Financial services

We work where our clients already are.

Twelve of our thirteen client organisations are banks, insurers, assurers or specialist financial services businesses. That is not a marketing claim about focus — it is simply where the work is.

Why it matters

Sector knowledge is not a slogan.

A programme manager who has delivered in a retail bank knows what a model risk sign-off is, why the change advisory board meets on a Thursday, and how long security clearance takes. A generalist recruiter cannot assess for that, because they do not know to ask.

Working in one sector also means our references are useful. When a new prospect asks who else we work with, the answer is a list of institutions they compete with, regulate alongside, or sit next to on an industry body.

And it means we understand the constraints that have nothing to do with technology — the vendor onboarding process, the procurement panel cycle, the transformation targets, the POPIA obligations that follow a consultant onto your systems.

Where we work

Banking

Retail, corporate and investment banking technology — core platforms, payments, data, digital channels.

Insurance & assurance

Life, short-term and health — policy administration, claims, actuarial data, distribution technology.

Specialist financial services

Lending, administration, employee benefits and retirement fund technology.

Geography

Gauteng is our home market. We support clients in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal where an existing relationship takes us there.

What we understand

The things that slow a placement down.

None of these appear on a job description. All of them determine whether a placement succeeds.

Vetting and clearance

Criminal, credit and qualification verification, and the internal clearance steps that add weeks to a start date if nobody plans for them.

Vendor onboarding

Supplier registration, master service agreements, purchase orders and the portals each institution uses. We are already an approved supplier at several of the major banking and insurance groups.

Regulatory context

POPIA, FAIS, FICA, sanctions screening obligations and the audit trails your risk function will ask a contractor about.

Transformation targets

Your B-BBEE scorecard is affected by who you buy from. We are a Level 1 contributor, which means every rand you spend with us counts at 135%.

Change governance

How releases are approved, who sits on the CAB, and what a contractor is and is not allowed to touch in a production environment.

Rate reality

What a scarce skill actually costs in this market this quarter — not what a rate card written eighteen months ago says it should cost.

On client names

We do not publish our clients' names or logos. Institutions in this sector generally prefer that their suppliers do not, and we would rather ask permission than apologise. Named, contactable references are provided on request during a procurement process.

Already working with us elsewhere in the group?

Several of our clients started in one division and grew into two or three. If a colleague in another part of your organisation already uses Fledge, onboarding is usually straightforward.

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