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Day3: Financial Services Advanced Reference Model Workshop: Ivan Blinov
Day3: Financial Services Advanced Reference Model Workshop: Ivan Blinov
Ivan Blinov
business@bmasterinc.com
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Gain a deeper understand of Initiatives mapping process (BIZBOK® Guide Section 2.6)
Define objectives and KPIs using financial services organization strategic goals
Assess business impacts through organization, stakeholders, and other domains,
aligned around existing capabilities, value streams and information perspectives.
Leverage business objectives and initiatives prioritization technique to build a roadmap
Define initiatives delivery plan and measure implementation success criteria using KPIs
Illustration for Business Architecture Value stream how to deliver a business value
Increase the applicability and success of your business architecture practice
Expand the existing Financial Services Industry Reference model
Feedback from Financial Services Industry SMEs and Business Architect practitioners
Mapping Results Walkthrough and Discussion (20-25 min/ per breakout team)
Out of Scope
• Foreign exchange services (currency exchange, wire transfer)
• Investment services (hedge funds, custody services, angel investors)
• Insurance (brokerage, underwriting, etc.)
• Private equity
• Financial export services
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bank
2 Investopedia (https://Investopedia.com)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bank
3 Portfolio Management Supports the objectives regarding investment mix and policy, including balancing risk
against performance.
3 Support Services Handles the back-office support of a channel including call centers, mail centers,
systems support, and process support.
3 Product Office Handles the development and enhancement of the channels product offerings.
3 Portfolio Management Supports the objectives regarding investment mix and policy, including balancing risk
against performance.
3 Support Services Handles the back-office support of a channel including call centers, mail centers,
systems support, and process support.
2 Human Resources Manages the personnel of the organization, including the hiring, administration, and training of personnel.
2 Shared Services Handles the provision of services to more than one part of the organization, effectively becoming an internal service
provider.
2 Corporate Communications Supports the management and orchestration of all internal and external communications for an organization.
2 Marketing Handles the promotion and selling of products or services, including market research and advertising.
2 Mergers and Acquisitions Supports corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different
companies and similar entities that can help an organization grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field
or new location, without creating a subsidiary, other child entity or using a joint venture.
2 Non-Strategic Asset Management Handles the management of assets that do not directly produce revenue for the organization. Ex: Real Estate,
Equipment, Etc.
2 Realty Services Handles the management of the owned and leased real estate portfolio of the organization.
2 Treasury Management Handles the management of an organization's holdings with the goal of managing liquidity and mitigating risk.
2 2 Tax Management Ability to determine, calculate, remit, report on the compulsory contribution of monetary value to
governing bodies.
2 2 Payment Management Ability to determine, approve, commit, execute, record, report on a movement of monetary value
into or out of a business.
2 2 Financial Transaction Management Ability to authorize, handle, record and apply an an instance of a monetary event or related
exchange across businesses, agreements, financial accounts, or other.
2 2 Finance Matching Ability to associate financial aspects of the business to other aspects of the business.
2 2 Finance Information Management Ability to organize, track, report on, or otherwise disseminate basic attributes, data, and other
perspectives about the financials of the business.
Identify Needs The act of assessing the needs of the customer in Identified requester with Identified requester with identified Needs communicated and Customer Service
order to recommend the agreement. unidentified needs needs and identified agreement understood Advisor, Customer,
type Financial Planner,
Product Specialist,
Partner
Collect The act of receiving the requestor’s approval to Identified agreement type and Information needed to establish Information needed to Customer Service
Approval and proceed and gathering and validating all remaining needs or update agreement available establish or update Advisor, Customer
information needed to establish or modify an agreement accepted
Submission
agreement.
Evaluate Risk The act of both parties (the requestor and the All information necessary to Parties agree on and accept the Risks to proceed are Customer Service
business) assessing the risk of establishing or updating establish the agreement available risks of establishing or updating acceptable Advisor, Risk Officer,
the agreement and agreeing to proceed. an agreement Customer, Partner
Activate The act of activating the requester’s agreement. Parties agree on and accept the Agreement activated or updated Agreement is activated and Customer Service
Agreement risks of establishing or updating current Advisor, Partner
an agreement
Perform Post- The act of performing any post-activation activities Activated and current agreement Essential agreement finalization Agreement activation Customer, Customer
activation such as notifications, compliance verification, quality slated for finalization activities completed activities and notifications Service Advisor, Channel
assurance checks. finalized Manager, Partner
Activities
Market Test The act of test marketing a product concept and Product concept defined Decision to proceed with Product concept is Product Manager, Delivery Channel
Product establishing appropriate pricing and profitability models. product launch viable and profitable Owner(s), Project/Program Manager,
Marketing Manager,
Concept
Financial Controller
Design and The act of designing and creating the product and Decision to proceed with Product ready for launch Product created and Product Manager, Delivery Channel
Create Product everything required to support it. product launch ready for deployment Owner(s), Project/Program Manager,
Marketing Manager
Pilot Product The act of performing an initial small deployment of the A product ready for launch “Piloted” product, Product and product Product Manager, Delivery Channel
product in order to mitigate risk, test, and verify. decision to proceed with full distribution tested and Owner, Project/Program Manager,
deployment verified Marketing Manager, Financial
Controller
Deploy The act of correcting any product deficiencies that were “Piloted” product, A successfully, fully launched Product fully deployed Product Manager, Delivery Channel
Product identified in the pilot deployment and fully deploying the decision to proceed with full product Owner, Project/Program Manager,
product to all applicable delivery channels. deployment Marketing Manager
Assess Product The act of verifying and assessing the performance of the Successfully, fully launched Qualitative and quantitative Quality of product Product Manager, Delivery Channel
Launch product launch. product metrics regarding the launch rating Owner, Project/Program Manager,
product are available Marketing Manager, Financial
Success
Controller
Validate The act of ensuring that the requestor has authority to Request received Request validated for Requested transaction Customer Service Advisor, Account
Transaction request the transaction and the agreement is in a valid processing is validated and able to Manager
state to allow the transaction to occur. proceed
Request
Identify The act of identifying all related effects of the Request validated for Transaction impacts Related transaction Product Manager, Account Manager
Related transaction, including, for example, fees and charges. processing identified impacts are identified
Impacts
Perform The act of applying request changes to the agreement Transaction impacts Transaction performed Requested transaction Customer Service Advisor, Financial
Transaction balance and calculating the new agreement balance. identified is performed Controller
Notify The act of notifying all stakeholders of the transaction Transaction performed Agreement holder and all Stakeholders are Customer, Partner, Authorized
Stakeholders and related events. stakeholders notified notified of transaction Representative, Customer Service
Advisor, Internal Stakeholder
Verify The act of ensuring that processed transactions are Transaction performed and All necessary transaction A fully compliant Customer, Partner Authorized
Compliance recorded and retained in accordance with organization all stakeholders notified activities and compliance transaction is Representative, Customer Service
and regulatory policy. validation is complete complete Advisor, Channel Manager
Select The act of determining and selecting which broker-dealer Trade request initiated Broker-dealer selected Accredited and Investor, Broker Dealer
accredited will execute the financial instrument trade authorized broker-
dealer has
Broker-Dealer
responsibility for the
trade
Validate Trade The act of verifying if the requested financial instrument Trade request initiated Trade request validated Trade order ready for Registered Representative,
Request is suitable for the investor according to established placement in the Broker Dealer
investment goals market
Obtain Trade The act of obtaining all available quotes for the Trade request Validated Trade order quotes received Trade order quotes Internal Firm,
Quotes requested instrument exchange. obtained Broker Dealer,
Investment Manager
Execute Trade The act of fulfilling (i.e., entering into an agreement with Trade order submitted Trade order confirmed Trade order agreed/ Broker Dealer, Security Trading
Order the counterparty to exchange the instrument) the trade confirmed Organization, Stock Exchange Broker,
order externally and matching to the investment trade Market Maker
agreements.
Settle Trade The act of exchanging the agreed upon financial Trade order confirmed Trade settled between Requested trade is Broker Dealer, Investor, Trust Bank
instruments and verifying that the trade was done in stakeholders (cleared) completed (Custodian)
accordance with all policies, regulations and procedures.
Value Stream Description Entrance Criteria Exit Criteria Value Item Stakeholders
Stage
Identify or The act of gathering all the known details of the An issue has been Issue identified and Issue accepted for Customer Service
report issue or exception/issue for the purpose of tracking and reported or an inquiry recorded review Representative
inquiry reporting through to resolution. has been received
Classify, The act of classifying and investigating the issue An identified and Root cause of the issue Root cause of the Customer Service
Investigate & in order to determine the root cause. recorded case identified issue is identified Representative, Channel
Determine Manager, Product Manager
Cause
Resolve The act of formulating and applying a course of An issue with an Issue corrected Issue is resolved Customer Service
action to correct or offset the effects of the identified cause Representative, Channel
issue. Manager, Product Manager
Notify The act of notifying all stakeholders of the Corrected issue Stakeholders notified All stakeholders Initiating Stakeholder,
Stakeholder(s) status and resolution of the issue. and satisfied notified of Customer Service
resolution Representative
Prevent The act of making any changes to products Corrected issue and Corrective actions to Actions taken to Customer Service
Recurrence and/or operational processes in order to stakeholders notified prevent future ensure likelihood Representative, Channel
prevent (or at least reduce the likelihood) of a and satisfied occurrence of issue recurring Manager, Product Manager
recurrence of the issue or similar issues. is reduced