Appointed to transform the entire Operational side of the business in order take this from a problem area to one of competitive advantage. Having excellent IT, customer service and security was essential as the company became regulated and we drove towards a sale of the business.
Transitioning From Failure to Success : Financial Services
A Global Financial Services organisation had a regulatory mandated system integration programme running for 2 years with no tangible outcomes. The programme was over budget and in danger of risking the organisation’s presence in the US market. The operational impact resulted in part of the organisation heading for regulatory standards enforcement, presenting a significant challenge...
Global Outsourcing and Automation of Finance Processes
A global consumer goods organisation managed its finance and accounting processes through internal, shared service centers. The centers were distributed to provide regional support for Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Russia. Most of the standard processes, including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report were harmonized and shared. The regions used a common Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) system....
Cost Centre Transaction Reporting Process Improvement
The Finance Transformation Programme of a multi-national pharmaceutical organisation realised it would not be able to decommission two legacy applications, and therefore miss their cost-saving objectives, because a number of key reports, used by 300+ users worldwide, were not within the scope of the project.
Waterfall to Agile Transformation
The IT Program Head was struggling on the 4th attempt to convert the existing Waterfall project process into Agile with Scrum.
Improve Forecasting, Predictive Insights, and Budgeting
A green energy company managed its forecast process on an adhoc basis. They were only able to project 3 months ahead. The company needed to develop and maintain a 12-month rolling forecast to better anticipate the needs of their seasonal business.
Programme Manager travels Europe to fly the flag for the UK delivery team
At my Global Investment Bank Client I was managing two Anti Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring streams for the EMEA region: the lead for for Transaction Monitoring Investigations processes and procedures (Operations) and the lead for Transaction Monitoring Financial Crime Analytics & Intelligence (FCA&I = alert generation). The main stakeholder for both was a German Managing...
Thorough analysis of available options allows for a creative solution to Regulatory conundrum
At my Global Investment Bank Client as Regional Programme Manager for EMEA Financial Crime Analytics & Intelligence (Transaction Monitoring analysis), I was responsible for the implementation of a new strategic framework as well as tactical solutions. In the Russian entity there was an unplanned gap in Central Bank of Russia (CBR) monitoring requirements that had...
Pilot roll out ensures Regulatory Requirements are met in a a controlled and consistent implementation.
In a regulatory environment, banks need to strive for continuous improvement and continue to reduce the risk of Financial Crime whenever and whereever possible. Programmes fail due to an attempt to implement perfect 100% solution from day one. Although it makes sense to implement the best most comprehensive solution at the first go, due to...
Programme rescued using expert knowledge and expertise testing to prove system of choice
A couple of weeks after starting on a Transaction Monitoring Initiative at a Global client, I was asked to set up and lead a Sanctions Screening programme being executed by one of the bug five consultancy firms (PwC). – I had no previous experience in Sanctions. A decision had been made by the client before...
