{"id":757,"date":"2025-07-17T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.athanaseconsulting.com\/?post_type=service&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:00:22","slug":"operations","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.athanaseconsulting.com\/en\/service\/operations\/","title":{"rendered":"OPERATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n      <div class=\"bloc accordeon\">\n        <div class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordionFaq\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-item \">\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-header\">\n                      <button class=\"accordion-button pt-athanase-large pb-athanase-large collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseFaq1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapseFaq1\">\n                        <div class=\"titlePart d-flex \">\n                          <div class=\"chiffre-rond \">\n                            01                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center \">\n                            Strategy &#038; Operating Model                          <\/div>\n                          \n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/button>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div id=\"collapseFaq1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFaq\">\n                      <div class=\"accordion-body pb-athanase-large\">\n                        <p><strong>Athanase Consulting supports asset and wealth managers in designing and optimizing their organizations to strengthen operational performance, compliance, and agility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment of the existing operating model (diagnosis of process efficiency and performance, peers\u2019 benchmarking)<\/li>\n<li>Definition of the target operating model and target architecture aligned with strategic objectives (including outsourcing options analysis)<\/li>\n<li>Design of target Front-to-Back operational processes and associated roles and responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Change management support<\/li>\n<\/ul>                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"accordion-item \">\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-header\">\n                      <button class=\"accordion-button pt-athanase-large pb-athanase-large collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseFaq2\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapseFaq2\">\n                        <div class=\"titlePart d-flex \">\n                          <div class=\"chiffre-rond \">\n                            02                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center \">\n                            Process Optimization &#038; Operational Efficiency                          <\/div>\n                          \n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/button>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div id=\"collapseFaq2\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFaq\">\n                      <div class=\"accordion-body pb-athanase-large\">\n                        <p><strong>Athanase Consulting supports asset and wealth managers in simplifying, streamlining, and accelerating their processes to enhance quality, productivity, and innovation capacity.<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Our approach covers the entire improvement cycle, from diagnostic and design to implementation and performance monitoring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Diagnosis of Existing Processes <em>(e.g. NAV production, control and dissemination \/ monitoring and processing of corporate actions \/ management of performance fees \/ reporting production \/ etc.)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Mapping of operational workflows and identification of pain points<\/li>\n<li>Measurement of performance (cost, time, quality, client or user satisfaction)<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of operational and compliance risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Review of Operational Efficiency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Benchmarking against market best practices<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of the Front-to-Back operating model and interfaces<\/li>\n<li>Identification of pain points, redundancies, or non\u2013value-added tasks<\/li>\n<li>Redesign of workflows based on Lean \/ Six Sigma principles<\/li>\n<li>Simplification and standardization of operations<\/li>\n<li>Definition of roles &amp; responsibilities (RACI), governance rules, and key controls<\/li>\n<li>Development of automation scenarios (RPA, low-code, AI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Change Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"accordion-item \">\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-header\">\n                      <button class=\"accordion-button pt-athanase-large pb-athanase-large collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseFaq3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapseFaq3\">\n                        <div class=\"titlePart d-flex \">\n                          <div class=\"chiffre-rond \">\n                            03                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center \">\n                            Transformation                          <\/div>\n                          \n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/button>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div id=\"collapseFaq3\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFaq\">\n                      <div class=\"accordion-body pb-athanase-large\">\n                        <p><strong>Athanase Consulting provides comprehensive, end-to-end support for operational transformation projects, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impact assessments (system replacement, reorganization, new regulatory requirements, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Project scoping, facilitation of business \/ IT \/ Data \/ external provider workshops, and drafting of business requirements<\/li>\n<li>Development monitoring, preparation of test cases, coordination of UATs, validation reports, parallel runs<\/li>\n<li>Change management, including user training and operating procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"accordion-item \">\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-header\">\n                      <button class=\"accordion-button pt-athanase-large pb-athanase-large collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseFaq4\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapseFaq4\">\n                        <div class=\"titlePart d-flex \">\n                          <div class=\"chiffre-rond \">\n                            04                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center \">\n                            Migrations                          <\/div>\n                          \n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/button>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div id=\"collapseFaq4\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFaq\">\n                      <div class=\"accordion-body pb-athanase-large\">\n                        <p><strong>Athanase Consulting provides end-to-end support for activity migration projects (fund transfers, portfolio migrations, service provider transitions, etc.), including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Definition of the migration strategy and target operating model<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of functional impacts and process adjustments<\/li>\n<li>Design of a step-by-step migration program with clear allocation of roles and responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Parallel run and dress rehearsal coordination<\/li>\n<li>Change management and post-migration actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"accordion-item \">\n                    <h3 class=\"accordion-header\">\n                      <button class=\"accordion-button pt-athanase-large pb-athanase-large collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseFaq5\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapseFaq5\">\n                        <div class=\"titlePart d-flex \">\n                          <div class=\"chiffre-rond \">\n                            05                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center \">\n                            Operational Continuity &#038; Resilience                          <\/div>\n                          \n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/button>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div id=\"collapseFaq5\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFaq\">\n                      <div class=\"accordion-body pb-athanase-large\">\n                        <p><strong>Athanase Consulting provides end-to-end support to help asset &amp; wealth managers strengthen their operational resilience framework:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory compliance &amp; diagnostic: maturity assessment, mapping of risks and critical services, gap analysis, and remediation plan.<\/li>\n<li>Business Impact Analysis &amp; continuity targets: BIA execution, definition of RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective), process prioritization, impact thresholds, and dependency mapping.<\/li>\n<li>Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) &amp; crisis testing: update of continuity and IT recovery plans, development of <em>severe but plausible<\/em> scenarios (cyberattacks, third-party outages, custodian unavailability, data corruption), table-top exercises, and regular testing.<\/li>\n<li>Major incident governance: operational runbooks, escalation procedures, investor\/regulator communication protocols, NAV error management, post-mortems, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) with corrective action plans.<\/li>\n<li>Critical third parties &amp; concentration risk: due diligence of key service providers (custodian, administrator, cloud), SLAs\/KPIs, continuous monitoring, exit strategies, and fallback solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Oversight &amp; culture: operational dashboards and KPI\/KRI tracking (same-day matching, CSDR fail rates, system availability, ageing of exceptions), management reporting, and staff awareness &amp; training programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n               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