--- name: compliance-risk-assessment-generator description: "Generates a structured compliance risk assessment for a new product, process, or regulatory change — scoring inherent risk across BSA/AML and consumer protection dimensions, mapping applicable regulations, evaluating existing controls, calculating residual risk, and delivering a prioritized remediation plan with monitoring metrics. Use when assessing the compliance risk of a new fintech product, a process change, a vendor relationship, or a new or amended regulation." argument-hint: "[product-or-change] [risk-lens]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # Compliance Risk Assessment Generator ## Purpose Produce a defensible, regulator-ready compliance risk assessment that scores inherent risk, evaluates control effectiveness, calculates residual risk, and delivers a ranked remediation plan — so compliance teams can approve, condition, or block new products and changes with documented rationale instead of ad hoc judgment. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Assess the compliance risk of a new product, feature, or account type - Evaluate a process change or new operational workflow for regulatory exposure - Analyze the impact of a new or amended regulation on the business - Vet a new vendor, partner bank, or third-party integration for compliance risk - Build a documented risk assessment for an internal committee, board, or examiner - Refresh an existing risk assessment after a control or product change ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Subject of assessment**: The specific product, process, regulatory change, or vendor being evaluated, described in 2–4 sentences - **Business model context**: What the firm does, customer base (consumer / SMB / enterprise), and how money moves - **Primary risk lens**: BSA/AML, consumer protection, or both (default: both) - **Customer and geographic scope**: Customer types served, states/countries, and any high-risk segments (e.g., MSBs, crypto, cross-border) - **Existing controls**: Current policies, monitoring systems, KYC/CDD procedures, and second-line oversight relevant to the subject - **Risk appetite / thresholds**: Any board-approved risk tolerance statements or scoring conventions the firm already uses - **Regulatory posture**: Whether the firm is bank-chartered, a partner-bank fintech, a licensed MSB/MTL holder, or a registered entity If risk appetite or scoring conventions are missing, default to a 1–5 scale (Low/Low-Moderate/Moderate/Moderate-High/High) and note the assumption. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Scope and Classify the Subject Define exactly what is in and out of scope. Classify the subject as one of: **New Product/Feature**, **Process Change**, **Regulatory Change**, or **Third-Party/Vendor**. State the trigger for the assessment and the decision it must support (launch approval, go/no-go, control uplift, examiner documentation). List explicit exclusions to prevent scope creep. ### Step 2: Map Applicable Regulatory Obligations Identify the specific regulations, rules, and guidance that apply. Organize by lens: **BSA/AML obligations** — where relevant, address: - Customer Identification Program (CIP) and Customer Due Diligence / Beneficial Ownership (31 CFR 1010.220 / 1020.220) - Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) and Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR) triggers - OFAC sanctions screening obligations - FinCEN Travel Rule and recordkeeping requirements - Enhanced Due Diligence for high-risk customers **Consumer protection obligations** — where relevant, address: - UDAAP (Dodd-Frank §1031/1036) — unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices - Reg E (EFTA) — error resolution, disclosures, unauthorized transfers - Reg Z (TILA), Reg B (ECOA/fair lending), Reg DD, and Reg CC as applicable - FCRA / FDCPA where credit or collections are involved - GLBA privacy and safeguards requirements For each obligation, state the specific requirement triggered and why the subject implicates it. ### Step 3: Score Inherent Risk Assess risk *before* controls, across each applicable risk factor. For each factor assign a score (1–5) and one-sentence rationale: - **Customer risk**: Customer types, high-risk segments, PEP exposure - **Product/service risk**: Anonymity, speed, cross-border movement, cash-equivalence - **Geographic risk**: Jurisdictions served, sanctioned or high-risk regions - **Channel/delivery risk**: Onboarding method, non-face-to-face, agent/partner channels - **Transaction risk**: Volume, velocity, value, and money-movement rails - **Consumer harm risk**: Potential for deception, fee opacity, discriminatory impact, error frequency Compute an **inherent risk rating** as the weighted or averaged composite, and state it explicitly (e.g., "Inherent Risk: Moderate-High / 4"). ### Step 4: Evaluate Control Effectiveness For each material risk factor, document the existing control(s) and rate design + operating effectiveness as **Effective / Partially Effective / Ineffective / Absent**. Assess: - Preventive controls (system rules, hard blocks, onboarding gates) - Detective controls (transaction monitoring, screening, reconciliation) - Corrective controls (SAR filing, error resolution, remediation workflows) - Governance controls (policies, training, second-line testing, board reporting) Flag any control that is manual where automation is expected, or absent where the regulation requires it. ### Step 5: Calculate Residual Risk Combine inherent risk with control effectiveness to derive **residual risk** per factor and overall. State the residual rating and whether it falls inside or outside the firm's stated (or default) risk appetite. Where residual risk exceeds appetite, mark it as a gap requiring remediation before approval. ### Step 6: Build the Ranked Remediation Plan List remediation actions ranked by risk reduction, not effort. For each action specify: 1. The gap it closes and the residual risk it lowers 2. Control type (preventive/detective/corrective/governance) 3. Owner (first line / second line / vendor) 4. Priority: **Blocker** (must fix before launch) / **High** (30 days) / **Medium** (90 days) / **Monitor** 5. Target residual rating after implementation ### Step 7: Define Ongoing Monitoring and Reassessment Specify the metrics and cadence to keep the risk assessment current: - Key risk indicators (KRIs) with thresholds (e.g., alert-to-SAR conversion rate, false-positive rate, complaint volume, chargeback ratio) - Monitoring cadence (real-time / daily / monthly / quarterly) - Reassessment triggers (volume growth, new geography, control failure, regulatory change) - Escalation path and reporting destination (committee, CCO, board) ### Step 8: Render the Approval Decision Deliver a clear recommendation: **Approve**, **Approve with Conditions** (list conditions), or **Do Not Proceed** (state the disqualifying risks). Do not hedge — tie the decision to the residual rating and risk appetite. ## Output Format - **Structure**: Structured risk-assessment document with numbered sections and scoring tables - **Length**: 1,100–1,500 words - **Format**: Structured document — prose framing with tables for inherent scoring, control evaluation, residual risk, and the remediation plan - **Sections**: Scope & Classification → Applicable Regulations → Inherent Risk Scoring → Control Effectiveness → Residual Risk → Ranked Remediation Plan → Monitoring & Reassessment → Approval Decision - **Tone**: Second-line compliance officer — precise, evidence-based, examiner-aware; states conclusions and cites the specific rule triggered ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] Every risk factor has both an inherent score (1–5) and a residual score after controls - [ ] Each cited obligation names the specific regulation or rule (e.g., "Reg E," "31 CFR 1020.220") — not "AML rules" generically - [ ] Control evaluation rates every material control as Effective / Partially Effective / Ineffective / Absent - [ ] Residual risk is explicitly compared to the firm's stated or default risk appetite - [ ] Every remediation action has an owner, priority tier, and target residual rating - [ ] A single approval decision is rendered (Approve / Approve with Conditions / Do Not Proceed) — no hedging ## Notes - Inherent risk is scored *before* controls and residual *after* — conflating the two is the most common error and the fastest way to lose examiner credibility. - When the primary lens is "both," run BSA/AML and consumer protection as parallel tracks through scoring rather than blending them into one number — a product can be low AML risk and high UDAAP risk simultaneously. - Partner-bank fintechs should treat the sponsor bank's expectations as a binding constraint; flag any residual risk that would breach the bank's oversight requirements as a Blocker regardless of internal appetite. - Keep a version stamp and reassessment trigger list on every assessment — a risk assessment with no refresh trigger is a stale document at the next exam. --- ## How to use this skill This file is a Claude Code skill in [Anthropic's standard format](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills) — markdown with YAML frontmatter at the top. **Installing in Claude Code:** - `~/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads in every session anywhere on your machine (recommended for skills you'll use across multiple projects) - `/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads only when working in that project (recommended for project-specific skills) Restart Claude Code or open a new session to register. **Using in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI tools:** 1. 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