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ALM & CECL VALIDATION

A second set of expert eyes on your models.

ARCSys provides independent model validation aligned to regulatory guidance and your model risk management policies, giving your board and examiners confidence in your ALM and CECL results.

You don't have to switch anything to find out how your CECL or ALM model holds up. We test it from the loan up: data lineage, GL reconciliation, segmentation, assumptions, and back-tests, on any platform.

Validation reports built to the standard examiners expect: clear methodology, clear findings, clear remediation paths.
SCOPE · ALM · CECLGUIDANCE · ALIGNED
FINDINGS · DOCUMENTEDREMEDIATION · MAPPED
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INDEPENDENT VALIDATIONALIGNED TO REGULATORY GUIDANCECLEAR FINDINGSREMEDIATION PATHS

A validation is only useful if the findings are clear enough to act on and the remediation path is written down before the examiner asks.

What we test, from the data to the documentation

We start where the model starts, with your loans, and work up: data lineage and GL reconciliation first, then segmentation, assumptions, and back-tests, then the documentation that has to support them. On any platform: vendor software, a simplified tool, or an in-house spreadsheet.

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WHAT WE EXAMINE
SEGMENTATIONQ-FACTOR SUPPORTPREPAYMENT SPEEDSLOOK-BACK PERIODSFORECAST DOCUMENTATIONINDIVIDUAL LOAN EVALUATION
Reviewed against guidance✓

Conceptual soundness

Methodology, segmentation, and assumption choices reviewed against your portfolio and regulatory guidance.

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DATA LINEAGE · GL TIE-OUT
CORE FILE$1,284,330,118
GENERAL LEDGER$1,284,330,118
38,410 loans · traced to source✓

Data and implementation

Data inputs, mapping, and reconciliation to the general ledger tested end to end.

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BACK-TEST · PREDICTED VS ACTUAL
PredictedActual · 8 quarters

Outcomes analysis

Back-testing and sensitivity analysis to show how the model behaves against actuals and under changing assumptions.

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ALLOWANCE · +$412K · +2.8%
Indirect auto+$268K
Office CRE · 3 loans+$121K
Economic forecast+$23K
$14.74M → $15.16MExplained ✓

Variance review

Period-over-period movement traced to its drivers and compared with the explanation management provides.

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SCOPE · YOUR POLICY
Model risk policy · mapped✓
Regulatory guidance · aligned✓
In scope · CECL and ALM✓
Exam calendar · built in✓

Policy alignment

Validation scoped to your model risk management policy and the standards your examiners apply.

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FINDINGS · 22 GRADED
High2
Moderate8
Low12
High findingsResolve first
Remediation path · each finding✓

Findings and remediation

A written report with prioritized findings and a remediation path the board can follow.

INDEPENDENT. SCOPED. DOCUMENTED.

From scope to remediation plan.

The engagement is scoped to your models, your policy, and your exam calendar, then documented so the findings travel with you into the next review.

01
SCOPE

Your model, platform, policy, and the questions your committee needs answered.

02
DATA AND DOCUMENTATION

Data lineage, GL reconciliation, look-back periods, and the loan attributes behind each segment.

03
TESTING

Segmentation, Q-factors, prepayment, forecast documentation, back-testing, and sensitivity.

04
FINDINGS

Graded High, Moderate, or Low. A High finding should be resolved before the model can be validated.

05
MANAGEMENT REPORT

Documented findings and a clear remediation path you can take to your committee.

01
CLARIFY THE DECISION

What is the validator, auditor, or examiner going to ask, and when?

02
SEE THE DRIVERS

Connect the data, assumptions, and analysis so the result can be traced.

03
BUILD THE CASE

Turn the review into documentation the board and the examiner can follow.

04
ACT WITH SUPPORT

Close findings with ARCSys specialists beside your team.

[WHY IT MATTERS]

Validation examiners recognize.

An upcoming validation, audit, or examination is the most common trigger. The right time to prepare for scrutiny is before the request arrives, with a report whose methodology, findings, and remediation paths are already clear.

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VALIDATION FINDINGS BY AREA22 findings · each graded High, Moderate, or Low · remediation mappedDocumentation7 findingsData lineage5 findingsAssumption support4 findingsOutcomes analysis3 findingsChange control2 findingsConceptual soundness1 findingHIGH · 2MODERATE · 8LOW · 12HIGH · RESOLVED BEFORE VALIDATION
VALIDATION FINDINGS BY AREA, EACH GRADED HIGH, MODERATE, OR LOW, WITH THE REMEDIATION PATH FOR EACH
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WHO IT IS FOR

Built for every seat
at the table

[OPERATING USER]

CECL and ALM owners, Controllers, and model-risk teams

Specialist perspective and support when internal teams need more than a generic support channel.

[CFO AND CRO]

An expert-led process, appropriately scoped

Assess a complex model question with specialist support rather than relying solely on internal capacity or untested assumptions.

[BOARD AND EXAMINERS]

Confidence in the ALM and CECL results

Independent validation aligned to regulatory guidance, with findings and remediation documented.

Scope a validation with an ARCSys specialist

Bring your exam calendar and the model you are least sure about.