Compliance Program Development & Implementation

Build effectiveness into the way you operate.

Develop and implement AML/CFT and sanctions compliance programs grounded in your actual risks. Connect risk assessment, policies, controls, customer due diligence, screening, monitoring, training and governance—and help teams put the program into daily operation.

Who this helps—and when to engage

For compliance leaders and operating teams at banks, insurers and other financial institutions.

Engage ICRM when launching a business, responding to changing requirements or findings, or moving a written program into consistent daily operation.

What the work involves

Agree the risk and regulatory scope, assess the current program, design the required controls and support rollout. Review operating evidence and use findings to improve the program.

An effective program must be developed around the institution’s actual risk and implemented in the way its teams operate. ICRM helps define the risk assessment, policies, procedures, controls, roles, escalation paths and reporting needed to support that program. Implementation includes aligning systems and data, preparing staff, establishing oversight and evaluating whether the controls work as intended.

Work begins with your objectives, current processes and the issues that matter most. Together, we define an appropriate scope, examine the available evidence and identify recommendations your team can implement.

PA/CE and the control environment

Practical Advice connects objectives, regulatory requirements and risk to the intended outcomes. Capabilities that Endure puts those outcomes into operation through clear ownership, controls, reliable information and ongoing monitoring. This integrated perspective aligns with COSO’s Internal Control—Integrated Framework and supports continued adaptation.

How to start

Book a 30-minute conversation with Steve or use the contact form to describe your challenge, current process and desired outcome. Together, we agree the scope, deliverables, responsibilities and commercial terms before work begins.

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Experience behind the advice

Led by Stephen D. Marshall, ICRM brings four decades of compliance and internal audit experience to advisory work. Engagements are tailored to the organization and scoped with appropriate independence across the lines of defense.

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