Custom Regulatory Reporting Software

Regulatory reporting software that keeps every number traceable.

Finance, risk, and compliance teams should not rebuild the same filing from exports and spreadsheets every reporting cycle. We create custom regulatory reporting software that connects approved data sources, applies versioned calculations, records review decisions, and produces the required file for human approval and submission.

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The brief

Start with what is not working.

Good software decisions begin with the constraint, not a list of features or a preferred technology.

01

Does every reporting cycle begin with exports from several systems and end with a fragile spreadsheet reconciliation?

02

Can your team explain which source record, rule version, and reviewer produced every reported value?

Plain answer

Regulatory reporting software turns approved source data into a reviewed filing with traceable calculations. RaftLabs builds custom systems for reports that still depend on spreadsheets or unusual integrations. A focused first report starts at $30,000 and usually takes 10 to 14 weeks.

The filing is due Friday. Nobody trusts Tuesday's spreadsheet.

Operations exported one total. Finance adjusted it. Compliance applied a newer rule. The workbook contains three tabs called final, and the person who understands the lookup formula is away.

The reporting problem is not document formatting. It is the missing chain from source data to calculation, review, and approved output.

Delivery model

in the first production scope
1 report
A narrow workflow is easier to reconcile
old and new processes before cutover
Parallel
Business owners approve the result
post-launch support included
8 weeks
Every RaftLabs engagement

Structured filing requirements vary. For example, the US Securities and Exchange Commission explains that Inline XBRL combines human-readable and machine-readable information. The applicable regulator's current specification remains the source of truth. Your compliance and legal teams decide what must be filed; the software implements and tests that decision.

Custom reporting software is for repeatable filings with an expensive data path.

A spreadsheet may remain the right tool for a small, stable report. Custom software becomes useful when lineage, recurring effort, or integration risk is material.

A fit
01

The same report runs on a schedule and draws from several operational systems.

02

Reconciliation, rule versioning, reviewer evidence, or output validation is difficult to reproduce.

03

A standard reporting product cannot reach a proprietary source or model the approved calculation path.

Not a fit
01

The report is rare, low-volume, and already controlled in a dependable workbook.

02

Reporting policy, ownership, or source-of-truth data is still disputed.

03

You expect software to interpret a new rule or make an attestation without accountable human review.

Scope

What the first report can cover

  • 01

    Source data and lineage

    Connect approved operational and warehouse sources, snapshot the reporting period, and attach origin, transformation, and run metadata to each output. Reviewers can trace a reported value without reverse-engineering the final workbook.
  • 02

    Versioned calculations

    Implement the formulas and aggregation rules approved by the client's subject-matter owners. Each run records the rule version used, while changes pass through review and test cases before they affect a live reporting period.
  • 03

    Validation and reconciliation

    Check required fields, totals, thresholds, duplicate records, and cross-report relationships defined for the filing. Exceptions enter a review queue with an owner, explanation, resolution, and retained evidence.
  • 04

    Output, approval, and submission evidence

    Generate the agreed XBRL, XML, CSV, spreadsheet, PDF, or portal-ready output. Record who reviewed and released it, along with the accepted file, validation result, and submission receipt when available.

Rollout

A controlled first reporting workflow

Prove one filing from source to approval before adding more reports or jurisdictions.

  1. Phase 1
    01

    Define one report

    Record its owners, source fields, calculations, validation rules, output specification, calendar, and approval path. Resolve policy questions before they become software requirements.

  2. Phase 2
    02

    Build the lineage

    Connect the approved sources and preserve the path from each reported value back to its source record, transformation, and rule version. Test access, missing data, and late-arriving corrections.

  3. Phase 3
    03

    Run in parallel

    Produce the same reporting period through the current and new processes. Investigate differences, document their cause, and obtain acceptance from the named finance and compliance owners.

  4. Phase 4
    04

    Approve and cut over

    Generate the production output, retain the review record, and let the authorised owner release it. Add another report only after the first workflow runs dependably.

Where reporting automation usually fails

The source of truth is unclear
Automation makes disagreement repeat faster. Name the authoritative field, owner, correction path, and period-close rule before connecting data.
Rules are buried in code
Every calculation needs an owner, version, effective date, test cases, and change approval. Configuration can help, but it does not remove review.
A formatted file is treated as a valid filing
Schema checks do not prove the underlying numbers or interpretation. Data, calculation, and business validation remain separate gates.
Cutover skips reconciliation
Run the new workflow beside the accepted process. Unexplained differences should block release, even when the submission deadline is close.

Scope and price

A focused first report starts at $30,000.

The first phase covers one filing, its source pipeline, approved calculations, validation, output, and review record.

More reports, jurisdictions, source systems, and submission interfaces are scoped as later phases after the first reporting cycle is accepted.

Starting investment

Starts at $30,000

A focused first report usually takes 10 to 14 weeks. Access to representative data and a named rule owner are the main schedule dependencies.

Fixed first phase

The report, source systems, calculations, validation, acceptance tests, timeline, and price are agreed before development starts.

Post-launch support

Eight weeks of support are included to address production data, connector, and output issues after release.

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Common questions

Regulatory reporting software collects approved source data, applies defined calculations and validation, creates the required output, and records review and submission evidence. It should preserve lineage from a reported value to its source and rule version. The accountable finance or compliance team still reviews and approves the filing.

Start with a recurring report that has stable source fields, explicit calculation or aggregation rules, a defined output format, and a costly manual reconciliation. Reports dominated by narrative judgment or unresolved policy interpretation are weaker candidates. We scope one filing before proposing a broader reporting platform.

Only when the regulator provides a supported technical route and the client authorises it. Many projects stop at a validated, submission-ready file and approval record. The client's compliance team owns credentials, attestations, legal interpretation, and the final submission unless the agreed operating model states otherwise.

We run the new workflow beside the current process for agreed reporting cycles. Differences are classified as source-data, rule, transformation, or manual-process issues, then resolved and recorded. Cutover happens only after the named business and compliance owners accept the reconciliation and release criteria.

A focused first report starts around $30,000 and usually takes 10 to 14 weeks. The main cost drivers are source systems, calculation complexity, data quality, regulator validation, output formats, and submission integration. Scope, acceptance criteria, timeline, and price are agreed before development starts.

Work with us

Bring us one recurring report and its reconciliation workbook.

We will map the source systems, rules, output format, approval path, and parallel-run plan, then tell you whether custom software is justified.

  • Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.