プロフェッショナル・リスク・マネージャー国際協会(PRMIA )は、リスク管理専門職の育成と教育に重点を置く、会員主導型の非営利専門組織です。会員は、グローバルなリスク管理専門職の基準を設定するために活動するリスク専門家のネットワークを提供します。PRMIAは、プロフェッショナル・リスク・マネージャーの資格と、専門資格認定のための他のいくつかの認定プログラムを提供しています。[ 3 ]
プロフェッショナルリスクマネージャー(PRM)資格は、PRMIAが提供する 専門資格です。 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] この資格は2004年に初めて授与されました。PRMは、金融リスク管理の専門職におけるスキルと職業倫理の「独立した検証」です。PRMと、グローバルリスクプロフェッショナル協会が提供するFRMは、業界における2つの決定的なリスク管理資格としてよく比較されます。[ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
PRM受験者は、2つの試験を連続して受験し、合格する必要があります。どちらの試験も所要時間は4時間です。
The exams are computer-based and the questions are all multiple choice; the passing grade is 60%. The exams must be completed over a period of up to two years; they are offered during four specific testing windows per year.[9] Historic individual exam pass rates, under the pre-2019 structure, were 54% for Exam II (mathematics), 59% for Exams I and III (finance, and risk management), and 78% for Exam IV (standards and case studies);[10][11] with an overall completion-rate of just over 65%.[10] The PRM program recognizes other professional designations and gives partial credit to "cross-over" candidates, as well as to graduates of select university programs.
Minimum experience requirements are:[12] four years without a bachelor's degree; two years for those with bachelor's degrees; no requirements for holders of a relevant graduate degree (i.e. MBA, MSF, MQF etc.) or of an accepted professional designation (CFA, CAIA, CQF, etc.). To maintain the designation, holders are required to complete 20 "Continuing Risk Learning" credits each year, to renew their "Sustaining Membership", and to uphold the professional and ethical standards as defined by the PRMIA Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics.
Since 2022, PRMIA offers the ORM Designation, focusing on the "skills and capabilities" of the Operational Risk Manager role. The designation requires 2 exams, 8 hours in total, 1 year of direct operational risk experience, and a combination of 4 year's other work experience or completed degrees. As for the PRM, Designates must submit 20 CRL credits each year.
PRMIA offers various stand-alone certificate programs designed to give a focused and foundational understanding of various areas of risk management.[13] As for the PRM, the passing score for these is 60%. The computerized tests are offered on all business days. To maintain certification one is required to uphold PRMIA’s professional and ethical standards.