Managing compliance and risk effectively requires organisations to understand their requirements, identify and assess risks and maintain clear evidence of how these are being managed.
Corporate Assist provides practical compliance and risk support to help organisations bring structure to this work, maintain frameworks and registers, coordinate information and track actions through to completion.
We work alongside your existing Compliance, Risk, Legal and other specialist teams, providing additional capacity to help turn requirements and assessments into organised, practical processes and documentation.
Support can be provided for a specific piece of work, a defined compliance or risk project or on an ongoing basis, depending on your organisation’s requirements.
What we do
We provide practical support to help organisations organise, document and progress compliance and risk activities.
This can include:
Mapping regulatory and other requirements into structured frameworks for monitoring and review
Supporting the development and maintenance of compliance frameworks, registers and records
Supporting risk assessments by coordinating information, documenting agreed assessments and maintaining the resulting records
Developing and maintaining risk registers, including recording risks, controls, actions and agreed updates
Supporting the development and review of policies and procedures
Gathering and organising evidence for audits, reviews and assurance activities
Maintaining action and remediation trackers and following up outstanding requirements
Preparing and consolidating information for internal compliance and risk reporting
We work alongside your internal specialists and advisers, with responsibility for regulatory interpretation, specialist assessments, approvals and decisions remaining with the appropriate people within your organisation.
Regulatory mapping and compliance frameworks
Understanding what requirements apply is only part of the challenge. Organisations also need a practical way to organise those requirements, identify how they are being addressed and maintain visibility of ongoing obligations.
Corporate Assist can bring regulatory requirements together into structured frameworks that record what needs to be met, how requirements are addressed and how compliance will be monitored, evidenced and reviewed.
We can also help maintain the supporting documentation, coordinate contributions from relevant teams and track gaps or actions requiring further work.
Where interpretation or specialist regulatory advice is required, this remains with your Compliance, Legal or other appropriate advisers. Our role is to help translate the agreed requirements into a practical framework that can be maintained and used.
Risk assessments and risk registers
Effective risk management depends on risks being clearly identified, assessed, documented and kept under review.
Corporate Assist can support Risk teams and other responsible individuals with the practical work involved in risk assessments, including gathering and organising information, documenting agreed assessments and recording resulting controls and actions.
We can also develop, update and maintain risk registers, helping ensure that risks, controls, ownership, assessments and actions are recorded consistently and remain current.
Where risk judgements, appetite or acceptance decisions are required, these remain with the appropriate individuals or governance bodies within your organisation.
Policies, procedures and evidence
Compliance requirements need to be reflected in the policies, procedures and working practices used across an organisation.
Corporate Assist can support the development and review of policies and procedures, helping ensure that agreed requirements, responsibilities and controls are clearly documented and connected with how activities operate in practice.
We can also help organise the evidence needed to demonstrate how requirements and controls are being met, identify gaps in documentation and coordinate contributions or updates from the relevant teams.
Where policies or procedures require specialist interpretation, technical input or formal approval, this remains with the appropriate individuals within your organisation.
Internal audit and assurance support
Internal audit and assurance activity can require significant coordination across different teams, particularly where evidence, responses and follow-up actions need to be brought together within agreed timescales.
Corporate Assist can support internal audit activity by coordinating information requests, gathering and organising evidence, maintaining audit trackers and helping ensure that responses and supporting documentation are complete and accessible.
We can also track findings, recommendations and agreed actions, follow up responsible teams and maintain visibility of progress through to completion.
Where audit judgements, testing conclusions or formal assurance opinions are required, these remain with the organisation’s Internal Audit function or other appropriately qualified assurance provider.
Supporting compliance and risk activity
Compliance and Risk teams can have the specialist knowledge and expertise they need but limited capacity to complete the detailed work that supports effective oversight.
Corporate Assist can provide additional resource to coordinate information, maintain frameworks and registers, organise evidence, follow up contributions and track actions and deadlines.
We can support a defined piece of work, help address a backlog or provide additional capacity during periods of increased activity, review or change.
Our role is agreed with you at the outset so that responsibilities are clear and our support complements the work of your existing teams and specialist advisers.
Who we support
Corporate Assist supports organisations that need experienced additional capacity to manage compliance and risk activities alongside their existing responsibilities.
This includes:
Regulated organisations managing established or changing regulatory requirements
Businesses with dedicated Compliance, Risk, Legal or governance functions
Charities, housing organisations and membership bodies managing compliance and risk requirements
Organisations preparing for, undergoing or responding to internal audit, regulatory review or other assurance activity
Teams addressing identified gaps, remediation actions or increased workloads
Organisations undergoing growth, change or the introduction of new processes and requirements
Support can be provided for a specific task, a defined compliance or risk project or as additional capacity alongside ongoing activities.
How we work
Compliance and risk support can be provided for a defined task, a specific project or on an ongoing basis, depending on your organisation’s requirements.
Corporate Assist works alongside Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit, Legal and other relevant teams, with the scope of our role and responsibilities agreed at the outset.
As an independent external resource, we can provide additional capacity while working within your existing frameworks, processes and reporting arrangements.
Support is practical and proportionate to the work required, whether you need help completing a particular exercise, progressing outstanding actions or maintaining activity over a longer period.
Related governance and project support
Compliance and risk activities often connect with wider governance arrangements and organisational projects.
Where support is required with governance frameworks, Board and committee processes or governance reviews, our Corporate Governance Support service provides practical support with wider governance arrangements.
Where compliance or risk requirements lead to a defined implementation project or require broader coordination across different teams, our Corporate Project Support service can provide additional delivery capacity.
Discuss your compliance and risk requirements
If your organisation needs additional capacity to support compliance, risk or internal audit activity, we can discuss the work required and where Corporate Assist could help.
Whether you have a defined piece of work, outstanding actions to progress or need additional capacity alongside your existing team, get in touch to discuss your requirements.
