Summary
Clearly, if your organization is preparing to migrate its HR/HCM data to a new HR system, it’s important to make sure that data is as clean as possible. But the accuracy and “health” of your data is critical for other reasons, including your organization’s ability to quickly make key business decisions – and to reduce risk regarding compliance and security as well.

The Overriding Need for “Clean” Data
Whether your organization is preparing for a major restructuring, implementing talent/succession management initiatives or simply wants a deeper, faster and more actionable view of its workforce, one key is accurate HR information – and an audit or compliance problem is not the time to find out you have data issues. Not surprisingly, 48% of respondents to a recent survey were unsure of their status regarding Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. This is no doubt in part due to the fact that they lack confidence in their HR data.