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At AFC we’d rather focus on solving problems and building trust than skills. But we do bring skills to the table. The AFC Capability Matrix better explains these skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skill<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Work style<\/strong>
– Working Flexibility
– Adjunct labor
– Remote work<\/td>		– Pay-as-you-go charge model.
– No cost to customer to provide space or tools.
– Flexible resource availability.
– Contractually, there is no guarantee for customer to provide work.\u00a0
– The contract protects the relationship and sets out working expectations.
-All staff are a D4 on the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model with high competence and high commitment.
-Fully functioning remote offices.<\/td><\/tr>
Project Management \/ Program Management<\/strong>
– Manage projects from business case
– Manage offshore development of software\/hardware for projects
– Project charter
– Project management plan through execution and closing
– Project Management Office (PMO) standardization and adaptation of common tools and practices
– Program Portfolio Management<\/td>		– Staff are PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certified.
– Manage concurrent projects \u2013 10-50 at once.
– Manage projects with software (Microsoft Project) and without (Spreadsheet)
– Manage projects with and without Earned Value Management.
– Managed projects in construction, telecommunication, oil & gas and legal industries.
– Includes management of a project management office (PMO).
– Extensive documentation kept to document all processes and operational information for project or business; this includes document management with revision history and ensuring that all this information is kept in a single location for easy retrieval.  <\/td><\/tr>
Business Analysis<\/strong>
– Identify business needs
– Find solutions to problems
– Facilitate process improvement
– Data Modeling & System Mapping
– Write business cases<\/td>		– Analyse business needs and write business cases.
– Assessment of current practices with identification of improvements\/enhancements to improve metrics.
– Create standards and processes to solve business pain points.<\/td><\/tr>
Business Development Support<\/strong><\/td>– Develop strategy
– Sales support
– Marketing support
– Establishing metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs)  <\/td><\/tr>
Process Improvement & Business Optimization<\/strong><\/td>– Identify processes significantly impacting operational or project efficiency and facilitate a team of professionals to develop solutions acceptable to stakeholders.
– Help process be adopted by entire firms if needed.
– Merger \/ Acquisition process assessment (as-is) and adaption of new standards (to-be) through integration of tools, processes and training.<\/td><\/tr>
Automation<\/strong>
– Automate tasks via process creation and software
– Includes use of Low Code Development<\/td>		– Develop a data structure that can be easily pulled into a dashboard to facilitate business decisions, reduce labor, improve time to produce deliverables.
– Take processes designed on flat spreadsheets and convert to relational database design and modern UI to improve reporting, task productivity and task collaboration. Low Code Platform

Experience Includes: QuickBase, TrackVia, SharePoint, Microsoft Power Platform, OutSystems<\/td><\/tr>
Information Technology (IT)<\/strong>
– Software
– Computers (Servers\/Desktops)
– Data Centres<\/td>		– Staff have experience in all areas of IT including architecture and security (GSEC certified).
– Software experience in desktop and enterprise tools (including ERP).<\/td><\/tr>
Legal<\/strong>
– Writing contracts
– Reviewing and analysing contracts for issues
– Negotiating contracts<\/td>		– Developed engineering and collocation contracts.
– Regularly reviewed\/analysed customer contracts for changes and flag problematic clauses.
– Partially automated review\/analysis of contracts with software.  

Note: this is not legal advice, all contracts will need to be reviewed by a board-certified lawyer.<\/td><\/tr>
Accounting \/ Bookkeeping<\/strong>
– Budgeting
– Income Statements
– Balance Sheets
– Accounts Payable
– AFE Approvals
– Accruals
– Capital Management Program
– Budget, Forecast and Capital Lookback
– Invoicing<\/td>		– We can develop and maintain income statements and balance sheets.
– Staff are familiar with and able to execute most basic accounting skills.
– Process assessment for various accounting groups on how data\/information flows within a group to identify areas where efficiencies can make a positive financial impact.   

Note: Staff currently has no accounting designation.  <\/td><\/tr>
Human Resources<\/strong><\/td>– Develop policies and procedures
– Recruit staff
– Manage large program resource model and onboarding
– Development of Training<\/td><\/tr>
Conceptual Design \/ Feasibility Study (Engineering)<\/strong><\/td>– We have Flex-Consultants with an engineering background. This means we can complete initial conceptual design \/ feasibility study in order to develop a business case. The business case can be then used to create a budget and conduct an invitation to bid (ITB) for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies.  

Note: AFC staff do not provide finalized engineering designs complete with professional engineer\u2019s stamp. AFC simply reduces the cost by doing the upfront work.    <\/td><\/tr>
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A full capability matrix, which includes working examples, is available and provide upon request.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Global Payments Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After an extensive review of Global Payments Providers in early 2018, AFC started using Veem. Learn more about Veem by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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