Data & Insights

Data is now widely recognised as a critical element of an organisation's ability to operate, transform, grow and succeed in increasingly competitive markets. Organisations of all sizes, across virtually all industries, need to gain actionable insight from an ever-expanding range of data available from multiple sources to drive maximum strategic value.

We are able to work with our clients to assess their current position, develop really effective data strategies, enable these by delivering appropriate data capabilities (systems and people) and then derive valuable insight to optimise business performance.

In order to deliver lasting value, such plans need to be realistic, achievable and sensible if organisations are to avoid the ‘white elephant’ data projects which still happen too frequently – lasting years and consuming millions of pounds before being quietly closed down and written off as they have simply not delivered. Our approach is to start small and not bite off too much too quickly – this enables rapid results, increases confidence in execution and provides immediate returns to support following phases of delivery.

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Data assessment & strategy formulation

Increasingly, organisations are amassing significant amounts of data but are constrained in their ability to effectively leverage it because they lack a clear data strategy. We can work with you to deliver such a strategy by:

Analysing the current data capabilities already in place against strategic objectives and best practices to inform the production of a clear strategy for data and insight

Producing a detailed and costed plan for the implementation of the strategy, along with a phased approach to delivery to maximise value and reduce risk

Devising a data strategy for your future, including the key strategic drivers, use cases linked to these, an appropriate underlying data architecture and an effective data governance approach

Building enterprise data capabilities & automation

We differentiate between:

Publishing

the collation, ingestion, mastering, transforming and publishing of data (often best done centrally) which benefits from scale investment into enterprise-wide capabilities; and

Consumption

the subsequent use, analysis and value derivation from data (often best done locally within the business or functional units) which requires more bespoke approaches for each area of the organisation

We can work with you to deliver a range of effective solutions to build these capabilities:

Designing and implementing an (increasingly cloud-based) enterprise data architecture and repositories, including data mastering strategies, data lakes/warehouses and visualisation and analytical tools

Helping you choose the best model for your organisation to delivery really effective capabilities, balancing the efficiencies of centralised investment with the more localised demands of specific business units

Assessing the options for building the people and resource capabilities, including organisational design, in/outsourcing and consideration of partners for delivery

Executing delivery programmes to implement all of the above in an Agile fashion, delivering results quickly and cost effectively

Leveraging insight to drive organisational performance

Accurate and timely insight can be used to help businesses improve performance in a number of ways, from improving operational efficiency, identification of cost saving opportunities, generating revenue growth and sales optimisation, product evolution and improved customer service. We can help your organisation to do this through:

Carrying out a structured analysis of the data, identifying key trends, potential anomalies, patterns and data gaps, all of which can be done increasingly quickly utilising machine learning and AI

Helping you develop and execute plans to most effectively harness this insight, develop the right culture around data and move to become a truly data-driven organisation

Working with you to ensure that data can be harnessed by making it available, accurate, timely and providing the business areas with the appropriate tools and training to be able to harness the power of the insight available

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“Stanton House is a provider of Consulting Services to LSEG and LCH Limited and has successfully delivered two highly sensitive assignments over the last 12 months. The team quickly understood our requirements and delivered a very satisfactory outcome. Stanton House is a valued Consulting Partner to our Business.”

Chief of Staff to CEO

LCH Limited (part of LSEG)

“Stanton House Consulting were a key partner in the successful delivery of our Azure Data Warehouse upon which we built a new BI and Analytics Platform. The level of expertise in Data Architecture was key to holding the external supplier to account and getting the outcome we desired. The SH Consulting team were highly capable, and I would work with them again.”

Head of BI & Systems

Financial Ombudsman Service

“I am very impressed by the Associate provided – not just their level of expertise but their ability to work effectively with Finance and non-Finance colleagues across the organisation.. It has been helpful to have regular catch-up sessions with Stanton House to monitor progress of the project – it provides a strong governance framework to ensure the work is on track and any issues are swiftly resolved.”