Risk Analyst
Profile Code: AL-BFS-06
- ₹6 LPA (Median Salary)
- Lecture Duration 2hrs
- Course Duration 10 Weeks
Skills You Learn: Risk Analysis | Credit Risk Assessment | Market Risk Fundamentals | Operational Risk Management | Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) | Portfolio Risk Analysis | Stress Testing | Scenario Analysis | Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) | Risk Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | Advanced Excel | SQL | Power BI | Data Visualization | MIS Reporting | Financial Data Analysis | Business Intelligence | Analytical Thinking | Problem Solving
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About This Course
A Risk Analyst helps an organization understand, measure, and control uncertainty that can cause financial loss, regulatory issues, or reputational damage. In BFSI, the role typically focuses on credit risk (defaults), fraud/financial crime risk, and operational risk. The analyst monitors portfolio health using metrics like DPD buckets, roll rates, vintage curves, bounce rates, approval rate vs bad rate, and concentration by segment/channel/geography. A big part of the job is ensuring data and metric definitions are consistent and reliable across systems, because leadership decisions depend on accurate reporting. Beyond reporting, the analyst diagnoses why metrics change by drilling into cohorts, customer segments, acquisition sources, and operational processes to find root causes. Based on findings, they recommend actions such as policy cut-off changes, limit management, verification enhancements, risk-based pricing, or collections strategy updates. In organizations using scorecards or ML, the analyst may also track model performance and drift. Strong communication and documentation are important for governance, audits, and cross-functional alignment with underwriting, product, operations, and collections teams.
Course Content
5 modules · 10 weeks · 2hrs/dayExcel Course
The **Excel Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Risk Analysts in the BFSI industry, including workbook management, formulas, functions, data validation, sorting, filtering, conditional formatting, Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, Power Query, Power Pivot, financial modeling, credit risk analysis, market risk reporting, operational risk tracking, stress testing, scenario analysis, statistical functions, What-If Analysis, Solver, dashboards, VBA automation, KPI reporting, portfolio analysis, compliance reporting, and interactive dashboards to analyze risk exposure, improve reporting accuracy, and support data-driven risk management decisions.
SQL Course
The **SQL Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Risk Analysts in the BFSI industry, including database fundamentals, SELECT queries, filtering, sorting, joins, aggregate functions, GROUP BY, HAVING, subqueries, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), window functions, CASE statements, views, stored procedures, indexing, query optimization, transaction management, risk data extraction, portfolio analysis, customer risk profiling, exposure reporting, regulatory reporting, data validation, audit reporting, and large dataset management to retrieve, transform, and analyze financial data for effective risk assessment and strategic decision-making.
SAS Course
The **SAS Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Risk Analysts in the BFSI industry, including SAS programming fundamentals, data import, data manipulation, PROC SQL, data cleansing, statistical analysis, regression modeling, probability distributions, risk modeling, credit scorecard development, stress testing, scenario analysis, portfolio risk analysis, predictive analytics, model validation, macro programming, reporting automation, regulatory compliance, Basel reporting, data visualization, and performance optimization to develop, validate, and monitor risk models that support banking, financial analysis, and enterprise risk management.
Power BI/Tableau Course
The **Power BI/Tableau Course** covers basic to advanced business intelligence concepts for Risk Analysts in the BFSI industry, including data integration, data transformation, data modeling, KPI development, dashboard creation, interactive visualizations, credit risk dashboards, market risk analysis, operational risk reporting, portfolio monitoring, predictive analytics, DAX or calculated fields, drill-through reports, automated reporting, executive dashboards, compliance reporting, stress testing visualization, forecasting, and performance monitoring to transform financial and risk data into actionable insights for proactive risk management and regulatory compliance.
Python Course
The **Python Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Risk Analysts in the BFSI industry, including Python fundamentals, variables, data types, control statements, functions, object-oriented programming, file handling, exception handling, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, data preprocessing, statistical analysis, risk modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning fundamentals, automation scripting, API integration, financial data analysis, model validation, reporting automation, data visualization, and performance optimization to analyze financial risk, automate analytical workflows, build predictive models, and support intelligent risk management and business decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess financial and operational risks
- Analyze credit, market, and operational risk data
- Identify potential risk exposures
- Develop risk assessment models
- Monitor portfolio risk and performance
- Perform stress testing and scenario analysis
- Prepare risk reports and dashboards
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Support risk mitigation strategies
- Analyze key risk indicators (KRIs)
- Collaborate with business and compliance teams
- Monitor policy adherence
- Recommend risk control improvements
- Maintain risk documentation and records
- Support enterprise risk management initiatives.
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Fresh Graduates | B.Com Graduates | BBA Students | MBA Finance Students | M.Com Graduates | Banking & Finance Aspirants | Risk Management Professionals | Credit & Compliance Executives | Financial Analysts | Data Analytics Enthusiasts | Operations Professionals | Career Switchers | Anyone Interested in BFSI Risk Management
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