Advisory services

Expertise matched to the decision.

Services are scoped after an introductory conversation about the organisation's question, current environment, evidence and constraints.

01Banking & payments

Financial-core and payments architecture

Architecture support for complex transaction and accounting environments.

Relevant experience includes core banking, domestic and internal accounts, payments, settlement, suspense accounts, reconciliation, financial posting and legacy-system dependencies.

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Current-state architectureDocument processes, systems, interfaces and financial flows.
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Target-state and transition adviceEvaluate options, dependencies and sequencing.
03
Architecture reviewReview proposed designs against business, finance and control requirements.
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02SAP & finance

Finance transformation and SAP advisory

Connect finance requirements, operating processes and platform choices.

Experience spans SAP finance, BPC Standard and Embedded, SAP Analytics Cloud, S/4HANA Group Reporting, SAP HANA, BTP and finance-transformation architecture.

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Finance capability assessmentReview planning, reporting, consolidation, data and controls.
02
Platform option assessmentCompare realistic choices against documented requirements.
03
Roadmap adviceSequence changes across systems, processes, data and governance.
View detailed SAP finance service
03Public sector

Public-sector digitisation and mSCOA

Architecture and finance advice for public institutions and municipalities.

Relevant experience includes municipal finance, mSCOA, revenue processes, public-sector systems, digital capability and enterprise transformation.

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Finance and system assessmentReview processes, data, interfaces and institutional responsibilities.
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mSCOA alignment adviceConsider finance architecture, reporting and information flows.
03
Digital capability adviceConnect technology change with organisational capability.
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04Responsible AI

AI governance and research advisory

Research-informed support for organisations considering AI in regulated environments.

Current postgraduate research focuses on governance and assurance for agentic AI in prudentially regulated and other highly regulated enterprises. This is presented as ongoing research, not a completed standard or certification.

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Governance discussionClarify accountability, oversight and decision rights.
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Readiness reviewConsider organisational, control and evidence requirements.
03
Executive briefingExplain relevant governance questions in business language.
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Typical advisory outputs

Useful decision artefacts, shaped by the engagement.

Depending on scope and available evidence, an engagement can produce one or more of the outputs below.

These are output types that can be prepared—not published client samples or claims that every engagement includes all six.

01
Understand

Current-state landscape

Capabilities, processes, systems, interfaces, owners and material dependencies in one structured view.

02
Trace

Transaction and posting-lineage map

Business events, accounting rules, integration points, controls, reconciliation and ledger outcomes.

03
Assess

Capability and control assessment

Documented strengths, gaps, risks, evidence and readiness across the agreed scope.

04
Compare

Options and trade-off matrix

Practical alternatives compared against requirements, constraints, risk, value and dependencies.

05
Design

Target state and transition roadmap

Target architecture, intermediate states, work packages, dependencies and decision gates.

06
Govern

Governance and decision pack

Recommendations, assumptions, decision records, ownership, review points and next actions.

How engagements begin

Define. Understand. Design. Advise.

The first conversation establishes the decision, scope and available information. Any proposed work, team structure or estimate follows from that discussion.

01DefineState the question and desired decision.
02UnderstandReview the environment and evidence.
03DesignDevelop and compare options.
04AdviseRecommend the next responsible action.

Contact us

Discuss the question your organisation needs to resolve.

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