SureStep delivers a dedicated support pod for SAS Model Risk Management (MRM), providing certified specialists who understand your models, governance frameworks, workflows, and validation processes. Our enhanced support model ensures your SAS MRM environment remains stable, compliant, and continuously aligned with evolving regulatory expectations—whether hosted on SAS Cloud Managed Services, operated on-premises, or delivered through SureStep’s managed environment.
The Challenge: Model Risk Expectations Are Rising Faster Than Internal Capacity
Regulators continue to expand expectations around model governance, independent validation, lifecycle management, documentation, testing, and ongoing performance monitoring. Institutions must align with frameworks such as OCC SR 11-7, OSFI E-23, ECB TRIM, PRA/BoE expectations, and emerging AI/ML governance requirements. Yet maintaining SAS MRM while keeping up with these regulatory changes is increasingly difficult.
Managing the environment, operating workflows, maintaining documentation, and supporting analysts requires specialized expertise. This challenge is compounded by the complexity of SAS Risk Cirrus macro packages, model metadata structures, and integration points across data, controls, and validation processes. Most organizations struggle to retain in-house specialists with the right mix of technical, regulatory, and platform knowledge.
Why You Need a Dedicated SAS MRM Support Model
SAS MRM is a sophisticated platform supporting critical governance processes; downtime, misconfiguration, or gaps in lifecycle execution have direct regulatory impact. A modern model risk function needs predictable support, skilled administrators, and specialists who understand not only SAS MRM but the regulatory context it enables.
A dedicated support pod provides ongoing capacity for enhancements, workflow refinements, environment maintenance, release coordination, and technical troubleshooting. It also reduces dependence on scarce internal MRM experts and ensures that changes to regulatory expectations are reflected in your governance structures, templates, data flows, and reporting.
SureStep’s Enhanced Support for SAS Model Risk Management
SureStep embeds a trained consulting pod dedicated to your SAS MRM environment. Our consultants understand the full lifecycle—from model onboarding and classification to validation, testing, approvals, performance monitoring, and retirement. We maintain and enhance your MRM configuration, metadata, controls, templates, and Risk Cirrus macro structures.
We support all deployment models: SAS Cloud Managed Services, on-premises installations, hybrid architectures, and SureStep-hosted environments. Our team manages technical operations, workflow updates, issue triage, documentation structures, user support, and coordination with SAS for cloud-managed cases.
The pod works directly with model owners, validators, quants, governance teams, and IT stakeholders. We help translate new laws, guidance, and supervisory expectations into structured updates to processes, templates, and lifecycle requirements—reducing interpretation risk and accelerating readiness.
Driving Value with Expert SAS MRM Support
Organizations benefit from predictable capacity, reduced dependency on niche internal resources, improved platform stability, and faster implementation of regulatory-driven changes. With SureStep managing the platform and supporting your teams, MRM functions operate with greater confidence, auditability, and responsiveness.
