Databricks Consulting Services

Overview on Databricks Consulting

Acuity’s Databricks Consulting Services combine the power of the Lakehouse Platform with our deep domain expertise in financial services to deliver scalable, AI-driven intelligence solutions. By integrating data engineering, data science, and business analytics, we enable real-time processing of large, complex datasets with centralized governance. This partnership helps clients eliminate data silos, accelerate insight generation, and reduce operational complexity—delivering measurable impact through smarter, faster decision-making.

Banking

Empowering smarter, safer and faster banking decisions with Databricks

Acuity brings decades of experience across the banking value chain – spanning investment banking, lending, markets and compliance. Our teams support a wide range of functions including M&A, ECM, DCM, credit underwriting, macroeconomic and ESG research, KYC/AML analytics, model risk and regulatory reporting. This deep domain knowledge enables us to design data solutions that are not only technically robust but also aligned with the realities of banking operations and regulatory expectations.

Through our Databricks Consulting Services, we help banks unify fragmented data across the front, middle and back office. Our solutions enable real-time risk modelling, automated compliance workflows and faster deal analytics. With Unity Catalog, banks gain centralised governance and secure access to sensitive data, while serverless compute ensures scalable, cost-efficient performance. Together, Acuity and Databricks empower banks to make smarter, faster and safer decisions – at scale.

Asset Management

Driving alpha, operational efficiency and compliance with Databricks

Acuity supports fund managers, wealth managers and hedge funds with deep expertise across the investment lifecycle. Our capabilities span buy-side research, model risk management, index operations, compliance guidelines management, middle-office support and financial marketing services. We understand the intricacies of portfolio construction, ESG integration and regulatory compliance – enabling us to build data solutions that align with investment strategies and operational needs.

With our Databricks Consulting Services, asset managers can ingest and transform diverse datasets – from market and fundamental data to alternative sources such as sentiment, clickstream and macroeconomic indicators. Our pipelines support real-time analytics for factor modelling, risk attribution and compliance monitoring. Unity Catalog ensures governed access across investment, risk and compliance teams, while dynamic clusters optimise performance and cost. The result: a unified, scalable platform that enhances alpha generation, operational resilience and regulatory readiness.

Private Markets

Scaling intelligence across the investment lifecycle with Databricks

Acuity’s deep domain expertise in private equity, private credit, venture capital and real assets enables us to support clients across the full investment lifecycle. We work with firms on deal sourcing, due diligence, portfolio monitoring, fund operations, co-investments, secondaries and regulatory reporting. Our understanding of fund structures, asset classes and investor expectations enables us to deliver data solutions that are both insightful and actionable.

By leveraging Databricks, we help private-market firms integrate structured and unstructured data from pitch decks, filings and third-party sources. Our machine learning-driven solutions identify investment signals, automate KPI tracking and streamline fund reporting. With Unity Catalog, firms gain secure, governed access across deal, finance and operations teams – enabling faster decisions, deeper insights and scalable growth.

Corporates & Consulting

Enabling enterprise intelligence and strategic agility with Databricks

Acuity partners with corporates and consulting firms to drive data-led transformation across strategy, finance, operations and research. Our functional expertise spans corporate strategy, CFO services, market and strategic research, rapid research, survey analytics and compliance – enabling us to support decision-makers with insights that are timely, relevant and actionable.

For corporates, we modernise data ecosystems by integrating ERP, CRM and external data sources into unified, analytics-ready platforms. Our industry expertise spans pharma, retail, hi-tech, insurance, energy, utilities and telecom among others. We build scalable, reusable data solutions that power everything from rapid diagnostics to enterprise-grade machine-learning models.

With the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, we deliver robust, production-ready pipelines that support real-time forecasting, pricing optimisation, customer analytics and strategic planning. Unity Catalog ensures secure, role-based access across departments and clients, while serverless compute delivers agility, scalability and cost efficiency. Together, Acuity and Databricks enable corporates and consultants to act faster, scale smarter and deliver measurable impact across the enterprise.