Leadership Team - Business Consulting Services

We are looking to launch a new business and would like to involve students in this exciting time to develop a financial business plan. We can provide access to internal documentation other information as needed as well as access to key contacts. Based on our unique goals and constraints, we would like students to develop a strong, competitive financial business plan to present to investors. The plan should include: Sales forecasting Expense budget Income projections (conservative and aggressive) Assets and liabilities Break-even analysis Participants will take a holistic approach, analyzing the topic of their choice from the perspective of multiple finance sector disciplines to generate the most beneficial and multidimensional recommendations for your organization. Based on the mutually defined scope and specifications, each group will develop a project charter, specifications, and a full project plan. Participant Details: Represent a variety of disciplines within finance including, but not limited to, Consultants, Business Analyst, Development & Strategy, Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Analysis, Project Management, and Process Improvement. Have more than five years of experience in the Financial Industry and IT in Finance. Our highly trained and educated, with over 80% having completed a Master’s Degree. Recent graduates have been hired by RBC, TD Bank, Scotiabank, CIBC, among others, in positions such as Senior Manager Business Development & Strategy, Senior Consultant Financial Data Scientist, Digital Product Lead, and Head of Risk Division. Sample projects topics include, but are not limited to: New Products Process Improvement FinTech Finance Risk, Audit, and Compliance Fraud Customer Service Bank Products Financing and Loans Mergers and Acquisitions Equity Research Insurance Capital markets Investments

IT Connections & Insights

A class of experienced IT professionals working in groups of 5 will spend 100 hours per team collectively working to provide an innovative solution for the IT challenge that your organization provides. Source Top Talent: ACCES Employment will help any Industry Partner submits a project to recruit an internationally-trained professional for your hiring needs. These IT professionals are mentored and guided by IT Industry leaders while receiving academic training from Ryerson University . Through this program, recently-immigrated professionals are provided Canadian workplace and academic training to allow them to transition into a full-time position in the Ontario IT sector. For more information on the program, see http://accesemployment.ca/index.php/information-technology-connections. Examples include, but are not limited to: Comparing different software vendors to meet a particular business need and providing recommendations. Creating a project plan for the implementation of new technology. Creating a proposed plan to introduce your team to Agile methodologies.

Business Analytics Capstone - Spring 2021

The capstone project provides an opportunity for businesses and learners to collaborate to identify and translate a real business problem into an analytics problem. The project can include elements of data collection & preparation, data modeling, and analysis with the potential to include predictive modeling, machine learning implementation, constructing dashboards or spreadsheets, programming, statistical analysis, and a solution deployment plan. Capstone project results/recommendations will be communicated in a report document and a final presentation. You should submit a high-level proposal/business problem statement including relevant data sets and definitions, a list of acceptable tools (if applicable), and expected deliverables. Business datasets could be provided based on a non-disclosure agreement or in an anonymized/synthetic data format relevant to your organization and business problem. The capstone course instructors will review the documents to confirm the proposed problem's scope and timing and its alignment with the capstone course requirements. Analytics solution may be applicable for (however, they are not limited to) the following topics: Customer acquisition and retention Nonprofit program evaluation and funding Analyzing business data Merchandising for trade areas (categories) Quantifying Customer Lifetime Value Determining media consumption (mass vs. digital) Reduction of client churn (lower abandonment) Cross-sell and up-sell opportunities Develop high propensity target markets Customer segmentation (behavioral or transactional) New Product/Product line development Market Basket Analysis to understand which items are often purchased together. Ranking markets by potential revenue Consumer personification To ensure students’ learning objectives are achieved, we recommend that the datasets are at least 20,000+ rows in size. Data need not be ‘clean’; it is advantageous to the students’ learning experience to require hygiene before analysis. Similarly, if more than one database is provided, which must be conjoined, students will be required to integrate them. This supports the learning experience and minimizes partner data preparations.