Consulting

The consulting work is focused on the capital markets

Various views

Various tasks

Competence

Competent in the exchange and securities business

Implementing new software in the existing application landscape in trading, settlement, book keeping and risk management with the following topics:

Business process analysis -> Definition of business processes incl. interfaces
Business concepts -> Definition of new functionalities
Quality assurance -> Development and execution of test cases from a user perspective
Data set descriptions -> Functional and technical description of the individual data fields

Observing the exchange and securities market with the topics:

Exchanges -> Organization, functionality and participants
Securities trading -> Trading at domestic and international markets
Asset classes -> From classic instruments like equities and bonds, via mutual funds, currencies and commodities until derivative products like futures and options

Usage and functionalities of the applications in the securities and exchange business with the following topics:

Front-, middle- and back office -> Applications for an „stp“ workflow or a „best of breed“ solution
Securities trading, asset management, risk management -> The right software for each area

Overview of tasks in the executed projects since 1998

Analysis of the stock exchange and securities transactions for the trading and banking book, to meet statutory reporting requirements
Execution, moderation and documentation of workshops with software providers and business departments
Preparation of a dataset description for securities transactions to cover reporting requirements
Preparation of business concepts for a STP process from a business point of view

Setting up internal structures, including personnel management for new business lines
Supervision of foreign subsidiaries in business and technical point of view in the transition of securities transactions
Executing of the proposal to part-banking license from the Federal Supervisory Office for Banking incl. business plan and concept
Developing a business plan for the new area „Sales internet brokerage solutions“
Participation in project planning and organization of the release change from a business point of view
Presentation of business models to clients and cooperation partners
Management the contacts to exchanges, software providers and the General Clearing Member
Presentation and negotiations to potential cooperation partners, exchanges, authorities and customers
Sales and pre-sales of a software application

Planning of regression, module, integration, interface and performance tests
Creation of test concepts for all fund types and asset classes
Creation of test concepts for the whole business process of securities transactions, from the order module and deal capture to matching, accounting and fund pricing
Creation of test concepts for the integration of a software application for the whole „straight-through processing“
Creation of test cases in collaboration with the business departments
Creation of test cases according the test concepts
Execution of tests cases
Automation of test cases
Error analysis after test execution, including collaboration with the business departments
Use of internal databases for documentation and management of test cases and bug fixing

Description of business processes of securities transactions and existing interfaces
Description of the time and content processes and the dependency of sub processes together for a securities transaction
Mapping of business processes in the investment banking area (e.g. price gathering, trading, deal capture)

Analysis of existing software applications with specified properties
Analysis of existing securities trading banks and companies with the focus of “day trading”
Development of marketing strategies to introduce a new software application