Who owns decisions in the automated compliance era?

Who owns decisions in the automated compliance era?

Automation was meant to make compliance cleaner, with faster decisions, consistent outcomes, and fewer human errors, but it has made ownership far less clear. When outcomes are shaped by data, models, vendors, and controls, responsibility becomes blurred, even as regulators continue to hold firms fully accountable. Expectations have not shifted, every decision must still be explained, defended, and owned. This creates a fault line at the heart o…