Fractional compliance leadership & CMS advisory

Senior compliance leadership when you need it most.

Build a compliance program, strengthen an existing one, or guide your team through an exam or period of change. We bring executive judgment and hands-on CMS experience to the work, led by Alison Stokes, CRCM.

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When organizations call

Recognize the moment?

Engagements can address an immediate leadership gap or a defined piece of program work.

01 / LEADERSHIP

You need senior compliance direction.

Your team needs decisions, prioritization, and leadership coverage while you grow or recruit.

02 / PROGRAM

The CMS needs to work better.

Policies, training, testing, complaints, issues, and reporting exist, but they are not connected or consistently owned.

03 / SCRUTINY

An exam or audit is approaching.

You need organized evidence, clear response ownership, and a practical way to resolve findings.

How we can help

The full work of compliance.
Connected.

From a risk assessment to a functioning testing program, the work should end with clearer ownership and usable outputs.

001 / ADVISORY AREA

Compliance Management Systems

Build and mature a compliance program that connects governance, risk assessment, controls, testing, training, and issue management.

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002 / ADVISORY AREA

Compliance Testing & Monitoring

Design and run risk-based reviews that show whether controls work in practice.

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003 / ADVISORY AREA

Policies & Procedures

Create and maintain documents that reflect actual operations and give teams usable direction.

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004 / ADVISORY AREA

Compliance Training

Make regulatory expectations understandable for the people who need to act on them.

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005 / ADVISORY AREA

Complaints Management & Customer Feedback

Turn customer concerns into timely responses, reliable records, and useful risk signals.

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Regulatory Change & Risk Assessments

Identify what has changed, what it affects, and which actions deserve priority.

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Regulatory Exam Readiness

Organize evidence, owners, and open issues before and during examinations.

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008 / ADVISORY AREA

Fractional Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

Add senior compliance leadership to guide priorities, governance, and execution.

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AI Governance & Compliance Workflows

Assess AI use in compliance with clear human accountability and meaningful controls.

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Marketing Compliance

Establish a sound review process for customer-facing financial services communications.

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How engagements work

Leadership, project support, or a program build.

We can provide fractional leadership, assess and mature an existing program, or take on a defined deliverable such as a testing plan, policy framework, training program, or exam-readiness review.

Each engagement starts with your business model, current resources, and a written scope. Work is developed with the people who operate the process and reviewed by the appropriate owners before adoption.

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What you can expect

Clear priorities.
Documented decisions.
Practical deliverables.
Accountable follow-through.

Learning portal

AI Foundations Student Workbook

Registered students can enter the instructor-provided access code to open the interactive course workbook.

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Selected thinking

Insights informed by practice.

Explore our founder’s published perspectives on governance, banking, lending, and AI.

Start with your challenge

Tell us what needs leadership, a closer look, or a better system.

A focused conversation can define the right scope and next step.

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