Operating Model Design
Operating model design helps finance leaders decide how work should be structured, where accountability should sit, and how the function should support the business.
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Operating model issues often sit beneath performance issues
Role clarity and service design matter
When finance teams feel stretched, slow or overly transactional, the issue is often structural rather than individual. Work may be split poorly, decision rights may be unclear, or the service model may no longer fit the organisation's needs.
Achemar helps finance leaders redesign structures, accountabilities and business interfaces so the function can operate with greater clarity, consistency and effectiveness.
What we deliver
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Current-state operating model review
A clear view of how work is currently structured, where friction sits, and what is driving inefficiency.
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Target service model design
A practical model for shared services, business partnering, centres of expertise, or hybrid structures where appropriate.
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Role and accountability clarity
Sharper decision rights and clearer responsibilities across finance and business interfaces.
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Transition roadmap
A staged path to implementation that reflects change impacts, sequencing and capability needs.
Design around how work should flow
A better model for finance delivery
We start with the work itself: what should be centralised, what needs to stay close to the business, where specialist capability is required, and what leaders need from finance. From there, we design a model that balances service, control and capacity.
The result is an operating model that is easier to explain, govern and scale.
What strong operating model design requires
Clear decision rights
Operating models work better when leaders know who owns what and where decisions sit.
Consistent service delivery
Well-designed models reduce duplicated effort, uneven support and avoidable friction.
Faster escalation paths
Sharper accountabilities support quicker resolution of finance issues and better management of exceptions.
A scalable team structure
The right model makes growth, change and future systems investment easier to absorb.
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Design a finance model that fits the organisation
If the current structure is creating friction, we can help redesign the model and sequence the change.
Related services
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Common questions
Not always. Sometimes the answer is role clarity, service redesign, or governance changes rather than formal restructuring.
Yes. Operating model design often provides the foundation for wider finance transformation.
Yes. Business partnering expectations and interfaces are often central to the design problem.
We can work from high-level target design through to role clarity, service definitions, and implementation planning.