Compliance Consulting

Course Development and Compliance Consulting Solutions that Provide Measurable Return on Investment

Securities firms are already recognizing the cost-saving benefits of an online training strategy. The FIRE Solutions compliance and e-learning teams have worked with numerous firms in the securities market space, providing a wide range of professional services assistance. Based on this experience, FIRE Solutions has developed four core consulting offerings: Course Development Workshops

Perhaps you already have subject matter experts on staff that can provide relevant training content to best meet your internal training objectives. Do they need help translating their industry knowledge into an effective online course? FIRE Solutions provides one- or two-day workshops to help focus your firm's course development efforts. These workshops are designed to provide step-by-step tips to creating a strategic, effective online course. The result is a detailed course development instruction guide to document the strategies that work best for your firm. Key elements include:

  • How to develop learning objectives
  • Writing good hook screens
  • Basic instructional design elements
  • Layering content
  • Writing practice exercises
  • Writing exam questions
  • Style guides
  • Feedback and remediation
Course Development Writing Support

Have an online training topic that you'd like to pursue, but not enough internal subject matter expertise to write the course? Work with one of FIRE's subject matter experts to bring your idea to fruition. FIRE Solutions' experienced, qualified team of experts will consult with you on your subject matter and training objectives. Our consulting team will then conduct the industry research necessary to write a professional online course. At the end of the engagement, you will have a fully written course that addresses your firm's specific needs, ready for instructional design and development.

E-Learning Strategy Consulting

Developing a relevant, compliant online learning strategy is no easy task. Whether your firm is developing a new strategy, or simply fine-tuning an existing one, FIRE Solutions can provide the right combination of compliance knowledge and e-learning expertise. A FIRE Solutions e-learning strategy consultation session employs the following tools to assist your team in developing a strategy that works:

  • Requirement Analysis - Survey appropriate departments, analyze needs
  • Goal Analysis - Identify clear statement(s) or reasoning for suggested training
  • Task Analysis - Set performance benchmarks, performance barriers
  • Performance Analysis - Comparing actual performance to optimal performance
  • Barriers to Success - Identify policies that hamper training
The result of this comprehensive investigation is a recommended e-learning strategy for your firm. The analysis performed will be summarized in a management report, which will include a specific, easy-to-implement course development plan. At the conclusion of this process, your firm will be empowered with a relevant, comprehensive, and compliant e-learning strategy and actionable plan.

Compliance Consulting

An industry-relevant e-learning strategy cannot be created without a full understanding of FINRA compliance requirements. FIRE Solutions augments its e-learning consulting services with the expertise of our retail and institutional subject matter experts. The FIRE Solutions compliance consultancy team is available for assistance with the development and implementation of specific compliance programs, such as:

  • Firm Element Continuing Education Needs Analysis
  • Firm Element Continuing Education Training Plan
  • Firm Element Continuing Education Course Selection and Development
  • Annual Compliance Meetings
  • Compliance Policies and Procedures
The FIRE Solutions team of compliance consultants is composed of industry professionals with over 100 years of combined industry experience. Our team includes former FINRA examiners, FINRA dispute resolution arbitrators, chief compliance officers, securities instructors, and compliance directors/analysts.

FIRE Solutions has continually developed highly relevant e-learning content and has delivered this training to over 100,000 trainees around the world. In developing this volume of e-learning content and test assessments, FIRE has designed multiple methodologies and best practices associated with this process. It will be this experience and leadership that FIRE brings to each and every consulting engagement.