What are the business solutions offered?

The following are business process services available:

Implementation Project Management

CapMark provides expert assistance for various implementation projects, using a proven process framework for successful project delivery.

Typical types of Implementation:

• New financial systems, products and derivatives  

• System migration

• Reporting requirements

• Risk management tools (Value-at-Risk)

• Reconciliation processes and tools

• System enhancements

Reconciliation

At CapMark we are specialists in complex reconciliation for financial systems.  This includes reconciling historic positions and across multiple systems, with reconciliation that can be completed from 1^st principals when necessary.  Reconciliation services are available from the front office right through the middle office to accounting and the back office.

Typical types of reconciliation : -

• Trading positions

• Risk reporting

• Value-at-Risk

• Profit and Loss figures

Deadlock Resolution

A business process is simply not producing the required results.  Frequently the process is across multiple departments and may include one or more systems suppliers.  These compounded process and system problems may have caused frustration and a loss of confidence, by the business users, in the business process.

CapMark can quickly act as an independent resource to : -

• Review the problems

• Recommend the solutions

• Resolve the issues

Analysis and Data Modelling

Typical types of analysis and data modelling :-

• New business requirements

• Chronic data and workflow problems

• Review current business processes

Design

CapMark, together with its associates, designs effective business process and systems and can deliver creative web designs tailored specifically to reflect the needs of business users.

Typical types of design work undertaken :-

• New reconciliation tools

• New reports

• New business processes and procedures

• Small financial systems

• Web enabling

This can be followed by a CapMark development solution.

Recruitment

CapMark can act as recruitment consultants to assist in selecting the best candidates for specific roles in business analysis and financial systems development.

• Help draft candidate profiles and conduct initial interviews.

• Provide extra contract or permanent staff for specific projects.

Quality Assurance

CapMark has comprehensive experience in providing cost effective testing and software control for financial systems for the largest banks and corporations.

Advice available on the following aspects of Quality Assurance :-

• Test scheduling

• Testing resource planning

• Drafting effective test plans

• Automatic regression testing

•  Software control management

• Issue tracking and management  

• Quality Assurance for software development

Education and Training

We provide specifically tailored programs to ensure that business users and support staff fully understand the principles and procedures involved around particular financial processes and systems.

Education and training available for :-

• Procedures for and the operation of financial systems

• Reconciliation procedures

• Rate curve construction

• Profit and Loss calculations

• Position and risk management reporting

• Quality Assurance

• Software control

• Financial Systems Development