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Our Services

Three engagements. Each designed for a specific challenge.

Verntide's consulting services address shared services consolidation, client onboarding friction, and leadership alignment — the three areas where Hong Kong organisations most often carry unnecessary drag.

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Our Methodology

How we approach each engagement

Our methodology is consistent across all three services: we assess before we advise, we design with the implementation team in mind, and we close every engagement with a formal handover rather than just a report.

Each engagement begins with a written agreement that specifies scope, timeline, and deliverables. This removes ambiguity early and means the work can start from a foundation of shared expectations rather than assumptions.

Assess

Diagnose before designing

Design

Build for real use, not for show

Collaborate

Involve your team throughout

Hand over

Leave you ready to act

Shared Services Design

Service 01

Shared Services Design

Many organisations that have grown through acquisition or organic expansion carry duplicated functions across their entities. Finance teams, HR processes, IT support, and procurement arrangements often operate independently in each business unit, creating inconsistency and cost without proportionate benefit. Shared Services Design brings these functions together under a single operating model, reducing duplication while maintaining appropriate flexibility across the group.

Key benefits:

Reduced duplication across finance, HR, IT, and procurement functions
Greater consistency in how processes are delivered across the group
A documented migration plan your operations team can implement
Clarity on where centralisation helps — and where local control should remain

Process Steps

  1. 1. Structured assessment of current distributed operations across all entities
  2. 2. Target operating model design — functions, accountabilities, governance structure
  3. 3. Gap analysis between current state and target model
  4. 4. Migration plan with sequenced steps, dependencies, and handover protocol

Duration

6 weeks

Fee

HK$6,200

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Service 02

Client Onboarding Optimisation

The onboarding experience shapes how clients feel about the decision they've just made to work with you. A slow, confusing, or poorly sequenced intake process can undermine confidence at the exact moment it should be building. Client Onboarding Optimisation reviews the end-to-end intake journey and redesigns it to reduce friction, accelerate time-to-value, and leave new clients feeling well-received.

Key benefits:

Shorter time between agreement and the client receiving substantive value
Fewer handoff failures and communication gaps in the intake phase
A redesigned onboarding blueprint your team can follow consistently
Implementation checklist to support rollout without further consulting

Process Steps

  1. 1. Process mapping of the current onboarding journey from agreement through initial delivery
  2. 2. Client journey analysis — identifying friction points and moments where confidence drops
  3. 3. Workflow redesign with sequenced steps, responsibilities, and timing
  4. 4. Blueprint and implementation checklist handover with walkthrough session

Duration

3 weeks

Fee

HK$3,400

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Client onboarding process
Strategic Retreat Design

Service 03

Strategic Retreat Design

Leadership teams often lack a genuine forum for strategic conversation — one that goes beyond operational updates and allows difficult questions to surface in a structured, productive way. Strategic Retreat Design builds that forum around your specific challenges. The result is a facilitated multi-day retreat that has been prepared well, runs purposefully, and leaves behind concrete commitments rather than just energy and goodwill.

Key benefits:

A retreat tailored to your actual strategic challenges — not a generic format
Leadership team properly prepared through pre-read materials and interviews
Two days of skilled facilitation focused on real decisions and alignment
90-day accountability plan ensuring momentum continues after the retreat

Process Steps

  1. 1. Stakeholder interviews with leadership team members to surface priority topics
  2. 2. Pre-read materials and session exercises designed for the group's specific challenges
  3. 3. Two-day facilitated retreat with structured agenda, managed discussion, and decision points
  4. 4. Commitment register and 90-day accountability plan delivered post-retreat

Duration

6 weeks prep + 2 days

Fee

HK$7,000

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Choosing the Right Engagement

Service comparison

Each service addresses a distinct challenge. Use this to identify which engagement most closely fits your current situation.

Feature Shared Services
HK$6,200		 Onboarding
HK$3,400		 Strategic Retreat
HK$7,000
Best forMulti-entity or group structuresService-based businessesLeadership teams at a crossroads
Duration6 weeks3 weeks6 wks + 2 days
Stakeholder interviews—
Process mapping—
Live facilitation——
Implementation plan
Post-delivery accountability——

Not sure which fits best? A scoping conversation is always the right starting point.

Across All Services

Standards shared by every engagement

Confidentiality

Information shared during any engagement is treated with full discretion and not discussed with other clients or third parties.

Written agreement first

No work begins without a signed engagement letter. Scope, deliverables, fees, and timeline are all documented in advance.

Structured check-ins

Progress updates at agreed milestones throughout the engagement. Clients are never left wondering where things stand.

Named lead consultant

One consultant leads each engagement from scoping through handover. No rotation, no hand-offs mid-project.

Data privacy

All operational data handled in line with Hong Kong privacy ordinances. Data returned or destroyed at project close.

Independent counsel

No vendor affiliations. Every recommendation reflects what we believe serves the client's needs — nothing else influences our advice.

Pricing

Fixed fees, no surprises

Service 02

Onboarding Optimisation

HK$3,400

Per engagement · 3 weeks

  • Process mapping
  • Journey analysis
  • Redesigned blueprint
  • Implementation checklist
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Service 01

Shared Services Design

HK$6,200

Per engagement · 6 weeks

  • Operations assessment
  • Target operating model
  • Gap analysis
  • Migration plan
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Service 03

Strategic Retreat Design

HK$7,000

Per engagement · 6 wks + 2 days

  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Custom exercise design
  • Two-day facilitation
  • 90-day accountability plan
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Start the conversation

Not sure where to start? That's fine.

Contact us to describe what your organisation is working through. We'll share our honest view on whether any of our services is the right fit — and if it isn't, we'll say so.

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