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Data Management & Assurance

One version of the numbers.
Clear ownership.
Decisions that hold up.

Answers to “where did this number come from” in minutes.

Leaders are asked to decide faster while being able to justify every figure they used. Marzal Labs builds the information foundation that makes both possible — where numbers agree across the business, where each one can be traced back to its source, and where somebody owns it.

Capabilities

What this covers

  • One agreed definition for every measure the business reports
  • Every figure traceable back to where it came from
  • Quality checks that run continuously, not at quarter end
  • A named owner for every important set of information
  • Reporting the board, the auditor, and the regulator all accept
  • Answers to “where did this number come from” in minutes

The change

Why information foundations must change

Where it stands

Most organisations can produce a number. Fewer can produce its history. Definitions drift between reports, teams reconcile by hand, and confidence is rebuilt manually each cycle. When an auditor, regulator, or board member asks how a figure was arrived at, the answer takes days to put together — and the delay itself becomes the concern.

What it takes

What is needed is information that arrives already trustworthy. Agreed definitions, checks that run automatically, a visible trail from source to report, and clear ownership — so confidence is the normal state rather than a periodic exercise.

Trusted Information Foundations

Establish one dependable source for the numbers the business runs on.

  • Information organised so raw detail and reported figures stay distinct
  • Consistent handling regardless of which team supplied the data
  • Documented clearly enough for your team to maintain

Quality & Confidence

Replace manual reconciliation with checks that run every time.

  • Automatic validation as information moves through the business
  • Early warning when volumes, patterns, or completeness look wrong
  • Side-by-side comparison during change, so nothing is taken on trust

Ownership & Accountability

Make it clear who is responsible for what, and make it verifiable.

  • A named owner for every significant set of information
  • A visible trail from original source to reported figure
  • Access and handling aligned to your regulatory obligations

Consistent Reporting & Measures

Agree each measure once, then use it everywhere.

  • One definition per measure, applied across every report
  • Certified sets of information with documented meaning
  • The same answer whether the question comes from a report or an AI assistant

Services in detail

Named services you can ask about directly

Three groups, thirteen named services. Ask about any one of them by name.

Data Strategy Consulting Services

Agree what the business needs from its information, and the order to build it in.

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Data Maturity Assessment

An honest picture of current capability, with the gaps ranked by what they cost you.

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Data Analytics Consulting

Decide which questions are worth answering, and what it takes to answer them reliably.

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BI Environment Assessment

Review existing reporting for accuracy, duplication, and cost before extending it further.

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Data Platform Modernisation

Move from ageing systems to a platform that supports reporting and AI without rework.

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Modern Data Architecture

A design that suits how your business actually operates, documented so your team can extend it.

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Data Warehousing & Data Lakes

One organised home for information, structured for the way it will be used.

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Cloud Migration Services

Move to the cloud in stages, with a way back at each step and no interruption to reporting.

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Data Engineering & Integration

Reliable, repeatable flows that bring information together from across the business and beyond it.

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BI Platform Implementation

Stand up reporting that people trust and actually use, with access controlled appropriately.

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Dashboard & Report Development

Reporting built around the decisions it supports, not the data that happens to be available.

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Data Governance

Clear ownership, agreed definitions, and controls that satisfy regulatory obligations.

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Data Quality & Master Data Management

One agreed version of your customers, products, and counterparties, checked continuously.

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What makes us different

Four claims you can hold us to

  • Confidence built in, not added afterwards.:

    Assurance is normally applied as a review at the end, which is why it slows everything down. We build the checks and the audit trail into how information moves, so by the time review happens the evidence already exists. Teams stop choosing between moving quickly and being able to justify the result.

  • Traceable to the exact source.:

    Not “this came from the finance system” but the specific record, document, and line it came from.

  • Built around the questions that actually get asked.:

    Information supplied by third parties, fixed reporting deadlines, and evidence that has to be retained — the everyday realities of regulated reporting.

  • Designed for you to own.:

    Documentation and handover are part of the engagement, not an optional final phase.

Outcomes that matter

What changes for the business

Stated as commitments we can evidence in a diligence conversation. Where we publish a figure, we can produce the working behind it.

Traceableevery reported figure back to its source
Continuousquality checked as information moves, not after
One definitionper measure, across the whole business
Clear ownershipfor every set of information that matters

Trusted work

Who the work has been done for

Narratives are anonymised by agreement.

  • A specialty MGA operating in the Lloyd’s market400+ submissions / week
  • An NHS acute trust running seven specialty pathways2,400 referrals / month
  • A professional services firm mid-market enterprise14 source systems unified
  • A specialty carrier writing UK and US E&S businessClient reference — STARR
  • A UK building society and retail lenderProgramme delivery
  • A UK government public health programmeNational scale

Get one version of the numbers that the board, the auditor, and the regulator all accept.

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