Platform Build / Rapid Start

Snowflake Platform Build and Compliance Framework for Major Superannuation Fund

The Situation

One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds was running analytics across siloed departments with heavy reliance on manual processes and spreadsheets. Their existing Azure Data Factory setup was not cloud-optimized, and they had no unified data platform. Key gaps included:

  • No visibility into investment performance or allocation data for senior analysts
  • A data sharing dependency on their external fund administrator with no direct access to that data
  • Strict PII compliance requirements under Australian superannuation industry regulations
  • A need to demonstrate adherence to CPS234 and CPG235 standards before any platform could go live

What We Did

Delivered a Snowflake Rapid Start covering account setup, environment provisioning (DEV, TEST, PROD), virtual warehouse configuration, and role-based access controls

  • Designed a medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers) integrating data from SharePoint, SFTP, and external sources
  • Built Snowflake-to-Snowflake data sharing to enable direct data access from their fund administrator for the first time
  • Produced an extensive compliance documentation package to satisfy security and governance sign-off requirements
  • Conducted a DART (Data & Analytics Review and Tactics) assessment to establish a baseline maturity score and identify the broader modernization roadmap
  • Delivered a training needs analysis and BI operating model assessment alongside the technical implementation

Results

  • Enterprise-grade Snowflake platform operational and moving toward production go-live
  • Successful proof of Snowflake-to-Snowflake data sharing with fund administrator, reducing dependency on manual data feeds
  • Investment data made visible to senior analysts for the first time
  • Regulatory compliance demonstrated to the satisfaction of internal security and architecture sign-off stakeholders
  • 12+ additional use cases identified and in the pipeline for future phases

What This Unlocks

For regulated financial services organizations that need both a technically sound Snowflake foundation and the compliance documentation to get it approved internally, this engagement shows what that combined delivery looks like. The compliance framework and Snowflake-to-Snowflake data sharing architecture are directly applicable to other superannuation funds, pension providers, and financial institutions managing PII at scale.

Team

Led by a solution architect and delivery lead with deep Snowflake implementation experience, supported by the Managing Director APAC providing strategic advisory and senior technical oversight.

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