Our deep Sector Focus

We are helping key sectors thrive in a increasingly changing world

JCURV Business Consultancy Insurance

Insurance

We help increase their ability to meet the changing needs of their customers and take advantage of technology and data opportunities

Increasing agility and extract greater value from data

INSURANCE CHALLENGES AND HOW WE HELP

The insurance sector is going through a significant change as a result of increased competition, new business models and untapped data. ​

We support insurance clients deal with many of their key challenges including:

  • Rapidly defining and mobilising strategy for a function or organisation
  • Extracting greater value from the data insurers have
  • Accelerating or recovering programmes and projects
  • Increasing the pace, effectiveness and efficiency of how how insurers deliver change through introducing agile ways of working and operating models

Examples of our work

Worked with a CNA Hardy, a Lloyds of London Insurer, to accelerate the delivery of their new pricing and underwriting tool reducing release cycles from 1 year to every 8 weeks.

We worked with the Chief Data Officer at DLG Group to define the data strategy and begin to transform the function using agile ways of working.

We worked with the Group CRO and the leadership team to rapidly mobilise a transformation to their risk function using agile ways of working.

JCURV retail

consumer retail

We help retailers get future fit by building their capability to respond faster and more efficiently to the increasingly challenging environment

Increasing retailers agility and data capability

RETAILER CHALLENGES AND HOW WE HELP

The Retail sector is going through unprecedented change. Increased competition, rapidly changing consumer behaviours and new business models require retailers to be significantly more nimble and adaptable.

​We support retail clients deal with many of their key challenges including:

  • Rapidly defining, mobilising and executing strategy
  • Product and process innovation
  • Customer experience transformation
  • Labour productivity improvements
  • Cost optimisation
  • Extracting greater value from the data retailers have access to
  • Digital transformation
  • Building a sustainable agile change capability across the business

Examples of our work

Worked with a Sainsbury's to deliver a £1bn transformation applying Agile ways of working focusing on new propositions, productivity and organisational efficiencies

Arcadia

Worked with the Chief Digital Officer and their Digital team to improve the delivery speed and effectiveness of their online strategic programmes.

Worked with the Exco of Kellogg's Europe introducing agile ways of working to accelerate the rate of innovation and improve planning accuracy.

Worked with the Chief Data Officer of Sainsbury's plc supporting the team increase the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of how they deliver value - "We've delivered more in the last 6 weeks than the last 12 months!" - Group CFO

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JCURV Business Consultancy Retail banking and wealth management

Retail banking & wealth management

We help banks and wealth managers deliver their strategy faster and more efficiently

Creating adapting financial services organisations

RETAIL BANKING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT

With new entrants, changing consumer behaviour, new regulations and game-changing technologies and a volatile economy, Financial services has never had so much change to manage.

We support Financial services clients deal with many of their key challenges including:

  • Rapidly defining, mobilising and executing strategy
  • Programme and project mobilisation and acceleration
  • Introducing or enhancing agile capability at scale
  • Accelerating the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of the product innovation process
  • Customer experience transformation

Examples of our work

Worked with a BOI UK to transform their Mortgages and Loans business initially but spreading into regulatory delivery, Audit and HR delivering a material profit uplift and increase in staff engagement.

Supported Hargreaves Lansdown to embark on an Agile transformation accelerating the pace of change across the business from propositions development to customer experience.

Used Agile methods to successful accelerate its ability to identify, design and deploy a new propositions into the market increasing the speed to market by over 50%, productivity by 45% and staff engagement by 42%.

JCURV energy

energy and utilities

We are helping energy firms through the energy transition through rapid innovation, building data analytics capability and improving agility

Creating future ready energy firms

ENERGY AND UTILITIES CHALLENGES AND HOW WE HELP

The energy industry is experiencing fundamental change, creating significant opportunities to improve or access new revenue pools and reduce costs and risk. Increased data, digital capability, consumer attitudes and technology changes are the main drivers with the winners being those that can quickly respond.​

We support energy and utilities clients deal with many of the key challenges including:

  • Rapidly defining, mobilising and executing strategy
  • Extracting greater value from their data
  • Programme and project mobilisation and acceleration
  • Introducing or enhancing agile capability at scale
  • Accelerating the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of the product innovation process

Examples of our work

Supported the Group Head of Safety and Operations to mobilise their transformation strategy increasing automation and improving the use of data analytics to improve assurance quality and efficiency.

JCURV Business Consultancy Private Equity

private equity

We help PE firms sustainably extract greater value from their investments

Accelerating the speed to value sustainably

PRIVATE EQUITY CHALLENGES AND WHERE WE HELP

PE firms need to create value more faster and sustainably than ever before going beyond financial reengineering. With such high levels of market volatility, investments are under increased stress and require a fundamental change in how they are managed. 

We support private equity clients in the following areas:

  • Rapidly defining and mobilising strategies of organisations
  • Turning around credit card portfolios
  • Building a continuous improvement capability to drive growth and efficiencies

Examples of our work

We worked with the Exec, Board and Investors of a start-up credit card business to accelerate growth for a recent portfolio purchase. We developed a segmented existing customer strategy that will contribute to c.20% of balance growth by the end of 2021.

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