Compliance services

You know that it only takes one innocent mistake or one complaint to bring you to the attention of the regulators or to worry your stakeholders.

Australia's regulators are constantly monitoring businesses and publicising compliance breaches.

You want to stop worrying about committing a compliance breach but don't want to sacrifice business performance.

Is the risk worth it? No. Compliance - like business performance - is a prerequisite for doing and staying in business.

In some industries, breach of a key law means you are "out of business". It's not a risk you can "manage"; if you don't comply, you'll be thrown  out! Or if you don't lose your licence, you could face substantial penalties, jail and loss of corporate and personal reputation.

Once you've got your licence, the biggest challenge for organisations in heavily regulated industries (such as financial services which can be regulated by APRA, ASIC, the ACCC, the ATO and the ASX) is keeping the business profitable while at the same time developing policies and procedures and monitoring your employees' compliance.

Compliance is not limited to key licences. For most businesses, sustaining growth through capital raising or mergers or acquisitions means working through a complex maze of laws. Even IT outsourcing has regulatory implications.

And if you're the target of an unwelcome takeover offer, you need a response plan.

At the same time you need to keep on top of your basic business commitments:

After working with us your board and management will be less stressed and more confident that they are carrying out their duties and that your staff knows how to perform essential functions without mistakes. Your communications will be improved. You will no longer worry about the things you don't know or forgot to ask about!

Whilst there is no single answer to integrating compliance with strategic decision making, we can give your board an assurance that your organisation is doing the right thing and that the business is running without significant regulatory mistakes by independently evaluating your compliance.

I can also advise you on best practices.

I understand how technology affects business and how you can use it to your advantage by integrating systems.

I won't forget your business forest for the compliance trees so that you can focus on your competitive advantage and adapt to the regulatory challenges.