Althéa offers comprehensive expertise to secure digital transformation projects in the field of finance. Our services guarantee compliance with timeline, budget and workload constraints, while ensuring project success. Our finance offering is based on several key pillars.
Project management methodologies and tools
We use proven methodologies, including V-cycle and agile approaches, to control costs and deadlines. Our approach includes tools such as requirements gathering, Process Box, test scenarios, and change management plans. This enables effective project structuring and rigorous monitoring of key stages.
Business expertise in finance
Our in-depth knowledge of various finance functions (accounting, management control, consolidation, treasury, etc.) allows us to quickly understand our clients’ specific needs. We are able to challenge these requirements and propose tailored solutions based on concrete feedback and experience.
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Techno-Functional Expertise
Althéa has recognized expertise in the most common financial solutions, such as SAP, ORACLE, Workday, CEGID, SAGE, and TALENTIA. This expertise allows us to advise our clients on the selection and implementation of the tools best suited to their needs.
Business Analysis and Project Management Assistance
We act as project support (AMOA) throughout the entire project lifecycle: scoping, analysis, design, interface and data migration management, testing, change management, and Go-Live deployment. We also offer support during the run phase to ensure the application maintenance and operational support of the deployed solutions, in close collaboration with business teams.
Key Figures
projects per year
More than 50 project support assignments carried out each year, across all areas of expertise
Go-Live
This is the proportion of projects led by Althéa that have gone live in production
person-days
This is the workload delivered by Althéa in 2023 through project support assignments across its different areas of expertise
Our References
For one of the leaders in river transport in Europe
Transport sector – €300M in revenue | 1,500 employees
As part of its strong growth and ambitions, our client launched a major transformation project impacting its organization, processes, and IS. Following a master plan phase and assistance in selecting several solutions (Finance, TMS, EPM, etc.) led by Althéa, we supported all deployment projects in Project Management, Business Analysis, and change management through to the stabilization phase.
Mission dates: January 2021 to June 2024
Team: 1 senior manager, 1 manager, and 3 consultants
Workload: 700 man-days
For one of the French retail leaders
Retail sector – €48B in revenue | 140,000 employees
As part of its transformation and the overhaul of its finance IS, and following a solution selection phase led by Althéa, we supported our client through all project phases in management, business analysis, and change management until the stabilization phase.
Mission dates: January 2023 to March 2024
Team: 1 senior manager, 1 manager, and 3 consultants
Workload: 700 man-days
For a government agency responsible for supporting the employment inclusion of people with disabilities
Public sector – 2,000 employees
As part of the overhaul of its finance and procurement IS, Althéa conducted a solution selection phase. We supported our client throughout the project, from management to final stabilization. Our expertise included business analysis and change management, which were essential to the success of the implementation. We worked with the ORACLE ERP CLOUD solution to ensure optimal integration. Each project phase was closely monitored to ensure effective and sustainable implementation. The stabilization phase validated the expected results.
Mission dates: January 2023 to March 2024
Team: 1 senior manager, 1 manager, and 3 consultants
Workload: 700 man-days
Challenges
Meet Your Budget and Timeline Constraints
- Utilize a tool-based management approach relying on operational know-how in IT project management
- Determine the deployment strategy and define the right service offering
- Fulfill our duty to advise and alert
Ensure the Application Meets Your Business Needs
- Challenge the vendor/integrator to integrate your business processes into the solution with a value analysis, avoiding custom developments
- Rely on feedback from projects conducted in comparable contexts
Contacts
Your questions about Finance Business Analysis (AMOA)
How can an effective Finance project support team be structured?
An effective Finance Business Analysis team combines different profiles and levels of expertise to cover all project needs. It is generally organized around a senior project manager who leads the team and ensures liaison with the finance department and the technical implementation team (MOE).
Business Analysis consultants, whether junior or senior, bring their expertise to various areas of finance: accounting, management control, treasury, etc. This diversity makes it possible to address different aspects of the project and ensure complete coverage of business needs. The team’s effectiveness also relies on a clear distribution of roles and responsibilities, with functional specialists for each key area and more transversal profiles to ensure overall project consistency.
How is the relationship between project support and Finance teams organized?
The relationship between the Business Analysis team and the finance teams is built on close and continuous collaboration. The Business Analysis team plays a strategic interface role by supporting users in expressing their needs while providing expertise to optimize existing processes.
Communication is at the heart of this relationship. The Business Analysis team must demonstrate a great capacity for listening to understand business challenges, operational constraints, and team expectations. This in-depth understanding allows them to constructively challenge requests and propose adapted solutions.
Finance teams view the Business Analysis team as a true partner that helps them structure their needs and translate them into concrete solutions. This collaboration is demonstrated through workshops, training sessions, and daily support in change management.
How can the success of a Finance project support assignment be measured?
Evaluating the success of a Finance Business Analysis project, particularly in the banking sector and large public institutions, requires a multidimensional approach. Within these institutions, compliance with the quality-cost-deadline triangle constitutes a baseline for evaluation, but the complexity of the financial environment requires a more in-depth analysis.
Key indicators include:
- The adoption rate of new solutions by users
- The reduction in processing times for financial operations
- The quality of the data produced
- Business team satisfaction
- The achievement of planned efficiency gains
Post-deployment monitoring is essential to measure the real impact of the project on daily activities and identify any necessary adjustments.
What is the difference between Finance project support and Finance technical project management?
Finance Business Analysis (AMOA) and Finance Technical Implementation (MOE) play complementary but distinct roles in financial IT projects. The Business Analysis team acts as a translator between the business needs of the finance department and the technical teams, while the Technical Implementation team focuses on the technical execution of the project.
- Finance Business Analysis is involved upstream and throughout the project to guarantee the alignment between expressed needs and the solutions implemented. Responsibilities include drafting specifications, facilitating user workshops, and functional validation of deliverables. The added value of Business Analysis lies in its dual competence: strong knowledge of finance professions and an affinity for information systems.
- For its part, Finance Technical Implementation handles the technical execution of the project. It is involved in the development, integration, and deployment of IT solutions. Its main mission is to transform functional specifications into operational technical solutions.
