- Enterprise Risk Management Program Assessment/Development and Evaluation
- Broker Dealer Regulation and Compliance
- Broker Dealer Supervision Outsourcing
- Policy and WSP Development and Deployment
- Remediation Projects
- Cross Border Investment Solutions and Structure
- Sales Practice Reviews and Solutions
- Anti Money Laundering / CIP Procedures and Control Development
- Compliance and Supervisory Reviews and Evaluations
- Registered Investment Advisory Regulation and Compliance
- Review of Enterprise Risk Management Program
- Control Testing
- Control Execution
- Enterprise Governance
- Development of Risk Intelligence Program
- Supervisory Oversight Program
- Business, Sales and Product Program Development
- Designing rule implementation protocols.
- Developing clear policies and procedures customized to your business.
- Design control framework for assessing sustainability of controls and procedures.
- Design and development of Compliance.
- Management protocols and tools to meet regulatory expectations.
- Providing expert advice and guidance on industry best practices in addressing existing and new regulatory requirements.
- Development and implementation of Corporate Training Program.
- Managing FINRA and SEC Registration requirements, including change in business and registration oversight programs.
- Communication with the Public Supervisory Program, including marketing materials, social media, electronic communication and physical correspondence
- Expertise in effective project management techniques to meet regulatory requirements.
- Implementation of risk management protocols for effective escalation of issues to senior management and risk mitigation, including regulatory reporting.
- Execution of first level reviews and tasks in a cost effective and efficient manner.
- Critical analysis of process execution with the objective of identifying efficiencies.
- Provide training and development to staff, allowing for ease of hand off when necessary.
- Ability to manage and accept any project around a broker dealer practice regardless of scale/size to meet stated goals.
- Performing branch review including design of testing protocols.
- Drafting of policies and procedures, including Written Supervisory Procedures and desktop procedures, customized to business/supervisory and compliance activities
- Policies and procedures review discipline
- Policies and procedures control mapping to ensure sustainability and control effectiveness
- Training provided to impacted staff
- Development of communication strategy/protocol for adequate dissemination of procedures
- Define detailed task and dependencies plan for remediation projects
- Ability to manage all types of remediations regardless of size, scope and time to complete.
- Establishment of governance structure and disciplined approach to ensure successful completion of project.
- Provide analytics that will focus on root cause and lessons learned
- Develop sustainable control framework to avoid similar issues from arising again
- Cross Border Business evaluation to pin point risks, challenges and possible areas of business opportunities.
- Development of Cross border business program, including permissible activities and adequate governance tailored to specific business.
- Review, develop and implement cross border policies and procedures that take into account travel, presence standards, in country rules of conduct.
- Cross Border business on-boarding control development.
- Cross border business supervision including high impact jurisdictional monitoring.
- Review and evaluation of Supervisory and Surveillance tools.
- Provide guidance risk based supervisory strategies.
- Perform stress test on supervisory oversight tools.
- Executing supervisory reviews, including documentation and resolution of possible exceptions.
- Governance strategy for supervisory organization.
- Development of AML policies and procedures, including CIP, EMDD, Sanctions, and SAR filings (among others) customized to business model and risk appetite.
- Performing AML reviews and AML controls effectiveness, including client on boarding , investigations and recommendations.
- Deployment of and performing AML training.
- Guidance on industry best practices regarding AML.
- Oversight tool review and recommendation, including assistance on the development of surveillance logics.
- AML monitoring/investigation outsourcing.
- Development of Compliance and Supervisory Programs consistent with line of defense hierarchy (1st Line vs. 2nd Line vs. 3rd Line of Defense), including clear definition of roles and responsibility.
- Development of risk based testing protocols and routines.
- Performance of internal reviews and testing protocols.
- Assistance in exam/testing preparation including regulatory exam readiness.
- Assistance in regulatory exam.
- Development of Investment Advisory Compliance Program and Supervisory Program.
- Review, development and implementation of Investment Advisory Controls, policies and procedures.
- Conflict of interest evaluation, including pricing, personnel and business concerns that may present conflict of interest challenges.
- Performing oversight functions, including sales practices supervision.