Modernizing Risk Management in Today’s Competitive Landscape

GARP Risk Podcast

Join Martim Rocha, Global Head of Risk Banking Solutions at SAS, and Luis Jesus, Senior Manager at SAS, as they discuss how financial institutions can transform their risk management to thrive in today's volatile market.

Financial organizations today face heightened regulatory scrutiny while contending with siloed, legacy risk systems. But those that embrace AI, cloud, and integration can unlock new levels of efficiency, scalability, and proactive insights.

Hear expert strategies for building a future-ready risk ecosystem - one that delivers governance, control, and competitive advantage.

Key topics:

- Top challenges risk teams face in cost rationalization and automation

- How modernizing risk technology impacts business processes and decision-making.

- Balancing business continuity, modernization, and regulatory demands

- Addressing banking industry challenges and trends related to risk modernization over the next 5 years

Speakers’ Bios

Martim Rocha, Global Head of Risk Banking Solutions at SAS

Martim manages a team of global experts on banking risk management, defining roadmaps and priorities for SAS solutions and supporting customers all over the world on their journey to take the best of the SAS solutions, from scoping and defining the best approach for each business case to helping customers taking the SAS solutions through implementation to be live as a production system.

Martim has published several papers and has spoken at several conferences around the world on the topics of Risk Management in Banking, Risk and Finance Integration, IFRS9/CECL, Regulatory Risk Management, ALM, Capital Planning , Scenario Based Analysis and Stress-testing. With SAS for more then 17 years, he played the role of Strategic Advisor and Solution Designer on projects such as Stress-testing on a G-Sib based in London; IFRS9 and Stress-testing at G-SIB bank covering more than 60 locations worldwide; IFRS9 impairment at a couple of Top 5 Nordic Bank covering 5 countries; IFRS9 full-scope at Top banks in UAE; and IFRS9 impairment at more than a Top 5 South African Bank.

Martim has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry on the topics of risk management, business analytics and data management. He has designed and managed projects for banks, insurance firms and other financial services companies in areas such as financial management, risk management, predictive analytics, financial and sales performance, strategy management, and customer analysis and segmentation. In addition, he was a lecturer for courses on advanced decision support systems, data warehousing and data mining at the Autonomous University of Lisbon and at the ISCTE Business School. Before joining SAS, Martim was a partner on the Business Analytics focused consulting firm, Noscitare where he led the delivery of many IT projects in financial services companies. Martim has a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from Nova SBE and has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from ISIG.

Luis Jesus, Senior Manager at Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions , SAS

Luis Jesus is a risk management professional with 20+ years of experience in the financial services sector. He is currently a Senior Manager in the Integrated Balance-sheet Management solutions.

Luís has a professional experience of more than 20 years in the financial sector being involved in different risk management projects namely on the implementation of the Basel Accord requirements, development of PD, LGD and CCF models, operational risk frameworks, recovery and resolution plans, ICAAP and ILAAP frameworks, development of IFRS9 compliant impairment calculation information systems and risk governance.

Before joining SAS he was the Chief Risk Officer in a Portuguese bank and before that he was an Associated Partner in KPMG.

Links from today’s discussion:

https://www.sas.com/en/whitepapers/how-to-win-by-liberating-alm-113740.html

Over the years, GARP and SAS have partnered to bring risk practitioners unique insights on a variety of topics related to risk management. Now we present a series of podcasts focused on making financial risk-based decisions in light of the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

About SAS

SAS is a global leader in data and AI. We help organizations transform data into trusted decisions faster by providing knowledge in the moments that matter. No matter how you prioritize risk, SAS has proven solutions and best practices to help organizations establish a risk-aware culture, optimize capital and liquidity, and meet regulatory demands.

SAS® provides on-demand, high-performance risk analytics to ensure greater efficiency and transparency. Strike the right balance between short- and long-term strategies. And confidently address changing regulations and manage compliance. Discover why 90% of the Fortune 100 use SAS. sas.com/riskmanagement.