Industries
Technology work for banks, insurers and fintech
In financial services, the hard part is rarely the new system. It is proving that money, positions and customer records still reconcile after the change, and that only the right people can reach them.
What makes this sector different
Finance systems in this sector are joined to a core banking or policy platform, a payments rail, a general ledger and a reporting stack. Changing one of them means proving the others still balance. We plan reconciliation as a deliverable, with named approvers, rather than as a test case somebody runs at the end.
Identity is the control that matters most. Privileged access to a ledger, a payments queue or a customer database is the path an attacker wants. Our security work in this sector concentrates on privileged access, Active Directory and Entra ID, segregation of duties in the ERP, and logging that survives an incident.
Audit expectations change how a project runs, not just how it is documented. Change control, evidence of testing, approval records and access reviews are part of the plan from the first week.
Where the work usually is
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Reconciliation after a migration
Balances, open items, positions and sub-ledger detail have to tie out, with sign-off from finance. This is where go-live dates are won or lost.
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Privileged access sprawl
Service accounts with standing access to production, shared administrator credentials and old vendor accounts. Finding them is straightforward; removing them safely needs care.
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Integration fragility
File-based interfaces with no error handling, batch windows that overlap, and no alert when a feed does not arrive.
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Reporting that disagrees with itself
Two reports built on different definitions of the same number. Usually a data governance problem, not a tool problem.
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Third-party and vendor exposure
Access given to a vendor years ago and never reviewed, and software with no owner inside the company.
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Segregation of duties
Roles that let one person create a vendor and approve a payment. Common after a merger or a role redesign.
Systems and platforms we work in
Platform names describe where our consultants have worked. They do not imply a vendor partnership or certification.
How we help
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ERP and core system integration
Interfaces between ledgers, policy and banking platforms, with error handling and monitoring that someone owns.
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Data migration and reconciliation
Mapping, cleansing, rehearsals and a reconciliation pack finance will sign.
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Privileged access and identity
Reviews and implementation across Active Directory, Entra ID and PAM platforms.
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Penetration testing
External, internal, application and API testing with written authorization and a retest.
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Cloud security assessment
Account structure, IAM, exposure, logging and the guardrails that keep them in place.
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Specialist staffing
SAP and Oracle finance consultants, data engineers, security analysts and program managers.
Regulatory and contractual context
- The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Safeguards Rule requires a written information security program for covered financial institutions.
- PCI DSS v4.0.1 applies where card data is stored, processed or transmitted, including the scoping of connected systems.
- SOX internal control requirements drive change control, access review and segregation-of-duties evidence in finance systems.
- State privacy laws and breach notification rules affect what customer data may be used in non-production environments.
- Regulatory examinations expect documented third-party risk management for technology vendors.
- Record retention rules affect how much history a migration must carry and what may be archived.
Roles we recruit for this sector
Contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire. We do not sponsor visas: candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States.
Illustrative engagement
Illustrative scenario. Not a real client engagement. No outcomes are claimed.
A regional insurer plans to replace a file-based interface between its policy platform and its general ledger, after two month-end closes were delayed by missing feeds.
- Starting point
- Nightly files, no delivery confirmation, and a manual spreadsheet used to find gaps at month-end.
- Scope
- Replace the interface with an API-based integration, add delivery and reconciliation checks, and give operations an alert when a feed is late or short.
- Team
- An integration architect, two developers, a finance business analyst and a test lead, working alongside the insurer’s finance systems team.
- Evidence
- Field-level mapping signed by finance, three rehearsals against production-volume data, and a reconciliation pack for the first two closes.
- What is not claimed
- This is an example of how we would scope such work. It is not a completed client project, and no results are implied.
Questions people ask
Do you work with core banking platforms directly?
We work on the integration, data and reporting layers around them, and we staff consultants with core platform experience. We do not present ourselves as a core banking product implementer unless the specific platform matches our consultants’ experience, which we will tell you at intake.
Can you support a SOX or PCI audit?
We can do the technical work an auditor will look at: access reviews, change control evidence, penetration testing, configuration hardening and remediation. We are not auditors or a PCI assessor, and we do not issue certifications.
Can consultants work onsite?
Yes, where the role requires it. We also work remotely from the United States. Offshore work is only ever done under terms you have agreed in writing, including location and data access restrictions.
How do you handle production data in testing?
By default we do not use production customer data in non-production environments. Where there is no alternative, we agree masking or a subset with you in writing first.
Related
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Systems integration
Connect enterprise applications using APIs, events, messaging and file exchange, with ownership, monitoring and error handling.
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Data migration
Plan, extract, cleanse, map, load and reconcile data between systems, with business owners signing off every object.
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Privileged access management
Design and implement controls for administrator, service and cloud privileged accounts: vaulting, just-in-time access and session control.
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Oracle
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SCM and HCM implementations, EBS to Fusion migration, Oracle Integration, reporting and analytics, OCI and database work.
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