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How to Use the Financial Risk Dashboard

This article explains how the Financial Risk Dashboard provides a consolidated, portfolio-level view to identify, assess, and mitigate financial risks across portfolios, programs, and projects.

🔍 Overview

The Financial Risk Dashboard provides a consolidated, portfolio-level view to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate financial risks across portfolios, programs, and projects.

It transforms financial risk management into a proactive and continuous discipline, enabling Finance teams and Executives to anticipate exposure, prioritize mitigation actions, and strengthen financial governance.

📌 Accessing the Financial Risk Dashboard

To access the dashboard:

Portfolio → Track → Financial Risk Dashboard

This dashboard operates at portfolio level, while consolidating financial risks originating from programs and projects.

📌 Explore  the Financial Risk Dashboard Components 

1️⃣Financial Risk Heatmap

The Financial Risk Heatmap visualizes financial risks based on their probability and impact, using a color-coded risk severity scale.

It enables you to:

  • Quickly identify high-exposure financial risks

  • Prioritize mitigation actions based on severity

  • Focus attention on critical risk areas with the highest potential financial impact

💡 This view provides an immediate snapshot of where financial exposure is most concentrated.

2️⃣Financial Risk Register

The Financial Risk Register provides a detailed list of all identified financial risks.

 

For each risk, it includes:

  • Risk description and type

  • Origin level (Portfolio, Program, Project)

  • Probability and impact

  • Financial exposure and severity score

  • Risk status (e.g. Owned, Mitigated)

  • Assigned mitigation owner

This register allows teams to:

  • Track and manage financial risks consistently

  • Assess potential financial exposure

  • Monitor mitigation status

  • Ensure clear accountability for risk ownership

 

3️⃣Financial Risk Trend

The Financial Risk Trend displays the evolution of financial risks over time, categorized as:

  • New risks

  • Resolved risks

  • Escalated risks

This view helps to:

  • Monitor financial risk dynamics

  • Determine whether overall financial exposure is increasing or decreasing

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of risk mitigation efforts over time

💡 Ideal for portfolio-level reviews and executive reporting.

 

4️⃣Mitigation Plan Tracker

The Mitigation Plan Tracker tracks the progress of mitigation plans for key financial risks.

For each risk, it displays:

  • Defined mitigation actions

  • Target dates

  • Execution progress

  • Residual financial exposure

This view enables teams to:

  • Monitor mitigation execution in real time

  • Identify delayed or underperforming mitigation actions

  • Ensure accountability and follow-through for financial risk reduction

 


✅ Summary

The Financial Risk Dashboard  enables organizations to:

  • Maintain continuous visibility on financial risk exposure

  • Detect critical risks early

  • Track mitigation execution and effectiveness

  • Strengthen financial governance and portfolio resilience