Master of Science in Risk Management, Control & Compliance (MSc 2)

Since the 2008 crisis, French and foreign financial industry regulators have stepped up their demands with a flurry of new regulations. While they have indeed contributed to better control of the financial sphere and prevention of bankruptcy and crisis risks, through the diversity of their angles and scopes (balance sheet balance, prevention of money laundering, corruption, prevention of operational risks, etc.), regulatory texts have become a new body of rules. These regulations are taking on a mandatory and pervasive character in financial organizations, which are subject to very heavy penalties in the event of non-compliance. Needs have grown so rapidly that we have had to recruit on a massive scale; this has created a “call for air” for training focused on these issues: “Permanent control and compliance”. This program provides students with training tailored to the needs of organizations in the fields of risk management, management control and compliance. The program emphasizes the key role played by management controllers and compliance officers within an organization, and the major impact of appropriate risk management. We train students who will participate in the implementation of corporate protection and decision-making mechanisms. The most frequently practiced professions are: risk officer, management controller, business & management consultant, compliance officer.

Programme-specific requirements recorded in SIT Connect.

• Direct entry to the second year (MSc 2, a one-year programme) requires at least four years of higher education: a validated Bac+4 such as a Master 1 or the first year of a business-school master's (240 ECTS credits or 120 US credits), normally in a field related to the MSc (several programme pages also accept students who are completing one)
• several finance MSc (e.g. Audit & Management Control, Financial Manager Banking & Insurance, Wealth Management) also ask for experience in that field. A three-year bachelor's degree plus three years' professional experience in the same field may be accepted instead, subject to the school's approval. Admission is by online application, review of the file and a motivation interview, followed by an admission letter, registration with a deposit, and the French student visa.

The official programme record lists English. It does not publish a programme-specific minimum language-test score, so no score is invented here.

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