Maintain control of your ISQM 1 quality work
System support for your quality management — Belay brings together all the tools you need for systematic and traceable quality work in a single platform.
More than 100 firms and 5000 professionals use Belay to manage their quality work.
Efficient management of quality activities — in one digital platform
Quality management
Plan, document and follow up your entire quality management in accordance with ISQM 1 and industry standards. Manage quality objectives, risks, countermeasures and monitoring activities — all in a structured and traceable system.
Quality activities
Schedule and automate recurring quality processes such as independent confirmation, continuing education checks and internal quality audits. Ready-made forms and customization options are included.
Action Management
Identify deficiencies and create actions that are compiled into action plans. The system ensures that those responsible follow up and document implemented actions to drive continuous improvement.
Reports & Statistics
Get detailed reports on compliance and quality work. Filter data across offices, roles, activities, and ISQM1 components to quickly identify patterns and areas of improvement.
Organizational Inventory
Keep the organizational structure updated automatically through periodic inventories. Group managers verify and correct information about employees, titles, and group affiliation, supporting integrations as needed.
Structured quality management — From objectives to evaluation
Central management of quality policies and guidelines
Collect quality policy, guidelines and documentation in a common system of version management and reading receipts. All employees always have access to current documents.
Flexible management of quality areas
Governance and leadership, professional ethical requirements and customer management can be standardized — while you can add your own quality areas tailored to your business. Respondents are assigned directly and receive automatic reminders of their tasks in the system.
Quality objectives aligned with your bness
The system can be delivered with standard objectives aligned with ISQM 1, while allowing you to adjust, add custom goals, and assign responsibilities. Links to risks and actions are created automatically.
Systematic management of quality risks
Each quality objective is linked to identified risks that are evaluated on the basis of probability and consistency. Risks are continuously monitored throughout the year and linked to countermeasures and monitoring activities.
Countermeasures linked to risk management
Each risk is linked to defined countermeasures that are systematically followed up. Countermeasures can be reused across multiple areas, and managers automatically see linked monitoring activities and past evaluations.
Scheduled and ongoing monitoring activities
Define who will carry out monitoring, when it should occur and whether it should be repeated (e.g. quarterly). The system automatically generates tasks and sends reminders to responsible employees.
Digital quality control for external auditing
For quality controls, external auditors are granted access to relevant documents and processes through a dedicated guest log. All required documentation is available and traceable within the system.
Structured management of actions — from deviation to improvement
Get guidance and structure in your internal quality work with automated error checks and step-by-step instructions.
Actions are automatically generated when deviations are identified
When a lack of outcome is detected in quality activities, Belay can automatically generate actions linked to relevant employees, offices, or quality managers. The system ensures that actions are initiated immediately without manual intervention.
Integrated action plans for offices and employees
Belay automatically compiles an action plan based on created actions. This ensures a clear structure for follow-up and improvement — at both individual and organizational levels.
Digital notification and reporting requirements
The system sends notifications about new actions and monitors that responsible employees report their efforts. The entire process is digitally documented to ensure full transparency.
Overview of all action plans
Managers have access to a unified view showing all action plans, action details, deadlines, and responsible individuals. Completed actions are automatically archived for future review and analysis.
Continuous improvement integrated into quality management
Belay makes action management a natural part of ongoing quality work. The system ensures that identified deficiencies are not only documented — but also addressed and result in tangible improvements.
Get a full overview of quality and compliance
Quality and compliance reporting
Get detailed reports on quality activities and compliance across your organization. Filter by office, role, specific form inputs, or other defined criteria.
Reporting on ISQM 1 components
With Belay’s Filtering View, you can generate reports on all components of your quality management system including identified deficiencies and actions for internal analysis or oversight.
Summary and evaluation of rating results
For internal quality checks, grades are automatically recorded. Belay allows you to filter by grade, reviewer, and year without the need to manage separate Excel files.
Import of previous years' quality data
Bring past inspection results and ratings into the system for a complete overview from day one. Simplify planning and stay on top of your quality work with ease.
Data from digital forms and checklists
All forms and checklists in Belay capture structured data that can be easily reported and analyzed. For example, track how many individuals have passed internal controls or are complying with procedures such as anti-money laundering checks for new client relationships.
Always up to date automatically
Automatically keep track of the employee register
Belay sends periodic requests to group managers to review and update the organizational register. Respondents confirm employee details, roles, tags, and group affiliations to ensure accurate information ahead of quality activities.
Clear roles and responsibilities in the organization
In Belay, every office, business area, or group has an assigned person in charge. Managers receive notifications to review their group and can directly update any incorrect data in the organizational tree.
Support for recurring and flexible employee inventory
Organizational inventories can be configured at predefined intervals (e.g., annually or semi-annually), ensuring that your records remain current for audits, internal reviews, and quality management.
Integrations for efficient updates
Belay supports integration with your existing HR systems, allowing employee records to be updated automatically and with greater precision.
Structured management of titles and tags
Define custom titles and tags to distinguish employees by expertise, role, or responsibility. Easily filter the registry when planning quality activities or internal controls.
Hierarchical group structure with clear permissions
Structure your organization into groups and subgroups, such as offices or business areas. Belay manages permissions automatically: responsible users can access their own groups and subgroups, but not higher-level entities.
Up and running in minutes
With just a few clicks, you can import your data, set up your quality management system, and start planning your quality year.
Connect your most-used tools
At Belay, we understand the value of integrations — and we know you're looking for APIs. If you have an existing system you'd like to connect with Belay, get in touch below — we're happy to explore the possibilities together.
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We take care of the entire onboarding process — including data import and setup
Your quality management system is tailored to your risk assessments, internal guidelines, and existing processes.
You also get access to a comprehensive support portal and responsive customer support whenever you need it.
What our customers say about us
Over 100 firms and 5000 professionals use Belay to manage their quality work.
“Belay has helped us structure our quality work. That resulted in us being able to both streamline quality work, improve our documentation and ensure that it is conducted consistently.”
“We have digitized parts of our quality system with the help of Belay, which has resulted in a more efficient and clearer management of quality processes for both employees and central organization”
“We have actively sought to digitize our quality assurance system, which we have succeeded with, with Belay's help. We also see great opportunities to streamline and simplify the monitoring of our quality management system.”
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