Innovative approach for reporting and analysis to reduced analytical and IT resources at world's largest bank amidst chaotic, seismic change. Deploying information set (content) delivery with flexible, interactive analysis tools (in this case QlikView from QlikTech). Walk through tips of how business analyst survived and succeeded. National Center for Database Marketing Client X Client Case Study Presentation. NCDM presentation December 2008.
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In one of the most challenging two years in banking history, hear how a top tier financial institution engaged best practices in database marketing to navigate this storm. In this session you will learn how they harnessed hundreds of millions of records and a tremendous wealth of market data to empower decision makers ranging from top executives to product, marketing, finance and local office managers. Learn how just-in-time, interactive business intelligence delivered through dashboards, scorecards and strategy sessions enabled managers to visualize, monetize and prioritize solutions efficiently.
Discover:• Five best practices for harnessing people, processes and data amid cost
reductions and lay-offs• Four steps to take when the workload exceeds resources 10:1• Three tricks to get marketing database decision tools into the hands of the
SummaryCurrent responsibilities include leading Marketplace Strategies & Insights team, part of the Liabilities, Segment and Marketplace Decision Management group which matrixes to our Global Decision Management organization. Key responsibilities include:- Develop Marketplace Strategies and Recommendations- Provide comprehensive Competitive Intelligence and Insights- Produce and Deliver Insights deliverables on a monthly and weekly basis- Deploy new dashboard technologies to rapidly distribute information
Past responsibilities at Citibank include leading the Marketing Business Intelligence and Reporting team to automate delivery of insights to Citibank's marketing team.SpecialtiesNegotiations, Leveraging, Business Intelligence, Strategic Planning, Competitive Intelligence, Database Marketing and Innovation.ExperienceSenior Vice President, Decision Management Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Banking industry November 2007 – Present (1 year 2 months) Business Analysis Director, Manager of Marketplace Strategies & Insights for bank. Promoted to Senior Vice President in May 2008.Vice President, Marketing Strategy & Analysis Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Banking industry September 2006 – November 2007 (1 year 3 months) Managed Business Intelligence and Reporting for the Marketing Team. Manage, automate and develop new processes to deliver and deploy customer information including deployment of new BI Dashboard Technologies. Group folded into Decision Management in late 2007.
Speaking on Behalf of Client – Here is a snippet about him: (Linked -In Excerpt)
Message to business analysts – You Are in Information Publishing Business. Provide decision data/information sets, key metrics and observations in a way that end users can interact and share
“Focusing on Executive needs during a time of change and postponing peer projects, though eventually following through for them” From client – How to drive success with constrained resources
Inventory regular reports & standard requests – are they obsolete? Do they add value? Are the relevent? Automate performance monitoring and manage exceptions. Imbed measurements in processes (dare I say ‘triggers’) and systems.
Sample Proposal… Nice way to say we found problems:Objectives, Proposed Solution and Benefits
Objective: Expand existing Daily Reporting Capabilities provided by Finance …• Increase drill-downs beyond product balances to include number of accounts and average balances; geography: Division, Area, State;
as well as ranges for tenure and balances.• Increase speed of information flow, providing for better pricing decision support and quicker campaign tracking for senior executives and
marketing managers• Move beyond pre-canned views hampered by large spreadsheets with limited “what-if” scenarios• Focus on consumer accounts directly rather than being dependant on an allocation formula currently used by Finance• Become less dependent on self-reported Sales MIS
Proposed Solution with Benefits: Daily Data Warehouse• Finance currently planning to use this source to replace Blue Book Reporting • Easier to access than alternative systems, including RMS and an extension of other processes that have shifted to the monthly data
warehouse (planned X System replacement)• Accurately captures account-level atomic data on a daily basis (balances and open accounts by FC, geography, product and date
opened – all at multiple levels).• QC efforts from IT and Decision Management have proven accuracy of process vs Finance.• Product differences appear to be based on a combination of the following:
1. Private Banking allocation formulas by Finance2. Alignment of Products between the warehouse and Finance3. Balance Differences may appear are spot balances on the warehouse and Finance sometimes uses spot balances and sometime
MTD averages• Variance within products is consistent week to week. • Proposed Data Delivery within CxC Dashboard Solution.
Be armed with interactive reporting and systems, have analytics and decision resources at table, on-line, war room approach. Analysts responsible for best, moderate, worst case estimates.
Five tips for harnessing people, processes and data amid cost reductions and lay-offs
1. Eliminate paper - paper is slow, static, single location, wrong 2. Segment Your Customers3. Inventory Reports, Distribution, Use, Value4. Keep the Best People, Reports, Departments5. Bias to action – results driven meetings, workshops
1. Be visible2. Be Active3. Engage4. Meetings end with decision set – not data set5. Eliminate decision lag time – 6. Test where possible7. Always run best, worst, moderate scenarios
• Built Database in 1 Day (In this case 30M customers)• Initial Analysis Next Day• Added additional lines of business on the fly• Became The SOURCE• How about detail transactions…Daily• Add third party, econometric, competitor – kitchen sink
• Due Diligence Question – Executive Planning• Total Cost of Operation < $100,000 over 3 years
Concentrating on adding insights to the deliverables, and not just sending numbers Staying innovative despite the complete lack of funding Pushing ourselves to help front line partners Focusing on Executive needs during a time of change and postponing peer projects, though eventually following through for them Realizing that we can’t be everything to everyone
Different than past – auto keys – ability to even more rapidly bring disparate data together
One other key: Use Finance software in Marketing and use Marketing Software in Finance – try it and something great will happen
* Client’s Response to ‘How did you keep your job and get promoted?”