A custom platform that automatically generates compliance reports from your source systems and submits them to DNB, AFM, ECB or another supervisory authority. Built on a solid data foundation, with an audit trail for every figure and a review flow that enforces the four-eyes principle.
Supervisory pressure increases every year. Banks, insurers, pension funds, asset managers and increasingly also energy and large industrial companies must submit standardised reports at fixed intervals, often in XBRL, iXBRL or SBR format, frequently subject to in-depth validations, and always with the expectation that the figures are correct and traceable to their source.
Since 2015, we have been building custom software for sectors where that data foundation never fits neatly into an off-the-shelf package. No loose Excel macros, no manual copy-and-paste from the ERP, but one continuous line from source data to submitted report, with data lineage for every line, a review flow for each report and an audit trail that records every change.
The difference between a good and a poor reporting platform rarely lies in the export layer. Generating XBRL or SBR is a solved problem. What matters is everything that comes before it: how cleanly the source data is loaded, how transparent the calculations are, how quickly a variance can be traced back to the transaction, and how easily an internal audit can follow your figures. That is where the value lies, and that is where we invest most of the sprint budget.
Depending on your sector, the number of reports and how deep the integrations with source systems need to go. We advise which format suits you during the first conversation.
A module that plugs into your existing data warehouse or ERP. It calculates the figures according to a specific reporting template (Solvency II QRT, a COREP return, a CSRD annex), generates the XBRL or SBR file, and provides a review workflow before you submit.
A central reporting warehouse that pulls data from multiple source systems (ERP, core banking, custodian, transaction system, accounting) and builds a set of reports on top of it. Includes variance analysis, dashboards for submission deadlines and compliance mapping, so that a single control feeds multiple reports.
A mission-critical platform with deep integrations into supervisory authority portals (DNB DLR, ECB SDW, EBA, AFM, NZa), four-eyes sign-off for each report, automated submission, and variance analysis against historical periods. Designed for organisations producing dozens of reports a year.
A sanctions match does not call for periodic reporting but for an immediate notification. See Sanctions compliance software.
The building blocks vary by sector, but this is the toolkit we draw from, combined into a platform that suits your reporting landscape.
Ingestion from ERP, core banking, CRM, accounting, transaction systems, custodians and brokers. A clean data model with version history, so that every period can be recalculated reproducibly.
Formulas and validations for each report: Solvency II QRT, COREP, FINREP, NICA, MiFID II transaction reporting, SFDR, EMIR, IFRS 9, BCBS 239, EBA stress testing, FATCA, CRS, CbCR, BEPS Pillar 2, SBR tax reporting.
Generators for the current taxonomy years. Validation against the official schemas before the file enters the submission flow, so that technical rejection by the portal is almost entirely ruled out.
Where APIs are available: direct submission to DNB DLR, ECB SDW, AFM, EBA and NZa. Where that is not possible: a validated file ready in the portal, with a log record of who uploaded what and when.
Preparer, reviewer and approver with clearly defined permissions. Includes notifications, deadlines per report, and a dashboard that shows, per cycle, which reports are on track and which need attention.
For every figure in the report, visibility into the source transaction, the calculation, the previous value, and the explanation given for any change. Essential for internal and external audit, and for your own quality assurance.
Reporting pressure runs through almost every regulated sector. A selection of the types of organisations we work with, and the reporting landscape that goes with them.
COREP, FINREP, NICA, MiFID II transaction reporting, BCBS 239 data quality, IFRS 9 expected loss, EBA stress testing and ECB reporting. Often combined with a deep core banking system and multiple custodians.
Solvency II QRT, ORSA substantiation, FATCA, CRS and CbCR. With platforms that link the actuarial calculation and the reporting layer in a single lineage trajectory, so that the external auditor can easily trace the figures.
The returns to DNB plus the additional reports introduced by the Dutch Future Pensions Act (Wet toekomst pensioenen). With integrations to the pension administrator and the asset manager from which the investment data originates.
SFDR sustainability templates, EMIR transaction reporting and MiFID II best execution. For asset managers and fund houses working with multiple brokers and custodians who need to consolidate their data before reporting.
For energy companies: ACM/CBS reporting and EU Taxonomy. For multinationals: BEPS Pillar Two, CbCR and transfer pricing documentation. For manufacturing: REACH and RoHS where product data must meet compliance requirements.
For healthcare providers: NZa claims reporting, IGJ reporting and EHR integrations. For government: Woo reporting and annual report requirements that need to be supported by a reporting layer rather than compiled by hand.
A production-ready reporting platform plus everything around it, so that you and your compliance and IT team can manage and extend it yourselves.
With OneDayBuild, we turn your idea into something tangible in one day for €1,150, so you can see whether further development is worth the investment. Decide to go ahead with the full build? Then we credit the full cost.
Explore OneDayBuild →Four situations in which clients come to us. If you recognise one of them, we'd be happy to talk further.
Large enterprise packages such as Wolters Kluwer OneSumX, AxiomSL/Adenza or Moody's BankBeyond suit the very largest institutions, but for mid-sized banks, insurers and pension funds they quickly become a cumbersome solution for a specific set of reports.
Many reporting projects begin not with the report but with the data. If your figures currently reach compliance every month via Excel files from controllers, a shared data foundation with lineage is the first step.
Reporting requirements change faster than most off-the-shelf packages can keep up with. For new obligations such as CSRD, DORA incident reporting or MiCA market data, custom development is often the quickest route to a working solution.
When a report combines data from core banking, custodians, brokers, transaction systems and ERP, standard connectors quickly reach their limits. A platform built around your architecture can handle the variance analyses and data quality checks on top of that integration properly.
A conversation with your compliance, finance and IT teams to map out which reports apply, which source systems you have, and where the pain currently lies. By the end we'll know whether an add-on is sufficient or whether the data foundation needs to come first.
We map the reporting templates (COREP, FINREP, Solvency II QRT, SBR tax filings, ESG annexes) onto your source fields. For each figure we record the formula, the validations and any exceptions. That document later also serves as the audit justification.
A working build every two weeks. Compliance officers, controllers and internal audit test along on real (anonymised) data. The first report is ready after a few sprints, after which the following reports are added in phases.
We run at least one reporting cycle in parallel with your current process. Differences are investigated and documented. After that it goes live, with an agreed maintenance arrangement for new taxonomy years and further development.
What clients typically want to know before we start.
A thirty-minute introductory call, no strings attached. We listen to which reports you produce today, where it hurts and which new obligations are coming your way. We then give you direction you can actually use, even if that direction isn't "build custom software". If your question is internal, take a look at management reporting first, or at enterprise software development for a broader programme.
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