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14 specialisms in Strategy & data · 140 services
Strategy & data
Risk, Compliance & Assurance
GDPR, NIS2, DORA, CRA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, internal audit, statutory audit, regulatory compliance, third‑party risk, business continuity.
AI compliance monitoring
AI monitoring of communications, transactions or documents for policy and regulatory breaches.
Vendor security questionnaires
Answering customer security questionnaires — and assessing your own vendors — from an evidence library.
GRC platform implementation & compliance automation
Setting up GRC tools (Vanta, Drata, OneTrust) to automate evidence collection and audits.
Privacy & Compliance Engineering
Technical privacy controls: consent, DSAR automation, retention and pseudonymisation.
Outsourced data protection officer (DPO)
External DPO: advice, records of processing, DSARs, breach handling and authority contact.
Cyber‑insurance readiness
Preparing controls and evidence for cyber‑insurance applications and renewals.
Third party risk management
Vendor risk assessments, monitoring and contract controls (including DORA ICT third parties).
ISO 27001 implementation
ISMS design, risk assessment, policies and certification readiness.
SOC 2 readiness
Control design, evidence collection and auditor readiness for SOC 2 reports.
GDPR operational compliance
Records of processing, DPIAs, DSAR handling, vendor DPAs and training.
NIS2 compliance implementation
Scoping, registration, risk‑management measures, incident reporting and supply‑chain security under NIS2.
Data privacy impact assessments
DPIAs for high‑risk processing, including AI and monitoring systems.
Regulatory Compliance Consulting
Regulatory change analysis, compliance programmes and controls for sector rules.
Risk Management Consulting
Enterprise risk frameworks, risk registers, risk appetite and reporting.
Business continuity planning
Business‑impact analysis, continuity plans and exercises.
DORA compliance consulting
ICT‑risk framework, incident reporting, resilience testing and third‑party register for financial entities.
AML/KYC compliance programmes
Policies, risk assessments, training and audits for AML obligations (including non‑bank obliged entities).
Whistleblowing channel & case handling
Whistleblower-Directive-compliant reporting channels and case handling.
Strategy & data
Business Intelligence & Reporting
KPI design, dashboards (Power BI, Looker, Tableau), reporting automation, self‑service BI, BI managed service, embedded analytics.
Natural‑language analytics ('ask your data')
Letting users ask questions of governed data in plain language, with semantic layers and guardrails.
Data Analytics & Reporting
Ad‑hoc and recurring analysis that answers business questions with data.
BI dashboard managed service
Ongoing dashboard maintenance, new reports and data‑quality fixes under a monthly plan.
Financial & management reporting automation
Automated P&L, cash and KPI packs from ERP and accounting data.
KPI framework & metric definitions
Defining the metrics that matter, their formulas, owners and targets.
Excel & Google Sheets reporting automation
Automated reporting workbooks, pivots and refreshable data connections.
Data visualisation & report design
Clear, decision‑oriented charts and report layouts.
Dashboards
Design live KPI reporting and management dashboards.
Business Intelligence
BI strategy, platform set‑up and governed reporting across the company.
Power BI implementation
Power BI workspaces, semantic models, row‑level security and dashboards.
Looker implementation
Looker/LookML modelling, dashboards and embedded analytics on Google Cloud.
Tableau implementation
Tableau server/cloud set‑up, data sources and dashboards.
Embedded analytics engineering
Analytics embedded inside SaaS products and customer portals.
Strategy & data
Technology Advisory & Fractional Leadership
Fractional CTO/CIO/CISO, IT strategy, enterprise architecture, vendor selection, technical due diligence, IT cost and licence optimisation.
Build‑vs‑buy & SaaS‑to‑owned‑tool assessment
Comparing SaaS subscriptions with owned, AI‑built tools on cost, risk and fit.
Fractional CTO
Part‑time technology leadership: architecture, team, vendors, security and roadmap.
System Architecture Consulting
Solution and system architecture design and reviews for scalability, security and cost.
Technology spend optimization
Reviewing IT, SaaS, cloud and AI spend for savings.
Software license optimization
Licence audits, true‑ups and right‑sizing for Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and SaaS.
IT strategy & roadmap
IT strategy aligned with business goals, budgets and AI plans.
Software vendor selection (RFP support)
Requirements, shortlists, demos and contract negotiation for software purchases.
Tech consulting (hourly)
Ad‑hoc advice from senior engineers or CTOs.
Application portfolio rationalization
Inventory and rationalisation of applications to cut cost and complexity.
Technology due diligence
Assessing a target's technology, code, security and team for investors.
Fractional CIO
Part‑time CIO for IT strategy, budgets, vendors and governance.
IT vendor consolidation
Consolidating IT suppliers and contracts to cut cost and risk.
Enterprise architecture consulting
Capability maps, target architectures and roadmaps across the application landscape.
Strategy & data
Business Strategy & Management Consulting
Strategy, operating model, organisation design, cost reduction, growth and market entry, business plans, turnaround.
Fractional COO
Part‑time operations leadership: processes, KPIs, team structure and execution cadence.
Digital Transformation Strategy
Digital and AI‑enabled transformation roadmaps linking business goals to technology investment.
Organisation design & workforce strategy for the AI era
Spans, layers, roles and skills redesigned for AI‑augmented work.
Business model innovation
Designing new revenue models: subscription, platform, outcome‑based and AI‑enabled.
Business plans & financial projections
Investor- or bank‑ready business plans with market analysis and projections.
Cost reduction consulting
Cost diagnostics and savings programmes across procurement, operations and SG&A.
Private‑equity value creation
100‑day plans, operational improvement and AI value levers for PE portfolio companies.
Benchmarking & performance diagnostics
KPI benchmarks versus peers to find performance gaps.
Management Consulting
General management consulting: diagnostics, strategy, performance improvement and execution support.
Business strategy consulting
Corporate and business‑unit strategy: where to play, how to win and portfolio choices.
Operating Model Redesign
Redesigning structure, roles, governance and processes — increasingly around AI and automation.
Market Entry Consulting
Market assessment, entry mode, partner search and launch plans for new countries or segments.
Growth strategy
Identifying and prioritising growth options: segments, products, channels and M&A.
Strategy & data
AI Strategy, Readiness & Adoption
AI opportunity audits, readiness assessments, roadmaps, business cases, vendor selection, AI operating model, AI CoE, adoption programmes.
AI value tracking & ROI measurement
Baselines, KPIs and dashboards proving the business value of AI deployments.
AI Audit
Assess AI readiness, use cases, risks and deployment roadmap.
AI roadmap & business case
Prioritised 12–18‑month AI roadmap with costs, benefits, risks and sequencing.
Stalled AI pilot rescue (pilot to production)
Diagnosing stalled AI pilots and getting the viable ones into production.
Board & executive AI briefings
Briefings on AI opportunities, risks and regulation for boards and leadership teams.
Generative AI use‑case workshops
Workshops identifying and prioritising AI use cases per function.
AI change management
Change, communication and adoption programmes that get people to actually use AI tools and agents.
AI vendor & tool selection
Comparing AI platforms, models and vendors against requirements, cost and EU compliance.
Services‑as‑software strategy for service firms
Helping service providers turn manual services into AI‑delivered, productised offerings with new pricing.
Subsidised SME AI readiness (EU / national programmes)
AI readiness assessments delivered through SME digitalisation funds and EDIHs.
AI Center of Excellence set‑up
AI CoE: governance, intake, platforms, skills and reuse.
AI expert advice (hourly)
Ad‑hoc expert advice on AI strategy, tools and architecture.
Strategy & data
AI Governance, Risk & Compliance
EU AI Act readiness, AI literacy, AI policies, ISO/IEC 42001, AI impact and risk assessments, model risk, AI assurance and audit.
AI governance policy design
AI policies, acceptable‑use rules, approval workflows and accountability.
AI literacy programme (AI Act Art. 4)
Role‑based AI literacy training and records to meet the AI Act literacy duty.
EU AI Act readiness
AI inventory, risk classification, role mapping (provider/deployer) and compliance roadmap.
AI transparency & synthetic‑content labelling (Art. 50)
Disclosure, watermarking and labelling of AI interactions and synthetic content.
AI impact & fundamental‑rights assessments
Algorithmic impact assessments, FRIAs and DPIAs for AI systems.
Third‑party AI risk assessment
Assessing AI vendors and embedded AI features for security, privacy and AI Act obligations.
Responsible AI & bias audits
Bias, fairness and explainability testing for AI used in hiring, credit or customer decisions.
Model risk management & AI assurance
Validation, monitoring and independent assurance of AI and ML models.
ISO/IEC 42001 AI management system
Implementing an AI management system and preparing for certification.
High‑risk AI conformity preparation (Annex III)
Technical documentation, risk management, human oversight and logging for high‑risk AI systems.
Strategy & data
Transformation, Change & Program Management
PMO, programme management, change management, process redesign, Lean/Six Sigma, shared services, BPO transition, post‑merger integration.
AI transformation programme management
Running multi‑workstream AI programmes: portfolio, value tracking, risk and adoption.
Business Process Consulting
Process mapping, redesign and standardisation (Lean, BPMN) before automation.
PMO as a Service
Outsourced PMO: portfolio reporting, governance, standards and tooling.
Change Management
Change strategy, stakeholder engagement, training and adoption measurement for major changes.
Project & Program Management
Interim project and programme managers running delivery, risks and reporting.
M&A Integration Consulting
Post‑merger integration: Day‑1 readiness, synergies, organisation and systems.
Post merger IT integration
Integrating IT systems, data, identities and contracts after an acquisition.
Shared services center design
Designing and setting up shared‑service or global business‑service centres.
Lean / Six Sigma process improvement
Lean and Six Sigma projects that cut waste, defects and cycle time.
Business process outsourcing transition
Transitioning processes to an outsourcer: knowledge transfer, SLAs and governance.
Strategy & data
Finance & Deal Advisory
Fractional CFO, FP&A, modelling, valuation, due diligence, M&A, fundraising, investor relations, restructuring, working capital.
AI‑assisted data‑room review
AI extraction and red‑flag summaries across data‑room documents, verified by advisers.
Fractional CFO
Part‑time finance leadership: reporting, cash, fundraising, pricing and board packs.
Financial Modeling & FP&A
Three‑statement models, budgets, forecasts and scenario analysis.
Financial planning analytics
Driver‑based planning tools (Anaplan, Pigment, Power BI) with variance analysis.
Fundraising support (deck, data room, investor outreach)
Preparing equity or debt raises: materials, data room and investor pipeline.
Working capital optimization
Reducing cash tied up in receivables, payables and inventory.
Commercial Due Diligence
Market, competition and customer diligence for investors and acquirers.
Vendor due diligence
Sell‑side due‑diligence reports commissioned by the seller.
Operational due diligence
Assessing operations, IT, people and synergy potential of an acquisition target.
Business valuation advisory
Valuations for transactions, fundraising, tax and reporting.
Strategy & data
Learning, Training & Coaching
AI training and literacy, corporate workshops, sales and leadership training, e‑learning, LMS, coaching, career services.
Training & AI Enablement
Hands‑on AI training for teams using their own tools, data and use cases.
Training content from SOPs (AI‑generated)
Turning SOPs and recordings into training modules, quizzes and assistants.
Generative AI lessons (individuals & small teams)
Practical AI lessons for professionals and small teams.
Compliance training (GDPR, security, AI Act)
Mandatory compliance training with records and refreshers.
Corporate Workshops
Facilitated workshops on strategy, innovation, AI and ways of working.
E‑learning course development
Interactive courses (SCORM/xAPI) with video, quizzes and translations.
Technical & developer training
Training on cloud, data, security and AI engineering skills.
Learning management implementation
LMS/LXP set‑up with content, integrations and reporting.
Enterprise training academies
Company academies with curricula, platforms and certification for skills at scale.
Strategy & data
Market Research & Competitive Intelligence
Market sizing, surveys, interviews, competitor monitoring, pricing research, trend scouting and AI/synthetic research.
Competitor intelligence
Ongoing monitoring of competitor pricing, products, hiring, messaging and reviews.
AI deep‑research reports
Fast, cited desk research using AI research agents, reviewed by an analyst.
Trend scouting & foresight
Tracking technology, consumer and regulatory trends and their implications.
Market Research & Competitive Intelligence
Market sizing, competitor analysis and customer insight for strategic decisions.
Market entry research
Country and segment research: size, competition, regulation, channels and partners.
Market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM)
Bottom‑up and top‑down market sizing with sourced assumptions.
Customer Research & Surveys
Customer surveys, interviews and analysis of needs, satisfaction and willingness to pay.
Pricing research (conjoint, Van Westendorp)
Survey‑based willingness‑to‑pay and price‑sensitivity research.
Strategy & data
Data Strategy & Governance
Data strategy, governance and ownership, catalogues, lineage, data‑quality programmes, classification, data literacy and data monetisation.
Data classification & sensitive‑data discovery
Finding and labelling personal and confidential data before AI rollouts.
Data maturity assessment
Assessing data capabilities, quality and governance against a maturity model.
Data catalog deployment
Deploying a data catalogue with business glossary, ownership and search.
Data quality programme
Measuring and improving data quality with rules, owners and remediation.
Data literacy training
Teaching teams to read, question and use data and dashboards.
Data lineage implementation
End‑to‑end lineage from source to report and AI model, for trust and impact analysis.
Data Strategy
Data vision, priorities, architecture direction and roadmap tied to business and AI goals.
Data Governance
Ownership, policies, standards, quality rules and stewardship for key data.
Strategy & data
Advanced Analytics & Data Science
Forecasting, churn, pricing and attribution models, marketing mix modelling, optimisation, geospatial and experimentation analytics.
Data science as a service (fractional team)
Monthly data‑science capacity for analyses, models and experiments.
Statistical analysis & experiment design
Statistical analysis, A/B‑test design and significance reporting.
Advanced Analytics & Forecasting
Predictive models and forecasts for sales, demand, risk and operations.
Demand forecasting analytics
Demand forecasts by product, location and channel with accuracy tracking.
Churn prediction analytics
Models predicting which customers will leave, with drivers and save actions.
Customer segmentation & lifetime‑value models
Segments and CLV models to target marketing and service.
Risk & credit scoring models
Credit, fraud and risk scoring with explainability for regulated decisions.
Strategy & data
Product Management & Innovation
Product strategy, discovery, roadmaps, product-management-as-a-service, design sprints, innovation labs and venture building.
Product discovery sprint
Customer interviews, problem framing and prototype testing to decide what to build.
AI product strategy (features & pricing)
Deciding where AI fits in a product, how to price it and how to measure it.
Product requirements & specification writing
PRDs, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Technical product management
Interim or fractional technical PMs translating business needs into specs and backlogs.
Design sprint facilitation
Five‑day design sprints to solve a problem and test a prototype with users.
Product Management Consulting
Product strategy, roadmaps, discovery practices and PM coaching.
Strategy & data
ESG & Sustainability
Sustainability strategy, carbon accounting, CSRD/VSME reporting, CBAM, EUDR, ESG ratings and supplier questionnaires.
Supplier ESG questionnaires & ratings (EcoVadis, CDP)
Responding to customer ESG questionnaires and improving ratings.
ESG data reporting automation
Automating energy, emissions and HR data collection from invoices, meters and systems.
CBAM reporting & supplier emissions data
Collecting embedded‑emissions data from suppliers and filing CBAM declarations for importers.
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