Why Choose Fortis

About Fortis Regulatory Solutions

Fortis Regulatory Solutions provides pre-examination regulatory readiness consulting for community banks preparing for OCC and Federal Reserve examinations. We work directly with senior management teams to strengthen exam preparedness, enhance regulatory positioning, and reduce the likelihood of adverse examination findings.

Our focus is ensuring institutions enter regulatory examinations with clarity, structure, and alignment to supervisory expectations.

Our Approach

Fortis operates using a disciplined, examiner-aligned framework grounded in regulatory standards, risk management principles, and practical banking operations.

We:

• Assess regulatory, operational, and risk environments with an examiner’s perspective

• Identify gaps between current practices and supervisory expectations

• Develop structured remediation and readiness frameworks

• Translate regulatory requirements into clear, actionable executive priorities

• Support leadership teams in strengthening governance, controls, and documentation discipline

This approach ensures institutions are not only compliant in practice, but demonstrably prepared in documentation, governance, and execution.

Who We Serve

Fortis works with community banks and financial institutions preparing for OCC and Federal Reserve examinations, particularly those seeking to strengthen:

• Examination readiness and supervisory alignment

• Risk management and governance frameworks

• Internal controls and documentation practices

• Executive-level regulatory understanding and response readiness

We support institutions proactively preparing for scheduled examinations as well as those seeking to address prior examination feedback.

Our Background

Fortis is led by professionals with experience in banking operations, treasury and risk functions, and regulatory environments.

Our financial and regulatory expertise includes:

• Prior OCC examiner

• Treasury analyst and interest rate risk operations at a mid-size bank

• Regulatory exam preparation and response support

• Risk assessment and control environment evaluation

• Financial reporting, analysis, and governance structures

This background enables Fortis to evaluate bank operations through both a regulatory lens and an internal management lens, ensuring recommendations are practical, defensible, and aligned with supervisory expectations.

Our Commitment

Fortis delivers objective, disciplined, and examiner-aware advisory services designed to stand up to regulatory scrutiny.

We operate with the expectation that every engagement must support stronger governance, clearer documentation, and improved examination outcomes.

Our clients rely on Fortis for clarity under pressure, structured readiness, and advisory support aligned with the standards of federal banking supervision.