Topic: Building a Risk Management Program JENGA Style
Speaker: Nanci McKenzie, Juris Masters Financial Regulation & Compliance, AAP, APRP
EVP, Compliance & Product Strategy at Affirmative Technologies
Topic Description: Identifying an organization's risk exposure is not just extremely important but becoming more of a requirement rather than just a best business practice. To effectively mitigate risk, cybersecurity, data privacy, payments channels, and overall enterprise risk management programs must contain strong components that solidly fit together and remain sturdy under a sudden shift in risk. Building a risk management program does not need to feel like you are playing a game of Jenga! This session identifies key controls to verify or even validate that your risk management program can stand up against the constant inherent attacks or economic volatility your organization may be facing.
Speaker Biography:
Nanci has been the EVP, Compliance and Business Relationships at Affirmative Technologies since September 2020. Nanci has over 35-years’ experience in banks and credit unions including 22-years in banking compliance and operations as Deposit Operations Supervisor, Teller Supervisor, Training Coordinator, OFAC Officer, and ACH Auditor. Nanci spent five years in financial technology as a Deposit Implementations Analyst for Finastra (fka D + H, USA) and Training Specialist on the Phoenix core processing platform. Before joining Affirmative Technologies, Nanci worked four years as Vice President, Payments Consulting at ePayResources. While at ePayResources, Nanci performed audits and risk assessments on electronic payment channels including ACH, remote deposit capture, and wire transfer. Additionally, Nanci provided customized consulting engagements to financial institutions including but not limited; payments strategy, electronic compliance review, treasury management, and faster payments and real-time payments planning and implementation.
Currently, Nanci works with Affirmative clients to determine compliant solutions for managing and monitoring risks within their payment service channels. Regardless of the topics within operational efficiencies, risk mitigation, regulatory issues, payments strategy, or data analysis, Nanci will work with clients to ensure they have the necessary information and education to make sound business decisions.
Nanci holds a Juris Master’s degree in Financial Regulation and Compliance from Florida State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Management from Seminole State College, Sanford, FL. She became an Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) in 2004 and became an Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) in 2018.
