Frequently asked questions
Are you familiar with BCBS 239?
Yes. The 14 principles cover risk data aggregation and reporting capabilities. We focus on the data-architecture and operating-model implications: ownership clarity, lineage, quality SLAs, and the technology posture that supports automated aggregation.
How do you handle SOX controls for analytics?
Analytics workloads that feed financial reporting fall under SOX ITGC. We build the change-management, access-control, and audit-log posture that internal audit and external auditors will examine.
What is the typical timeline?
First useful phase (BCBS-relevant assets cataloged, owners assigned, quality SLAs defined) lands in 120 to 180 days. Bank-wide rollout typically runs 18 to 36 months across regulatory, risk, and customer-data domains.
Is data governance just documentation work?
No. Documents without operational enforcement do not change behavior. The work is the operating model: named owners, defined SLAs, monitoring posture, and the change-management pattern that prevents drift. The documents follow from the operating model.
How do you measure governance program success?
Time-to-trust for new analytical use cases, time-to-resolution for data quality incidents, and the metric-consistency rate across downstream consumers. We instrument these from day one of the engagement.