Operational Excellence consulting
Ares & Co is an Operational Excellence consulting firm for Financial Services General Management: Agile business models, Post-merger integration, Cost organisation and optimisation, Audit and securing of major programs
Context of Operational Excellence consulting
Challenges of Operational Excellence consulting
Optimising the allocation of human, technological and financial resources is key to companies' success. Whether structural, technical or organisational optimisations, these transformations all contribute to making the company more agile and strengthening its competitiveness.
An efficient operating model makes it possible to reduce the complexity of the organisation and its processes, control costs and thus achieve the objectives set. Entering into a process of seeking Operational Excellence allows the emergence of collective intelligence for the benefit of business operations, customers and internal teams.
Operational Excellence consulting firm
Our Operational Excellence expertise for Financial Services
Ares & Co supports its clients in the Financial Services sector in the search for global optimization of their business.
We provide Financial Services Executives with the ability to make the right decisions quickly and implement them effectively.
Ares & Co, Operational Excellence consulting firm for Financial Services
Business models
Design agile and innovative operating models
Organization
Optimise the organisation and its processes by eliminating complexity
Project portfolio
Arbitrate the project portfolio through detailed value analysis
Commercial efficiency
Accelerate sales effectiveness and build capabilities to quickly meet customer expectations
Digital Technologies
Adopt digital technologies to accelerate transformation
Expenses management
Optimise cost control to improve profitability and drive growth
Post-merger integrations
Control post-merger integrations to secure value creation
Performance
Optimise the performance and direction of major programmes"Business" partnership
Transform the Finance, Risk and IT departments into business partners
Our expertise in Operational Excellence
Agile business models
Post-merger integration
Cost organisation and optimisation
Audit and securing of major programs
Our Clients in Operational Excellence
Banks
Insurance
Investment Funds
Corporate Functions
Assignments in Operational Excellence
Ares & Co supports many Financial Services General Management in Operational Excellence
- Costing of sales efficiency issues and proposal of a performance improvement plan
- Restructuring of a group finance function
- Analysis of various marketing methods and distribution costs
- Transformation of the Risk function: redefinition of the target model and alignment of the organisation
- Review of the major Group, Finance and Risk strategic management processes
- Design of a global back office for a major CIB firm
- Scoping of the process transformation plan and review of the portfolio of initiatives based on Solvency II requirements
- Strengthening of the financial function of a development bank
- Operational risk mapping and assessment of the organisation in place
- Sales performance plan for a leading broker in France
- Definition of the Business Line – Risk target operating model for a major CIB firm
- Creation of a Group Information Systems Department
Focus Customer Journey
Fully appreciate the power of customer journeys integrated with third parties
Historically defined as consulting and interaction businesses, banking and insurance activities are increasingly approached by consumers as commodities that must comply with the standards of accessibility and speed applicable in other industries. The rise in the number of means of remote communication (chatbot, email, mobile applications, etc.) is increasing the number of contact possibilities.
You can now communicate with your customer by navigating seamlessly between the various channels and directing them towards the means of interaction (human or digital) that best meets their expectations. This implies high-quality and continuous transmission of information so that changes in channels, whether digital or physical/human, are perceived as painless by the consumer.
The majority of firms have already made significant progress in terms of their own activities: online customer area, mobile applications, monitoring of operations and claims, etc. The aim now is to fully harness the power of customer journeys integrated with third parties, such as platforms and ecosystems.
Ares & Co supports financial services firms, in particular by:
- Redefining customer journeys in line with new models
- Building new economic and operational models in collaboration with partners
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