A sample of recent assignments are presented below as brief case
studies to highlight the range of activities we are
engaged in, rather than providing in depth analysis of the requirements
and deliverables. We will happily discuss specific examples
appropriate to prospective clients.
Global Data Management Vendor
Provided
project management expertise to a major data management & aggregation vendor in
support of a significant delivery programme of business focused enhancements in
a tier1 investment bank.
Implementation Delivery for Broker Dealer
Based on
our business expertise, trading application knowledge and implementation skills,
FSSL were engaged by the client, an aggressively expanding broker dealer to
assist in the front to back implementation of a new FX trading and margining
application. Activities included workflow analysis and documentation to
facilitate integration into the existing business, execution of all back office
and accounting workstreams, application configuration, testing, etc.
Major Trading Application Vendor
The
operated on two levels – extending the client’s footprint in London, in terms of
sales & marketing and pre sales support, identifying and developing prospects;
and providing implementation / integration support, specifically business
analysis expertise and application configuration.
Foreign Bank Risk Strategy
Provided
support to a UK subsidiary bank to assist in developing and implementing their
risk strategy – market, credit and operational risk – in response to their
Basel2 compliancy requirements.
Corporate Cash Management Implementation
Acting
as integration partners for a major Cash Management vendor, FSSL provided both
project management and business expertise to support the implementation and
integrate the cash management solution into a global infrastructure; minimising
banking and administrative overheads and introducing an effective mechanism for
projecting and managing cashflows on a daily basis.
Financial Software House
The mission was
simply to increase sales revenues from existing and prospective clients, by
creating a new sales and third party alliances strategy. Initially focusing on completing a series of market research activities to validate
products & services, the results translated into a series of value propositions
in the form of a bespoke collateral library to underpin the pre-sales
activities. We subsequently assisted in building an extensive sales pipeline and prospect database, from which
sales to global tier 1 banks and trading houses were crystallised.
Tier 1 Global Investment Bank
The project was specifically constructed to deliver an innovative approach to realising cost
savings, (T & M invoices and maintenance), whilst maintaining client /
supplier relationships - strategic activities included:
Identification
of cost savings and introduction of effective cost management, whilst leveraging available
functionality and available resources, in order to maximise budget potential.
Improving the
Supplier Management capability and the overall relationship,
responsiveness and quality of delivery, whilst reducing supplier influence and
control.
Focusing on
the strategic approach to identifying solutions to requirements, allowing
management to focus on strategic activities and key operational issues, whilst addressed current issues.
Tier 2 Financial Institution
The
mission was to create a strategy for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance across the Group.
A base policy document was created and from this specification templates were
formulated, tailored to this entity’s infrastructure and constructed in a generic
“Re-useable” format.
Having
agreed the policy and strategic actions, control templates were created giving
an overall control and procedures landscape and monitoring process, in line with
the act’s requirements.
Global Financial Software House
Mandated to undertake market research
and product evaluation within the UK Building Society industry. Leading to the
formulation of a Business Plan aimed at the marketing, selling and product
enhancement into this market space.
European Financial Software Vendor
Commissioned
to provide account management and implementation programme management for a fixed income risk
management and pricing application within a Tier 1 Global Investment
Institution.
This
implementation was mission critical for the vendor as it was their initial
implementation into the London
marketplace and as such Future Support Services Limited provided a high level of support to both entities.
UK
Financial Institution
Mandated
to undertake a detailed review of all their support requirements and current
infrastructure, within the context of a specific enterprise wide treasury
implementation. Following this exercise an executive level recommendation was
submitted as to a suitable model, resources plan and working practices.
