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SM&CR readiness assessment
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) is the FCA/PRA accountability regime for UK financial firms, covering senior-manager responsibilities, certification of staff and conduct rules.
Check SM&CR readiness across responsibilities, certification and conduct rules.
What it covers
Inside the Senior Managers & Certification Regime assessment.
Celeredge checks SM&CR readiness across statements of responsibility, the certification population and conduct-rules training, and surfaces the accountability gaps.
- Scored on Senior Managers & Certification Regime's own scale, not a generic rubric
- Every score traceable to the client's own evidence
- Gaps ranked by severity, ready to become the plan
- A board-ready slide deck and detailed report, generated automatically
How it works
From the client's documents to a board-ready deck.
1 · Evidence in
Upload the client's documents: policies, reports, data. An AI interviewer asks targeted follow-ups to fill anything missing.
2 · Scored on the standard
Every dimension is scored on the framework's own scale, with each score traceable to the evidence behind it, and gaps ranked by severity.
3 · Board-ready out
A board-ready slide deck and HTML report are generated automatically: executive summary, maturity landscape and a sequenced plan.
Questions
Senior Managers & Certification Regime assessment FAQ
What is Senior Managers & Certification Regime?
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) is the FCA/PRA accountability regime for UK financial firms, covering senior-manager responsibilities, certification of staff and conduct rules.
What does a Celeredge Senior Managers & Certification Regime assessment deliver?
An evidence-based maturity or readiness assessment scored on Senior Managers & Certification Regime's own scale, with gaps ranked by severity and an auto-generated, board-ready slide deck and detailed report. Every score is traceable to the evidence behind it.
How does the Senior Managers & Certification Regime assessment work?
Clients upload their own evidence: policies, reports and data. An AI interviewer asks targeted follow-ups to fill anything missing, the platform scores against the framework, ranks the gaps, and generates the deliverables.
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