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Growth and Strategy

Market Sizing and competitor analysis 

  •     Bottom-up and top-down market-sizing

  •     Competitor benchmarking, market-share analysis, industry insights and strategic         positioning

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Defining the business Strategy

  •     Synthesise, articulate and design strategies in collaboration with internal    

          stakeholders   

  •     Facilitate organisation-wide buy-in

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Corporate Development

  •     Formulate and manage inorganic growth strategies

  •     Contribute to the transaction process, including market analysis, valuation

           modelling, due diligence, and structuring

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Restructuring and Organisational Design  

  •    Design and implement target operating models along the parameters of    

          planning, people, processes, infrastructure, and governance 

  •    Identify the optimal balance between a central functionalised model and a    decentralised model

 

Product Development, Innovation and Sales 

  •    Critical review of existing products, channels, competitors, market, pricing, and            internal collaboration between business units and other client facing systems

  •    Contribute to all stages of the product development lifecycle

Finance and Earnings Enhancement

Financial Target Setting

  •     Proactive input into strategic planning and business decisions

  •     Determine financial targets and forecasts for both Group and business unit                 levels

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Planning and budgeting

  •     Translate target setting process in to detailed plans and budgets

  •     Optimise planning and budgeting processes (including systems and people)

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Efficiencies and cost control

  •     Detailed cost analytics and identification of related efficiency initiatives

  •     Review and optimise costs in operations, sourcing, and procurement spend

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Monitoring and oversight

  •     Design of monitoring processes and plans

  •     Develop triggers for corrective actions

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Balance sheet and P&L Management

  •     Manage income volatility and quality of earnings through portfolio tilt

  •     Ensure efficient management of financial resources including capital via the               alignment of finance and risk functions

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Performance and value based management

  •     Design of financial and economic performance management and incentive                 frameworks

  •    Categorisation of stakeholders and the design of relevant reporting                              systems and outputs

Risk

Risk identification and quantification

  •     Detailed review, identification, and prioritisation of relevant open and                         hidden risks

  •     Defining metrics and classification schemes to quantify measureable and    

           immeasurable risks

  •     Complementing probabilistic risk models with customised plausible stress               tests

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Risk appetite

  •     Align business strategy to risk appetite and define appropriate levels of risk

  •     Assist organisations to interpret and roll out Group risk appetite to all                         business units

  •     Define risk triggers, limits, and mitigating actions to minimise downside 

  •     Define  and implement risk-adjusted performance matrices to maximize                   upside

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ERM and Governance

  •     Design ERM frameworks on economic capital, stress testing, and ALM    

           principles

  •     Detailed review of existing risk taxonomy

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Capital, Solvency and Liquidity Requirements

  •     Design frameworks to optimally deploy capital at all business unit levels

  •     Implement risk-adjusted performance to ensure profitability and          accountability of risk taking

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Driving business performance

  •     Design and implement analytical frameworks to optimise use of capital and 

           liquidity resources

  •     Enhance business planning by incorporating uncertainty, competitors’    

           responses & reg. initiatives

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Regulatory Compliance

  •     Identify new business opportunities on the back of regulatory requirements

  •     Maximise competitive advantage through optimal implementation

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