Types of business risks for companies to manage

Every company faces risks that have the potential to impact its performance and, ultimately, its success or failure. However, not all businesses are affected by the same types of business risks, even those that are common to all businesses. Thus, executives of a company need to be aware of not just the risks it takes but also the possibility that those risks will result in issues and the potential effects they could have on the firm’s operations.

1. Strategic risk

Concerns that can compromise an organization’s capacity to carry out its strategic plans and accomplish its commercial objectives are referred to as strategic risks. This kind of risk also pertains to variables that could weaken an organization’s competitive advantages in the market, whether they are caused by internal or external sources.

The organization’s ability to successfully launch new products and services, navigate business or market change, the organization’s resilience in the face of adversity, and the competence and stability of the senior executive and business management teams are all factors to take into account when managing strategic risk.

2. Operational risk

Operational risk is another broad category of risk that includes anything that could impair an organization’s capacity to manage its business operations successfully and profitably, according to Emily Frolick, U.S. leader of KPMG’s Trusted Imperative risk management program and advisory partner at the professional services firm. The processes, procedures, policies, people, and systems that a business has put in place are all part of managing operational risk and making sure they can withstand unfavorable circumstances.

3. Process risk

Process risk is usually mentioned as a different form of risk, even if it’s occasionally included in the operational risk category. It particularly pertains to how effective, efficient, and resilient the different business processes are that underpin an organization’s operations, ranging from digital workflows and supply chain operations to basic internal processes. If not, a company must determine how to reduce the risks that could arise from the process gaps and evaluate the potential downstream effects.

4. Financial risk

Every firm faces financial risk, which includes business variables that could have an impact on balance sheets, cash flow, profitability, and even an organization’s solvency. “Not that your stock price goes down,” according to Roselund, is financial risk. He clarified that a company’s stock performance is a result of its ability to manage its financial risk as well as other forms of business risk, and can be either good or negative.

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