Advisory

Oversight & Advice

For our clients who have the right people available for the project - with both enough time and skill - but no experience with a new commercial system or particular problem. IMP offers the advice you need when you need it, from experienced senior managers with extensive industry experience. Our advisors are vendor agnostic and can connect you with a network of related subject matter experts and industry peers.

Strategic Vision & Planning

If you are asking any of the following questions, our Advisory service is the right place to start:

• Buy or build? Hosted vs. SaaS?

• Strategic vs. tactical solution?

• Can we automate this process?

• Outsource vs. in-source?

• What are our peers using?

Our clients tell us that one of their biggest frustrations is hiring a consulting team that promises industry expertise, and yet arrives on day 1 with a blank piece of paper. Glossy presentations can earn your business, but they don't deliver real results. At IMP, we know that a lack of industry expertise causes waste and rework. Resulting delays add cost and risk to your project. In contrast, our expert consultants arrive prepared, leveraging IMP’s shared learning tools and knowledge repositories. When you hire IMP, you don't just hire the team that arrives in your office - you gain access to a deep pool of resources and experience, from the trading desk to the back office.

System Evaluation & Selection

If your firm is thinking about purchasing, upgrading or converting your Trade Order Management & Compliance, Performance and/or Accounting systems you know that the all-encompassing process of evaluating and selecting new systems can become a long and winding road, rife with potential pitfalls and costly mistakes. Many times, vendors will promise expertise across multiple areas in order to make the sale - leaving busy technology teams tempted to skip a more in-depth validation of the vendor’s real capabilities, including its resources and qualifications. 

A recent IMP survey confirms that when asked about the biggest lessons learned in the implementation process, 50% of respondents said that they would conduct a Proof-of-Concept (POC) before signing a contract the next time around. CTOs who understand the value in dedicating the proper resources up front, but don't have the time to do it themselves turn to IMP to:

• Leverage implementation experience with market-leading systems

• Quickly reduce the field to only viable products/vendors

• Gain access to IMP’s extensive library of use cases

• Accelerate Proof of Concept (POC)