Objective

A top 5 global bank needed assistance in designing a front-to-back business and global functions architecture and defining a roadmap to implement the architecture.

Challenges
 

• System architecture acting as a blocker to effectively managing data across its lifecycle.
  
• Lack of standardization in data across business lines.
  
• Existing infrastructure could not keep pace with the growing volume and complexity of data.
  

Approach
 

• Developed and employed a comprehensive methodology, unifying business, data and systems architecture.
  
• Developed business process models and taxonomies suitable for all lines of business, corporate functions, regions and products of the client.
  
• Conducted current state assessment of data, systems and underlying infrastructure supporting the business processes.
  
• Developed data lineage across front office to back office applications, data quality analysis, detailed application assessment, and documented associated issues, pain points and redundancies across the application portfolio.
  
• Defined target state capabilities, recommendations, target state architecture and an actionable roadmap to transform to target state.
  

Impact
 

• Established a common vocabulary through the standardized definition of processes and data entities.
  
• Built foundational capabilities with a framework to manage regulatory expectations, internal audits, remediation efforts and guide investment decisions.
  

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