Scalability

Business process automation allows your firm to move to exception-based processing -- so that you can do more with less.

Clarity

Provide clarity to roles and organizational structure by aligning your sourcing strategy with efforts to standardize or specialize.

Alignment

Success will be determined by properly aligning your systems and data strategy with the related business functions that it serves.

Organization

Our Business Services Model approach determines how you organize to deliver high value specialized services for your firm's unique and high value functions vs. where you can standardize and optimize for efficiency.

A Custom Fit

Our Target Operating Model Strategy Approach

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Assess Current State

Working closely with you, we assess your current state operating environment to determine the fit with your business strategy and functional capability requirements. We interview key stakeholders to understand your requirements, expectations, and perceptions of the current level of operational efficiency. We assess the relative fit and maturity of your existing business process automation, including organization, process, systems, and data. We document key findings related to strengths, weaknesses, gaps, pain points, and focus areas for improvements.

Design the Target Operating Model

We develop specific and actionable recommendations based on the assessment's findings and the identified focus areas. The Current State Assessment and Future State Design must drive consensus on which areas need improvement. We recommend specific processes, systems, data management, and governance changes required to support the proposed operating model improvements.

Plan the Roadmap

We collaborate with you to develop a solution path and implementation plan for the target operating model change recommendations. This includes defining, estimating, and prioritizing tasks, projects, phases, activities, and dependencies. Future state improvements are articulated with respect to cost-benefit to support the business case for the transformation.

Why Partner With Cutter on Your Operating Model Design?

Cutter Associates has helped hundreds of asset managers, asset owners, and wealth managers achieve clarity in their technology and operations strategies.
Our consultants bring abundant real-world expertise to your project and the lessons learned from strategic engagements with your peers.
This experience and expertise, enhanced by deep insights from our research and operational benchmarking analysts, provide you with a unique and comprehensive view on industry and system developments and best practices.
We bring the know-how and insights necessary to help you formulate and implement a truly architected platform.

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