Three practices. Twelve service lines. One accountable partner.
Madras Advisory is a senior-led management consultancy for banking and financial services. Scope, staffing, and delivery in one point of contact — built for organisations under heightened regulatory expectation.
03
Practices
12
Service Lines
25+
Years Senior-Led
BIAN
v12 Aligned
00 · Practices
Three lenses on the same problem.
Every engagement is led by a partner. Read the practice; then read the service lines that sit beneath it.
I
Vision into roadmap
Strategy & Design
Architecture, operating models, and the procedures that make change actually land in the bank.
04 service lines
II
Decision to delivery
Sourcing & Implementation
Make-buy-partner clarity, vendor governance, and independent assurance through delivery.
03 service lines
III
Confidence under scrutiny
Risk · Audit · Compliance
Senior-led reviews, investigative audit, ESG advisory and transaction work.
05 service lines
01 · Strategy & Design
Vision into a roadmap that ships.
Four service lines that translate ambition into prioritised programmes — and the procedures that make them stick.
01 · LIVE
Strategy
Digital Strategy
Vision, roadmap, and operating model design that translates ambition into prioritised, fundable digital programmes.
North-star vision3-year roadmapOperating model
02 · BIAN v12
Architecture
Enterprise Architecture (BIAN)
BIAN-aligned architecture, TOGAF ADF governance, target-state design and capability mapping for banking clients.
BIAN v12TOGAF ADFCapability map
03 · JOURNEY
Service Design
Service Design & Process Optimisation
End-to-end service blueprints, journey mapping, and lean process redesign to reduce friction and unit cost.
Journey mappingLean Six SigmaUnit cost down
04 · ADOPTED
Operations
Digital SOP & Training
Codified standard operating procedures, role-based training, and adoption playbooks for digital ways of working.
Role-basedAdoption playbookTraining paths
02 · Sourcing & Implementation
From decision to delivery — on the business case.
Three service lines that bridge boardroom intent and supplier reality without losing the plot.
05 · RFP
Sourcing
Sourcing Strategy
Make-buy-partner decisions, vendor landscape analysis, and RFP execution with negotiation support.
RFP designVendor scoringNegotiation
06 · PMO LIVE
PMO
Implementation Management
PMO leadership, vendor governance, and milestone-based delivery oversight for complex banking transformations.
PMO leadershipVendor governanceMilestones
07 · 98% PASS
Assurance
Application Assurance Services
Independent verification, control testing, and QA across application lifecycles — including fixed-income and core-banking platforms.
Independent QACore bankingFixed income
03 · Risk · Audit · Compliance
Confidence under scrutiny.
Five service lines for organisations operating where regulators, auditors and boards all read the same page differently.
08 · RADAR
Fraud
Enterprise Fraud Risk Management
Fraud taxonomy design, control framework assessment, and analytics-driven detection programmes across the bank.
TaxonomyControl frameworkAnalytics
09 · EVIDENCE
Forensic
Forensic Audit
Investigative audit, evidence preservation, and reporting for fraud, misconduct, and regulatory inquiry.
InvestigationEvidence chainRegulatory report
10 · REVIEW
Compliance
Regulatory Compliance Review
Targeted compliance reviews, gap analysis against evolving regulation, and remediation roadmaps.
Years partner-led across Asia-Pacific and Africa banking
$4.2B
Programme value under governance over the last cycle
06
Weeks median to scoped, costed, decision-ready plan
100%
Engagements led by a named, accountable senior partner
“Banks don't need another deck. They need a partner who stays in the room when the migration fails at 02:00 — and who has the seniority to fix it before the regulator asks.”
SM
Senthil Muthu
FOUNDING PARTNER · MADRAS ADVISORY
05 · The promise
Senior-led, not pyramid-staffed. Every engagement is scoped, staffed and reviewed by the partner who signs the contract. Three practices, twelve service lines, one phone number.
Engage
Which practice does your problem live in?
Tell us the problem in two sentences. We'll come back with the practice, the partner, and the first conversation on the calendar within 48 hours.
