Establishment and implementation of a master data governance office to improve transparency, high quality in master data and efficiency in processes.
New action-oriented finance strategy
December 2017
Defining and implementing a new finance strategy to ensure functional cascading of the Ikano bank growth strategy.
Following a corporate strategic process, there was a need to further cascade the overall strategic initiatives to the finance functional levels and to create direction and engagement for the future finance strategy.
The corporate strategy for growth focused on three core elements:
The change in strategy required a change to the setup and focus within the finance function. Moreover, the structure for operating model requirements was defined to ensure operational implementation of the finance strategy.
Based on Implement’s strategic “Playing to Win” framework, a series of workshops were conducted to define the new finance strategy.
The finance functional strategy was developed, covering group financial accounting, business finance functions, treasury and group reporting, including governance, meeting schedules and supporting metrics.
The definition of the winning aspiration “To infuse a finance transformation towards data-driven, efficient and valued business support” provided a clear direction and transition road map for how to implement the strategy and a sequence of the activities required. The impact created centred around: