Turn Your IT Project Obstacles  into Opportunities

With extensive specialised experience in Asset and Motor Finance, Finativ delivers tailor-made solutions for mid-project challenges

Whether you're facing resource constraints, technical challenges, or timeline pressures, our expert team is ready to step in and turn your project around. We don't just offer advice – you get hands-on, specific solutions that drive real results.

Rapid assessment and custom recovery strategies
Hands-on implementation by industry experts
Evaluate your existing systems for AI compatibility and prepare your team 
Efficient resource optimisation to stay on budget
Continuous progress monitoring for assured success
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Turning Challenges into Success Stories

At Finativ, we have industry specialists with vast experience in turning project uncertainty into project excellence. Our services are particularly suited to mid-sized asset and motor finance companies navigating the complexities of IT projects.

Below, we offer a deeper dive into how our targeted expertise not only addresses but anticipates the kind of unique challenges your projects encounter.

1. Rapid Diagnosis

We swiftly identify the root causes of your project's challenges, leveraging our deep industry knowledge to spot issues others might miss.

2. Tailored Recovery Plan

Our approach is anything but one-size-fits-all. We consider your company’s unique challenges, resources, and goals to develop a recovery plan that aligns perfectly with your needs—ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and economic viably.

3. Hands-On Implementation

With a strategy in place, our team of seasoned professionals works closely with your internal teams to steer projects back on course. This encompasses everything from realigning timelines and resource allocation to the implementation of strategic pivots designed to overcome obstacles and optimise performance.

4. Resource Optimisation

We maximise the efficiency of your existing resources and introduce cost-effective solutions to keep your project on budget without compromising quality.

5. Continuous Monitoring and Adaptation

Through robust tracking and regular check-ins, we ensure your project stays on course, adapting our approach as needed to guarantee success.

6. Knowledge Transfer

We don't just fix your current project, we empower your team with new skills and insights, enhancing your capability to handle future challenges.

The Finativ Difference

In partnering with Finativ, you benefit from more than just a consultancy service; you gain a strategic ally committed to transforming your project challenges.

Finativ stands apart with a blend of expertise uniquely tailored to the asset and motor finance sector. Unlike broad-spectrum consultancies, we dive deep into the specific challenges and nuances of this sector. Our approach is grounded in decades of hands-on experience and a substantial record of turning struggling projects into successes.

Our unique position in the asset and motor finance sector allows us to offer:

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Industry-Specific Expertise

Unlike generic consultancies, we exclusively focus on asset and motor finance. This laser-focused approach means we understand your industry's nuances, regulations, and unique challenges better than anyone else.

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Hands-On Specialists

Our team doesn't just advise – we roll up our sleeves and work alongside you. With Finativ, you're not getting junior consultants or theoretical strategies. You get seasoned professionals who have personally steered countless projects to success.

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Tailored, Agile Approach

We don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Our small, agile team crafts bespoke strategies for each project, ensuring a perfect fit for your specific needs and organisational culture.

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Cost-Effective Solutions

As a boutique consultancy, we offer the expertise of large firms without the inflated costs. Our lean structure means you get top-tier support at competitive rates.

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Vendor-Neutral Stance

As an independent consultancy, we're not tied to any particular software or solution. Our recommendations are always in your best interest, not driven by commissions or partnerships.

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Knowledge Transfer Focus

We don't just fix your current project – we equip your team with the skills and insights to handle future challenges, fostering long-term success.

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What clients say about working with Finativ 

  • “Finativ reviewed all aspects of our asset finance business across our relationships, products, processes, policies and organisation, whilst always earning the trust and respect of our colleagues. As a result of the collaboration, we’re now significantly exceeding our asset finance targets, and are already partnering with Finativ in another business unit.”
    Conrad Ford
    Chief Product Officer, Allica Bank
  • “Finativ carried out a thorough review of our operations.  Their recommendations were thoughtful and far-reaching, helping us reshape key elements of our process and organisation to improve productivity, risk management and team morale.  As a result, we now have a firm foundation for service excellence and new business growth.”
    Paul Bartley
    Managing Director, Asset Finance - Hampshire Trust Bank plc
  • “Finativ’s insightful research and thoughtful guidance have deepened our understanding of our client requirements.  They’ve played a major role in informing our product design and market development, for both the asset and invoice finance markets.  The team at Finativ are a pleasure to work with and I recommend them unreservedly.”
    Steve Taplin
    Managing Director, Lendscape Ltd
  • “Finativ delivered a programme of training and best practice sharing that created a community of process improvement experts within the business. Operating cross-functionally, this drove productivity gains, better working practices and improved internal communication. As a next step, Finativ introduced then guided us through the ISO9001 quality management standard to embed operational excellence and enhanced service for our clients.”
    Andrew Beard
    Chief Information Officer, CLM Fleet Management plc
  • “Access to Finativ’s local knowledge, experience and insight enabled us to quickly qualify and enhance a new market entry strategy we had begun to develop and identify critical success factors within the plan.

    The ability to then assist with the implementation of the plan and make introductions to potential local customers, significantly enhanced the value of the Finativ proposition to us.”
    James Rudolf
    Chief Commercial Officer, Acquis
  • “As CEO of an early-stage tech business targeting the motor and asset finance market, I was looking to partner with an advisory service big enough to have depth, small enough to care and experienced enough to add value. I hit the jackpot with Finativ. The whole team is sincere and trustworthy, I see them more as an extension of our team than an external partner.”
    Adrian Walsh
    Chief Executive, CheckVentory Innovation Ltd
  • “Working with our executive team, Finativ has helped us with a strategy process that turned stretching growth ambitions into a coherent transformation programme. While sensitive to our specific business culture, they helped us to understand our potential and create a plan of what we need to do and how we need to change. 

    Maintaining the quality and pace of change will be essential - signing up to the Finativ Flex programme now gives us continuous independent oversight of our programme with a healthy challenge on quality and speed of progress, plus access to the entire Finativ team, whenever we want it and for whatever we choose. I recommend it thoroughly!”
    Daniel Bailey
    Executive Director, Arkle Finance Limited

Meet the Team

With decades of combined experience in the asset finance sector, our consultants have helped numerous businesses like yours achieve transformative outcomes. At Finativ, your work is always in the hands of seasoned professionals, ensuring the highest quality of strategic guidance.
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SIMON HARRIS

After nearly 30 years of operational automotive and captive financial services experience, including Black Horse, Daimler and Allianz, since 2016 Simon has spent his time in consultancy and advisory roles for a number of OEM and automotive financial services clients.

Much of Simon’s experience has been accumulated in major, international RfP and implementation settings, both as client and service provider.

LOUISE IKONOMIDES

 Louise excels at driving operational excellence and business transformation for financial institutions. As a COO and Managing Director for fintech and asset finance firms, she led high-performing teams to increase efficiency and deliver innovative solutions.

Companies that have benefitted from Louise's strategic leadership include Close Brothers, Investec, Commerzbank, British Business Bank, BLME, PEAC, Triplepoint, Klarna, White Oak, and Lombard.

With a unique combination of strategic vision, financial services expertise, and commitment to operational rigour, Louise specialises in operational reviews, process design and improvement.
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Simon Potts

An accomplished technology leader having held global roles covering IT strategy and digital transformation in the asset finance industry.

Spending 24 years at IBM Financing, Simon held worldwide responsibility for AI, Automation and Workflow, Analytics, Information and Sales Enablement Tools. Recognised as a thought leader and major contributor to IBM Financing IT strategy, functional architecture and strategic system deployments.

Simon is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.​

MARK STODDART

Formerly Head of Professional Services Programmes & Implementation, Large Enterprise Operations at Xerox Europe, with extensive experience in large project implementation and business analysis, Mark is key to our activities in operational effectiveness and efficiency, including implementation of emerging technologies for process automation.

Mark is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Act Now to Secure Your Project's Success

Time is crucial in project recovery. Every day your project remains off track increases costs and risks.

Finativ's specialised approach is designed to efficiently diagnose, intervene, and guide your projects to success—minimising losses and supporting your company's growth.

With Finativ, you can expect:
Expert Support: Our industry veterans take charge of your project challenges.
Efficient Progress: Meet project milestones with our proven strategies.
Cost Management: Bring your project back within budget without compromising quality.
Team Development: Equip your team with valuable skills and insights.
Don't let delays compromise your project's potential. Our team is ready to act, helping your project achieve its objectives.

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