Professional services
Professional services firms run on client relationships. Not on compliance admin.
Meritec automates the onboarding, AML screening and compliance workflows that accountancy practices, law firms and insurance businesses still handle manually so your team can focus on client work, not paperwork.
Whether you’re an accountancy practice, a law firm or an insurance business, the operational challenge is the same.
Manual processes, fragmented compliance checks and email-driven onboarding are costing professional services firms time, capacity and regulatory standing. The Failure to Prevent Fraud offence (in force since September 2025) and tightening AML obligations mean the evidence bar for ‘reasonable procedures’ has moved. Spreadsheets and email trails no longer meet it.
Client onboarding that takes days instead of hours
Manual due diligence checks across multiple tools, paperwork that needs chasing, engagement letters that sit unsigned - every day of delay is a day the client relationship starts on the wrong foot. And in a referral-driven sector, first impressions compound.
AML and compliance checks that are inconsistent across the practice
When individual staff run checks in different ways using different tools, the results vary. In an FCA, HMRC and SRA-supervised environment, inconsistency is not a process issue - it is a regulatory exposure. The only defence under current legislation is documented, consistently applied procedures.
Audit trails that don’t hold up
Regulators expect evidenced records of every check, every decision and every flag. If those records live in email threads and spreadsheets, they are not an audit trail - they are a reconstruction exercise. And reconstructions, when they’re needed, are always too late.
Orchestrate is configured for your specific sector. Choose yours.
Orchestrate for Accountancy
Your team spends too much time on onboarding and compliance admin. Orchestrate automates client due diligence, AML and KYC screening, ACSP-compliant identity verification and engagement letter workflows so your people can focus on client work.
Orchestrate for Legal
Manual AML checks, inconsistent onboarding and audit trail gaps create compliance risk. Orchestrate brings every check, every record and every flag into one automated, timestamped workflow, with real-time screening and a complete audit trail.
Orchestrate for Insurance
High-volume onboarding, AML processing and FCA compliance shouldn’t require a team managing spreadsheets. Orchestrate handles the repeatable compliance workflow - consistently, at any volume, with a full audit trail built as you work.
Trusted by UK professional services firms since 1996.
- ISO 27001:2022 certified: independently audited information security
- 30 years of UK systems integration experience
- Proprietary platform: Meritec owns the IP, not a third-party vendor
- UK-based hosting and support: data does not leave UK jurisdiction
- ECCTA-ready workflows: audit trails built to satisfy Failure to Prevent Fraud ‘reasonable procedures’
The Orchestrate platform is already powering compliance and onboarding workflows for major UK professional services firms through established partnerships. The same platform, the same integrations and the same workflow engine is available directly through Meritec, configured for your practice.
Frequently asked questions
Does Meritec work with all three professional services sectors - accountancy, legal and insurance?
Yes. Meritec has configured Orchestrate for each of the three sectors: Accountancy (client onboarding, AML/KYC, ACSP compliance), Legal (AML, due diligence, client onboarding), and Insurance (AML, sanctions screening, FCA compliance workflows). Each variant is sector-specific rather than a generic tool applied to multiple industries.
How does Orchestrate help professional services firms with the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence?
The Failure to Prevent Fraud offence (in force since 1 September 2025) requires large organisations to demonstrate ‘reasonable fraud prevention procedures’. Orchestrate automates and enforces consistent due diligence at every client interaction, with every check timestamped and stored: creating the evidenced audit trail that constitutes reasonable procedures under the Home Office guidance.
Can Orchestrate integrate with our existing practice management or CRM system?
Yes. Orchestrate is built on Meritec’s proprietary low-code platform with a comprehensive API layer. Integrations with Xero, Sage, Azure Active Directory (EntraID), Salesforce and most major practice management systems are available. Integration scope is confirmed during the initial discovery session before any project commitment.
Is there a professional services compliance workflow platform that covers accountancy, legal and insurance in one system?
Orchestrate can be configured across all three sectors within a single platform instance. This is particularly useful for multi-disciplinary practices or firms that offer services across legal, accountancy and insurance. Each sector workflow operates independently with its own compliance logic, but shares the same platform, audit trail and integration layer.
It’s time to make your work flow.
Tell us which part of your compliance and onboarding operation is costing your team the most time. We’ll show you what Orchestrate does with it.
