity.
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Course Outlines
GRC Foundations and Integration Models
- • GRC definitions, scope, and business drivers.
- • Fragmented versus integrated GRC approaches.
- • Integration models across governance, risk, and compliance.
- • Roles and responsibilities and the three lines model.
- • GRC policy architecture and delegation of authority.
- • Common GRC failure patterns and their causes.
- • Case discussion: three functions, one control tested three times.
Corporate Governance and Board Oversight
- • Governance structures, boards, and committees.
- • Directors' duties and accountability frameworks.
- • Governance codes, listing rules, and disclosure duties.
- • Board oversight of risk and compliance.
- • Governance of subsidiaries and group structures.
- • Whistleblowing, ethics, and speak-up culture.
- • Workshop: mapping governance and oversight responsibilities.
Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management
- • ISO 31000 risk principles, framework, and process.
- • COSO ERM components and strategy alignment.
- • Risk appetite, tolerance, and risk register practice.
- • Compliance management systems and ISO 37301.
- • Regulatory obligation registers and compliance mapping.
- • Control design, control ownership, and effectiveness testing.
- • Exercise: building an obligation register with control mapping.
Ethics, Anti-Bribery, and Third-Party Risk
- • Ethics programme design and code of conduct.
- • Anti-bribery frameworks: FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and equivalents.
- • Fraud risk assessment and anti-fraud controls.
- • Third-party due diligence and onboarding screening.
- • Supply chain compliance and contractual controls.
- • Conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality management.
- • Simulation: running a third-party diligence review.
GRC Technology, Assurance, and Maturity
- • GRC data models and integrated platforms.
- • Continuous controls monitoring and automation.
- • GRC metrics, dashboards, and board reporting.
- • Assurance mapping across the three lines.
- • Internal audit over governance and compliance.
- • GRC maturity models and programme improvement.
- • Capstone: presenting an integrated GRC programme plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), participants will gain a practical command of GRC integration models, corporate governance and board oversight, enterprise risk with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management with ISO 37301, ethics and anti-bribery programmes, third-party risk controls, and GRC technology, assurance and maturity assessment. They will acquire skills in GRC integration, risk and compliance mapping, control and assurance design, and GRC reporting that strengthen accountability and reduce duplication. Gentex Training Center designs the programme to help professionals build professional GRC capability with confidence.
FAQs for the Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) course
— What is the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course about?
It prepares professionals to design and run an integrated GRC capability. The course spans GRC foundations and integration models, corporate governance and board oversight, enterprise risk and compliance management, ethics, anti-bribery and third-party risk, and GRC technology, assurance and maturity.
— What are the key benefits of the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
You gain a practical command of professional GRC that links the obligations an organisation carries with the integrated structure that discharges them. The course improves GRC integration and governance design, strengthens risk and compliance mapping, sharpens ethics and third-party control practice, and gives you assurance and maturity assessment practice that reduces duplication and strengthens accountability.
— What skills will I gain from the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
You will develop four core skills: GRC integration and governance structure design, enterprise risk management with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management and obligation mapping with ISO 37301, and third-party risk control with GRC assurance and maturity assessment.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
The course covers GRC definitions, scope and business drivers, fragmented versus integrated GRC approaches, integration models across governance, risk and compliance, roles and responsibilities and the three lines model, GRC policy architecture and delegation of authority, governance structures, boards and committees, directors' duties and accountability frameworks, governance codes, listing rules and disclosure duties, board oversight of risk and compliance, governance of subsidiaries and group structures, whistleblowing, ethics and speak-up culture, ISO 31000 risk principles, framework and process, COSO ERM components and strategy alignment, risk appetite, tolerance and risk register practice, compliance management systems and ISO 37301, regulatory obligation registers and compliance mapping, control design, control ownership and effectiveness testing, ethics programme design and code of conduct, anti-bribery frameworks of FCPA, UK Bribery Act and equivalents, fraud risk assessment and anti-fraud controls, third-party due diligence and onboarding screening, supply chain compliance and contractual controls, conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality management, GRC data models and integrated platforms, continuous controls monitoring and automation, GRC metrics, dashboards and board reporting, assurance mapping across the three lines, internal audit over governance and compliance, and GRC maturity models and programme improvement.
— How is the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course applied in real-world practice?
Participants apply it to real work such as mapping governance and oversight responsibilities, building an obligation register with control mapping, drafting a risk register with appetite alignment, running a third-party diligence review, managing a conflict of interest case, preparing a GRC dashboard for the board, and presenting an integrated GRC programme plan. The same methods support assurance mapping and GRC maturity improvement.
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Introduction
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Training Course prepares professionals to design and run an integrated GRC capability. Participants work through GRC concepts and integration models, corporate governance structures and board oversight, enterprise risk management with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management systems and ISO 37301, ethics and anti-bribery programmes, third-party and supply chain controls, and GRC technology, monitoring, and assurance as one connected framework. The programme links the obligations an organisation carries with the integrated structure that discharges them. As a result, learners gain a practical command of professional GRC. Furthermore, the course strengthens governance judgement, risk oversight, and compliance discipline.
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Course Objectives
- Explain GRC concepts, drivers, and integration models.
- Apply corporate governance structures and board oversight practice.
- Apply ISO 31000 and COSO ERM to enterprise risk management.
- Apply compliance management systems and ISO 37301 requirements.
- Apply regulatory mapping, compliance obligations, and control design.
- Apply ethics, anti-bribery, and anti-fraud programme design.
- Apply third-party due diligence and supply chain compliance controls.
- Apply GRC data models, technology, and integrated reporting.
- Apply controls monitoring, testing, and assurance over GRC.
- Apply GRC maturity assessment and continuous improvement.
Course Methodology
- Interactive sessions built on GRC integration and compliance cases.
- Workshops on risk registers, compliance mapping, and control matrices.
- Group exercises on ethics programmes, third-party diligence, and reporting.
- Hands-on practice with GRC frameworks, obligation registers, and dashboards.
- Simulation of a GRC committee review and a compliance incident response.
- Facilitator coaching and peer review on personal GRC programme plans.
Who Should Take This Course
- Governance, risk, and compliance professionals.
- Compliance officers and ethics officers.
- Risk managers and enterprise risk specialists.
- Internal auditors covering governance and compliance.
- Legal and regulatory affairs professionals.
- Consultants advising on GRC programme design and maturity.
Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Course Outlines
GRC Foundations and Integration Models
- • GRC definitions, scope, and business drivers.
- • Fragmented versus integrated GRC approaches.
- • Integration models across governance, risk, and compliance.
- • Roles and responsibilities and the three lines model.
- • GRC policy architecture and delegation of authority.
- • Common GRC failure patterns and their causes.
- • Case discussion: three functions, one control tested three times.
Corporate Governance and Board Oversight
- • Governance structures, boards, and committees.
- • Directors' duties and accountability frameworks.
- • Governance codes, listing rules, and disclosure duties.
- • Board oversight of risk and compliance.
- • Governance of subsidiaries and group structures.
- • Whistleblowing, ethics, and speak-up culture.
- • Workshop: mapping governance and oversight responsibilities.
Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management
- • ISO 31000 risk principles, framework, and process.
- • COSO ERM components and strategy alignment.
- • Risk appetite, tolerance, and risk register practice.
- • Compliance management systems and ISO 37301.
- • Regulatory obligation registers and compliance mapping.
- • Control design, control ownership, and effectiveness testing.
- • Exercise: building an obligation register with control mapping.
Ethics, Anti-Bribery, and Third-Party Risk
- • Ethics programme design and code of conduct.
- • Anti-bribery frameworks: FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and equivalents.
- • Fraud risk assessment and anti-fraud controls.
- • Third-party due diligence and onboarding screening.
- • Supply chain compliance and contractual controls.
- • Conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality management.
- • Simulation: running a third-party diligence review.
GRC Technology, Assurance, and Maturity
- • GRC data models and integrated platforms.
- • Continuous controls monitoring and automation.
- • GRC metrics, dashboards, and board reporting.
- • Assurance mapping across the three lines.
- • Internal audit over governance and compliance.
- • GRC maturity models and programme improvement.
- • Capstone: presenting an integrated GRC programme plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), participants will gain a practical command of GRC integration models, corporate governance and board oversight, enterprise risk with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management with ISO 37301, ethics and anti-bribery programmes, third-party risk controls, and GRC technology, assurance and maturity assessment. They will acquire skills in GRC integration, risk and compliance mapping, control and assurance design, and GRC reporting that strengthen accountability and reduce duplication. Gentex Training Center designs the programme to help professionals build professional GRC capability with confidence.
FAQs for the Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) course
— What is the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course about?
It prepares professionals to design and run an integrated GRC capability. The course spans GRC foundations and integration models, corporate governance and board oversight, enterprise risk and compliance management, ethics, anti-bribery and third-party risk, and GRC technology, assurance and maturity.
— What are the key benefits of the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
You gain a practical command of professional GRC that links the obligations an organisation carries with the integrated structure that discharges them. The course improves GRC integration and governance design, strengthens risk and compliance mapping, sharpens ethics and third-party control practice, and gives you assurance and maturity assessment practice that reduces duplication and strengthens accountability.
— What skills will I gain from the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
You will develop four core skills: GRC integration and governance structure design, enterprise risk management with ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, compliance management and obligation mapping with ISO 37301, and third-party risk control with GRC assurance and maturity assessment.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course?
The course covers GRC definitions, scope and business drivers, fragmented versus integrated GRC approaches, integration models across governance, risk and compliance, roles and responsibilities and the three lines model, GRC policy architecture and delegation of authority, governance structures, boards and committees, directors' duties and accountability frameworks, governance codes, listing rules and disclosure duties, board oversight of risk and compliance, governance of subsidiaries and group structures, whistleblowing, ethics and speak-up culture, ISO 31000 risk principles, framework and process, COSO ERM components and strategy alignment, risk appetite, tolerance and risk register practice, compliance management systems and ISO 37301, regulatory obligation registers and compliance mapping, control design, control ownership and effectiveness testing, ethics programme design and code of conduct, anti-bribery frameworks of FCPA, UK Bribery Act and equivalents, fraud risk assessment and anti-fraud controls, third-party due diligence and onboarding screening, supply chain compliance and contractual controls, conflict of interest and gifts and hospitality management, GRC data models and integrated platforms, continuous controls monitoring and automation, GRC metrics, dashboards and board reporting, assurance mapping across the three lines, internal audit over governance and compliance, and GRC maturity models and programme improvement.
— How is the "Advanced Course in Professional Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)" course applied in real-world practice?
Participants apply it to real work such as mapping governance and oversight responsibilities, building an obligation register with control mapping, drafting a risk register with appetite alignment, running a third-party diligence review, managing a conflict of interest case, preparing a GRC dashboard for the board, and presenting an integrated GRC programme plan. The same methods support assurance mapping and GRC maturity improvement.
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