ACANS COMPLIANCE
Compliance that can be steered and defended
The real question is no longer: “Are you compliant?”
It is now: “Can you demonstrate, at any time, why, how, and within what framework you acted?”
Thilo FIRCHOW
President – Partner
Strategic consolidation supporting your development
An Operational Approach
In an environment where POG, traceability, AML-CFT, duty of care, GDPR, DORA, and evidentiary pressure directly expose professionals, compliance can no longer be decorative. It must be organized as a governance and steering capability, constantly emphasized by regulatory authorities.
As ethics officer for public and private organizations, ACANS COMPLIANCE deploys dual expertise, academic and jurisdictional, which consists of proposing a “reflective” method. We start from the actual practices of stakeholders to reveal their strengths and weaknesses, in order to transform them into structured and legally sustainable decisions.
At ACANS, we do not transmit abstract rules to you, but rather a capacity to think critically about your situation
A ’control ready’ offering
ACANS COMPLIANCE supports firms in building enforceable compliance that is useful for business and sustainable over time.
We do not limit ourselves to documentary audit.
We structure with you a living risk mapping, versioned procedures, timestamped registers, an evidentiary vault, evidence-oriented KPIs, consistent POG documentation, a “Plan, Do, Check, Act” (PDCA) logic for continuous updates and, when necessary, an immediate response capability in sensitive situations.
What sets us apart
What sets us apart comes down to four key strengths:
- An ex ante risk approach based on “inspection ready” evidence;
- A “trial process” logic designed to argue under audit or in litigation;
- A team of high-level experts to support your skills development: lawyers, former regulators and magistrates, financial and digital experts—this is our purpose: “to protect, alert, and assist in service of sustainable finance”;
- An “RSE Committed” certification based on ISO 26000 standard with Afnor certification and Responsibility Europe.
ACANS COMPLIANCE does not simply sell compliance. It establishes a framework of trust that protects the firm and strengthens its credibility with clients and partners.
The Professional Judgment Academy
ACANS COMPLIANCE puts its expertise at the service of financial, insurance, and real estate intermediation professionals. With ACANS ACADEMY, compliance is learned by working on its implementation: starting from a real case, testing a reasoning, building a useful control, then examining what needs to be improved.
Our training courses adapt to the situations you actually encounter, to make your compliance a skill fully integrated into the exercise of your profession.
Thanks to our reflective method, you develop adaptive expertise that allows for optimal alignment in steering the product/client experience.
- 10 modules of 7 hours
- 6 regulated professions
- Reflective Practice
- In-person, remote, or hybrid
POSITIONING
A clear offering, driven by clear specialization and the ability to address specific stakes within its area of intervention.
MANAGEMENT
An entity embodied by an identified management, dedicated to a long-term vision, operational high standards, and the development of the subsidiary.
DEVELOPMENT
A trajectory based on strategic consistency, quality of execution, and integration into the group’s European ambition.
A team of experts supporting your development
Alain JOUNOT
Senior Advisor CSR & Compliance
Luis HERNANDEZ
DPO – Consultant
Fabienne ROUZAUD
Office Manager
Partnership Director
Léa CITERNE-DEBAENE
Compliance Officer
Me Dounia HARBOUCHE
Referent Lawyer
A GROUP ORGANIZATION
The group’s dynamic is based on a clear articulation between overall vision, specialized expertise, and operational anchors.
COMPLEMENTARY ENTITIES
Each subsidiary contributes to the overall identity through its positioning, its executives, its specialty, and its ability to address specific stakes.
Contact and activity
Contact the ACANS COMPLIANCE team
For any request for information, presentation, or strategic introductions, our team is at your disposal.