Organisational Design

People, processes and technology are key components underpinning the Target Operating Model
(TOM),  the organisational strategy is an integral element to help the client to achieve its strategic vision.

A client’s Target Operating Model (TOM) is a vital part of their organisational strategy. People, processes and technology are essential components of any TOM, and therefore essential to achieving your strategic vision.

Axxsys’ Organisational Strategy Service is offered to clients across the industry, including Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets. The service is included in our (TOM) Service, but can also be delivered as a separate module.

Working with the client, we create the organisational blueprint for executing their organisational strategy by describing how people, business processes, technology and data can best be organised. This includes an analysis of the current state, development of a target state, and a roadmap for organisational design that’s fully aligned with the target processes and technology.

Our approach is to go beyond “lines and boxes” in the creation of each client’s organisational strategy, extending our scope to include business unit structures, decision rights, accountabilities, internal governance, and linkages. Axxsys Organisational Strategy Service is based on the use of Axxsys Axxelerators™, including Axxsys standard methodology, tools, guidelines and templates.

Regulatory Strategy

Axxsys gives you flexibility as a business, and the comfort that regulatory expertise is at hand, not only to advise on regulatory changes, but to deliver that change.

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Regulatory Strategy

The financial services industry is experiencing unprecedented levels of global regulatory change. All organisations face common challenges, trying to balance the cost of meeting the regulatory burden, whilst integrating new processes into existing business functions and roles.
We have hands-on delivery experience within the Regulatory space, across multiple regulatory requirements, and with our knowledge of the business and the systems that firms rely on we can translate these challenges into efficient solutions, minimising risk and ensuring compliance.
In addition, we will always look for ways in which any changes can be used to create value within the business and the organisation’s operating model.

Our approach:

  • We conduct our own internal research on regulatory changes and invest in the development of tools and methodologies
  • We assess the impact regulatory changes will have on your organisation and can advise you on the best strategy.
  • We manage, design and implement the best-fit solution for your organisation
  • Post-regulatory health-check, leveraging our hands-on experience in delivering solutions.
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Technology Architecture

The Axxsys Technology Architecture Service will ensure the infrastructure you choose will provide the best tools and systems suited to support the requirements and demands of your organisation.

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Technology Architecture

Axxsys offers a Business Architecture Service to describe your business model and end-to-end business processes, to ensure that they are clearly aligned to reaching your goal and support the needs of your organisation. We can then work with the client to identify and build the more appropriate structure maximising the potential of the priorities of your business. This service can be aligned and delivered as an integral part of our Target Operating Model (TOM) Service or separately as a service to further evaluate the operating structure in its present state and align this with future requirements and overall strategy.

Experienced Axxsys consultants will evaluate your specific requirements, assess and make strategic suggestions in close collaboration with the stakeholders, assisting with the development and roadmap for all key initiatives. Furthermore working closely together with the client to analyse the current process model and to create the target business architecture encompassing:

We will then determine and recommend the structure for each business area, forthcoming implementation or change project. The ideology of this service is based on the use of Axxsys Axxelerators™, which incorporate our standard methodology, templates, guidelines and analysis tools.

Organisational Design is the detailed articulation of a company’s Organisational Strategy – translating strategy and business goals into actual design, tangible plans and initiatives. This is where we operate at the finest level of detail, looking at people, skills, resources, capacity, costs, job-functions, business units, departments, on-shore, off-shore, sourcing, reporting structures, and lines of command. Our Organisational Design Service also includes the implementation of standard Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreements throughout the organisation.

Axxsys’ Organisational Design Service is offered to clients across the financial industry, including Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets. The service is based on the use of Axxsys AxxeleratorsTM, including Axxsys standard methodology, tools, guidelines and templates.

This rigorous approach to Organisational Design, combined with our Axxelerator platform, business knowledge and technology expertise, enables us to provide clients with a tangible and actionable Organisational Design that’s aligned to the company’s strategy and Target Operating Model.

Business Readiness

A smooth transition to a new system or processes is key to reduce potential operational risk issues and errors and ensure the benefits from a new infrastructure are achieved.

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Business Readiness

The Axxsys User Training service aims to provide a strategy of end-user training in a structured method to guarantee a successful implementation.  This service is designed for institutions such a Fund managers, Investment banks, Pension Funds and Insurance companies implementing or upgrading their current system infrastructure.

Axxsys provides advanced functional or technical training programmes performed by senior consultants and experts who are business knowledgeable and completely up to speed on the latest enhancements and features. We believe that training should be delivered with flexibility and relevance to our clients’ organisation.  We therefore tailor the training sessions, to meet the unique objectives, and rely on our expertise from the different domains in the value chain within Investment Management, combined with detailed knowledge and experience from all the solutions our consultants deliver on a daily basis.  We can provide training on a number of applications, such as Advent, Markit EDM, SimCorp Dimension®, BlackRock/Aladdin, CRD and Murex.

Our Axxsys User Training service is based on the use of Axxsys Axxelerators™ which provide proven methodology and best practise guidelines along with our in-depth knowledge across multiple systems.

Development & Configuration

Axxsys provides development and configuration services across a number of standard products and tools for the financial sector.

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Development & Configuration

Axxsys Build Service is offered to clients across the Financial Services industry including Asset Management, Wealth Management, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets. We believe that whoever is building the final solution should possess extensive business and product knowledge in order to extract maximum benefit in the minimum time, ensuring that business requirements are delivered upon in a well-functioning system. Axxsys offers a range of build services across the entire organisational spectrum, providing expertise in Business Configuration, Integration Development and Technology/ Development Configuration.

The Build Service utilises Axxsys Axxelerators™, incorporating Axxsys standard best practice solutions for a broad suite of popular financial industry-leading products, developed through years of experience across dozens of clients. A typical Business Configuration build process will involve taking the finalised business requirements and building a prototype solution using existing Axxsys builds as a template. In close collaboration with our clients, the solution is refined through an agile process until it is ready to take to the testing phase of the project.

Axxsys are experts in a number of standard products including SimCorp Dimension®, MarkitEDM, eFront and Charles River (CRD).

Programme Management

Axxsys Programme and Project Management can help control and manage cross-dependencies across multiple project implementations and ensure the overall strategic objectives are met and change is delivered on time and on budget.

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Programme Management

To effectively manage change, a suitable change management process and governance model needs to be in place. The Axxsys approach will apply a proven change management process and governance structure to any form of change in our client’s organisation, from smaller initiatives to large-scale change programs. The objective is to create overview, coherence and transparency of decision-making and ease stakeholder management.  This will ensure that projects can be delivered on time and on budget.  Our Programme Management service will allow your organisation to perform the right initiatives or activities effectively. Axxsys can also help you prioritise your project portfolio and align this to your company objectives and goals.

Axxsys has a proven successful Programme Management, Change Management and Project Governance Model, and we have all relevant project templates and a repository of the relevant roles for a project.

We are experts in assembling high performance teams, and we have successfully managed large changes as well as smaller projects for our clients.

Quality Assurance

Axxsys QA Services is offered across the industry and targets the core change elements - Business requirements, designs, testing and deployment, together with QA of change management processes, project governance, people and capabilities.

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Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance (QA) is an integral part of any large change programme or project in the industry. The overall objective is to manage risk and improve the likelihood for delivery on time, on budget and to required quality standards.

Axxsys QA Services is offered across the industry and targets the core change elements – Business requirements, designs, testing and deployment, together with QA of change management processes, project governance, people and capabilities.

Our QA service aims to ensure transparency  and traceability between business requirements, design and business strategy.  Our Axxsys Traceability Methodology and Trace Matrix ensures consistency, completeness and provides management overview, confidence and actionable programme insight on progress, pain points and risks.

Axxsys QA Services is based on the use of Axxsys Axxelerators encompassing QA Best Practice guidelines, QA tools for Planning, Audit and Controls. The service includes independent quality audits and reviews to identify quality gaps, inefficient procedures or processes in the project.  We offer comprehensive deep-dive QA reviews of business requirements, designs, test processes and deployment.

Requirements & Modelling

Accurately capturing business requirements and the target process model is key to achieve value from any change management project.

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Requirements & Modelling

Axxsys Business Requirements Collection Service is driven by Axxsys Axxelerators™, incorporating standard business requirement methodology, guidelines, templates and tools. Our standard 5-step methodology begins with the Discovery phase where the requirements are gathered through a series of workshops and one-on-one meetings with stakeholders and SMEs. Following this Analysis, the results of the Discovery phase are taken and formed into coherent requirements in-line with the organisation structure. Documentation of the requirements including exceptions and current pain points is undertaken from the Analysis. Communication/Dissemination to stakeholders and SMEs for clarification is then undertaken and the requirements refined through an iterative process until ready for Validation/Sign-Off from stakeholders.

The Axxsys Target Process Modelling Service is available to industry clients including Asset Management, Wealth Management, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets. We work to create a baseline using the current process model, documenting key business processes, flows and pain points. We conduct a gap analysis, identifying redundant and missing processes and functions in the current process are identified, leading to a Target Process Model.

Solution Design

The Axxsys Design Service is the activity of modelling the future operational processes via a design. The overall objective is to increase efficiency, speed and the quality of the design process.

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Solution Design

For large Change Programmes, the design and related process changes are a key activity which closely link to the firm’s business strategy. Taking point of departure in the current process model, the business requirements and client strategy form the input to the future process model. Functional requirements and designs are aligned and validated against the model ensuring that the final design of systems and operational processes are cohesive with the Business Strategy

This service is based on the Axxsys Axxelerator™ platform which enables the client to take advantage of predefined best practise standards and guidelines, allowing implementation of applications in a shorter space of time and with less dependency on key resources from the business.  The Axxsys Axxelerator™ platform contains a set of templates, training materials and guides “ready to go” and deploy to a client, populated with their details, taking operational risk and audit requirement into consideration.

Solution Testing

We provide a framework that includes Test Management, Governance, Test case creation and execution services.

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Solution Testing

The Axxsys Testing service aims to provide a strategy and execution plan for testing, providing a best practice framework. This service is designed for institutions such a Fund managers, Investment banks, Pension Funds and Insurance companies implementing or upgrading their current system infrastructure.

Axxsys Testing Framework includes identifying the Test Goals, Deploying the right Test Strategy for an organisation, Test Management, Test Measurement, Test Evaluation and Test Improvement.

Axxsys can provide dedicated Quality Assurance Managers, Test Leads, Test Analysts and Business Analysts to work with the business users during User Acceptance Testing.

Our Axxsys Testing service is based on the use of Axxsys Axxelerators™ which provide proven methodology and best practice guidelines along with our in-depth knowledge across multiple systems. We include templates and standard test tracking tools.

TOM

Axxsys' Target Operating Model service is the strategic blueprint for organisation, processes & technology, enabling our clients to redesign the operating model to optimise the business.

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TOM

Axxsys takes a top-down approach converting management visions to sustainable solutions. Each client is unique, but we leverage our experience, Axxelerators and  proven methodology when working with clients on defining the business and technology strategy. At the heart of our strategic services is our Target Operating Model (TOM) framework where we assist our clients in defining the high-level blueprint describing organisation, operational processes and technology. The aim is to allow the client to understand how people, processes and technology creates value and how to redesign the operating model to optimise the business.

The TOM helps the firm to achieve its strategic vision, serving as the road map and reference framework to manage the change programme, helping to set direction, track progress and ensure that any changes and initiatives are aligned with the overall strategy.

Axxsys Target Operating Model Service is offered across the industry including Asset Management, Wealth Management, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets.

Organisational Design is the detailed articulation of a company’s Organisational Strategy, translating strategy and business goals into actual design, tangible plans and initiatives. Clients often struggle to achieve the real benefits of major change programmes, as they do not alter the organisational structure to reflect the new technical operating model.

Axxsys provides a post go-live service where we operate at the finest level of detail, looking at people, skills, resources, capacity, costs, job-functions, business units, departments, on-shore, off-shore, sourcing, reporting structures, and lines of command. Our Organisational Design Service also includes the implementation of standard Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreements throughout the organisation.

Axxsys’ Organisational Design Service is offered to clients across the financial industry, including Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Insurance companies, Pension Funds and Capital Markets. The service is based on the use of Axxsys AxxeleratorsTM, including Axxsys standard methodology, tools, guidelines and templates, and allows` us to provide a tangible and actionable Organisational Design aligned to Company Strategy.