Strategic Planning & Business Consultant
freelancer
Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months
• Provided mentoring & advising services for business start-up
• Developed the start-up business plan
• Participated in discussing & brainstorming the business idea & the business model
• Participated in researching & gathering the required industry analysis & market information
• Developed the marketing & sales strategy & the operation plan
• Participated in the needed financial analysis & planning
• Provided guidance on development of the corporate profile (vision, mission, organization structure, etc.)
• Provided guidance on methodology for valuation of companies
• Provided recommendation for suitable exit scenarios
• Prepared the required presentations for investors
• Provided the management team training on creative thinking
• Provided the management team training on finance & financial reporting
• Analysis & resolution of production environment issues raised for T24 credit modules
• Analysis & resolution of raised defects for T24 credit modules
• Handling change requests for T24 credit modules
• Writing business review & functional specifications documents for change requests
• for T24 credit modules
• Training/Knowledge transfer for T24 credit modules
• Testing core fixes for T24 credit modules
• Some routine development/review for T24 credit modules
• Researched target regions to identify potential markets & recommended markets of priority for the mobile payment solution
• Developed a number of business models with a revenue generation model for each business model
• Prepared a 5 years strategic goals & objectives (commercial, financial, operational, resources) including starting initiatives for the new company
• Prepared a 5 years sales plan to cover target markets including plan for target partners & resources required
• Developed required investment plan in cooperation with the financial dept. to reflected forecasted allocation of revenues& costs
• Participate in formalizing the bank’s business strategy
• Manage the selection process & implementation team of new systems purchased & implemented by the bank such as the new core banking system
• Manage & guide the team responsible for the re-engineering of processes for the bank’s branches & head office departments
• Develope a performance management framework using balanced scorecards concept including KPIs setting, strategy maps definition & business dashboards
• Conduct T24 workshops for business users for retail & CRM modules
• Provide business review sessions for T24 features in retail & credit modules
• Conduct gap analysis sessions for bank requirements for retail & credit modules
• User training on retail & credit modules
• Write the functional specifications for customization developed for retail modules
• Write the functional specifications for customization developed for Egyptian requirements in modules of cheques clearing, CDs, post-dated cheques/bills, manager cheques & demand drafts
• Project manager of implementation of UNB affiliate in Egypt
• UAT planning & support
• End-user training planning
• Conduct market readiness awareness workshops
• Conduct EMV/SPAN2 awareness workshops for business & technical impacts of compliance
• Provide business consultancy for developing the bank’s strategy for compliance
• Investigate the bank’s business operations & technical infrastructure
• Investigate the existing infrastructure for cards issuing & acquiring
• Defined target requirements for chip (smart) cards issuing & acquiring
• Conduct gap analysis sessions for bank requirements
• User training
• Write the functional specifications for customization required