Kissel Business Consulting

Kissel Business Consulting - Business Transformation Experts

Are you looking for sound advice and sustainable solutions?

We specialise in supporting customers through organisational change. These changes can result from sometimes very different underlying conditions.
The triggers include:

Organisational & procedural change
(M&A) strategy
Regulatory topics
Sustainability
Outsourcing

What they have in common is that all situations involve an adjustment, especially to the processes and the organisation.

Business Transformation

Changes in companies are more relevant today than ever before, as the dynamics of change have increased rapidly through topics such as sustainability, artificial intelligence or hybrid working models.

Tomorrow's companies must change today. Only those who allow transformation and motivate their employees will be successful in the market.
Based on the trigger for the transformation, a clear strategy must be derived. The successful implementation of this mainly involves employees, processes and the (IT) organisation.
Here it is particularly important to communicate the strategy clearly to employees to motivate them to leave the “comfort zone” and enter new fields.

Expertise

What we do

The topics with proven track record

Organisational and Procedural Transformation

Both topics cannot be meaningfully considered separately when it comes to transformation topics. The organisation lives from the processes it implements. Processes are implemented into the organisation and are carried out by resources in departments/groups in line with the objectives of the overall strategy.

I gained valuable in-depth industry knowledge as well as process and organisational expertise from international consulting projects.

Our service

Operating model review and change management
Conducting workshops to develop a target operating model
Review and optimisation of processes or individual process sections according to Lean Six Sigma (including documentation)
Business process outsourcing from analysis to outsourcing (creation of technical TSA)
Review and optimisation of company-wide frameworks

Project example: Implementation of a regulation

Identification of requirements for the Corporate and Investment Banking division and affected processes (including IT) as well as organizational changes
Creation of a control concept in coordination with infrastructure units and collection of data for regulatory reporting
Adaptation of processes and IT implementation of the control concept within the regulatory deadline
Successful initial regulatory reporting and handover of the process and knowledge transfer to internal employees.

Project example: Process automation

Implementation of a highly automated bank customer offboarding process for non-compliance clients. Ensuring processing by operational units.
External change lead for development, testing progress and implementation in an agile environment.

M&A Consulting

Our focus is on the development of carve-out or integration concepts as well as operational implementation to ensure the sustainable success of an M&A transaction.

Our service:

Setting up and managing a transaction through a “Project Management Integration Office”
Preparation: Development of target operating model of a carve-out (“Day-1 readiness”) / Post-Merger-Integration
Separation of processes and the organisation according to target company parts
After day 1 - realisation of synergies and implementation of the new operating structure

Project example: Carve-out

Sound planning and preparation for the separation of an insurance company into two parts
Analysis of existing processes and target definition of processes, coordination and workshops with relevant departments to create day-1 lists of processes
Concept of the target operating model (structuring of tasks and responsibilities) as well as distribution of resources according to future parts of the company

Project example: Value generation in Post-Merger-Integration

Workstream advisor for “organisational restructuring and corporate integration” in a Post-Merger-Integration of a securities processor into a banking group
Structuring and advising on 11 sub-projects to generate synergy

Project management

Professional project management is a central component of project success. Using defined methods, the project is structured, relevant project information is bundled and tasks are managed within specified parameters (budget, time, quality). Furthermore, we advise and motivate organisations to implement new processes and structures in transformation projects, which creates an added value for your company.

With deep specialist and industry knowledge, we strengthen the position of the classic project manager/PMO. This allows information to be better classified and processed more quickly, and risks/dependencies to be better identified.

Project management also serves to reduce resistance to projects through a coordinated approach and clear communication with all stakeholders.

Service:

Analysis and determination of current project and quality management status
Sparring partner for internal business owners, programme or project managers
Business case and delivery roadmap
Building up a PMO with relevant project artefacts
Creation and implementation of regular stakeholder meetings and reports
Derivation and definition of customer requirements
Health Check of programme & deriving practical recommendations for action

Qualification:

Certified Scrum Product Owner (Scrum.org)
Prince 2 Project Management

Project exemple: Lead of a PMO team for an international asset manager

Interviews and communication with stakeholders
Project risk and issue management
Committee work, including steering committee
Creation and management of the project plan
Documentation and closing of the project (lessons learned)
Transfer of knowledge to internal employees

Profile

About

Kissel Business Consulting is a specialised management consultancy with a focus on business transformation, advising the financial services sector and capital market-oriented companies.

Combining project experience with hands-on solutions, we can support you in overcoming your most critical challenges and personally implementing pragmatic solutions.

Biographie Yann Kissel

In my 14 years of project experience, I have developed a focus on bank regulation, outsourcing and M&A topics. I have been working as a freelance management consultant since 2016.

Before becoming an independent strategy and management consultant, I worked for several years at an international management consultancy, an investment bank in equity sales and a medium-sized management consultancy.

Education

Academic:

Economics | Diplom-Volkswirt | Goethe University Frankfurt a.M./Germany
Business Administration | Diplom-Kaufmann | Goethe University Frankfurt a.M./Germany

Professional:

PRINCE 2® project management
Professional Scrum Product Owner | Scrum.org
Digital Business Strategy | MIT Sloan School of Management

Values

Competent – Analytical understanding of the situation and professional structuring of project work. This gives you minimal friction losses and first-class results.
Customised – Every situation is unique; that is why we define tailor-made solutions together. We contribute our experience of successful projects and gained knowledge .
Successful implementation – We successfully implement high-quality strategies and concepts with our best-practice experience.
Personal – Companies are not machines; the implementation is carried out personally with the employees concerned by the change. This ensures the transfer of results and knowledge.
Integrity – Numerous well-known international banks, asset managers, trade exchanges, state banks and insurance companies trust our expertise.

Contact

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