“Functional Design for a BFI’s ESG Data Platform” – Role: ESG Data Project Lead

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Background & Challenges

A financial institution (BFI) is seeking to design and implement an ESG data management platform intended for cross-functional use across its various business units (Trading, Financing, Accounting, etc.). This ESG data, collected and validated from various internal and external systems, enables transactions to be aligned with the company’s strategic objectives while meeting increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. The main challenges facing our client are as follows:

Mapping and Managing ESG Transactions: Identifying and organizing ESG data throughout the transaction lifecycle, from the Front Office to Accounting.
Operational modeling: Develop an effective operational framework for the use of ESG data across various business units.
Cross-functional coordination: Align the needs of various departments (Finance, Risk, Data Management), the Product Owner, and the IT teams.
Regulatory compliance: Ensuring that ESG data complies with applicable standards and legal requirements.

Solution

An optimized ESG data platform that combines agile governance with reliable data to address regulatory and strategic challenges.

To address these challenges, we implemented a comprehensive solution, leveraging our expertise in project management. Our approach was structured around three key steps:

Scope definition and functional design: Participation in mapping ESG transactions and defining requirements through collaborative workshops with stakeholders.
Project Management: Implementation of Agile ceremonies tailored to a hybrid structure, combining Agile methodologies and the V-model, to ensure flexibility and rigor throughout the project.
Supervision: Managing IT teams and Proxy Product Owners, facilitating backlog reviews, and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including Clarity AI and other partners).

Benefits for the customer:

Informed and compliant investment decisions. Thanks to our transformation solution, the client was able to achieve significant benefits:

Regulatory compliance: The solution ensures ongoing alignment with evolving regulatory requirements, thereby reducing the risk of non-compliance.
Cross-functional management: Effective and seamless coordination among all stakeholders, ensuring smooth project management.
In-depth functional analysis: Accurate identification of the regulatory requirements for various business units and translation of these requirements into appropriate IT solutions.

Quanteam’s expertise makes all the difference

Comprehensive and collaborative methodological approach: By combining Agile methodologies with V-model frameworks, Quanteam ensures rigorous project management through functional scoping, oversight of IT teams, and cross-functional coordination, which fosters better collaboration and minimizes the risk of errors.
Communication with external parties: Proactive management of communication with external parties, such as Clarity AI, to identify specific tactical and strategic solutions that ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and project objectives, while fostering optimal mutual understanding.