SEPA Migration Checklist

How far advanced is your organisation in its transition to SEPA standards? transition to SEPA standards?

The scope of migration is surprisingly broad, with impacts likely along the entire financial supply chain. Migration is a complex process, but it needn’t be daunting.

Setting clear objectives is critical to a solid start. Use this checklist to evaluate your progress to date, or to validate your project plan.

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SEPA Project Objective

� Have you defined a target state for your accounts payable/ accounts

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receivable operating model (i.e. to achieve minimum compliance or strive for further efficiencies)?

� Does this target state incorporate end-to-end processes & platforms:

� Within your organisation

� Within your entire value chain?

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SEPA Project Scoping & Planning

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Project Completion Ongoing OpportunitiesSEPA Project

Objective

SEPA Project Scoping & Planning

� Will your project scope include adoption of:

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� SEPA Credit Transfer

� SEPA Direct Debit Core scheme

� SEPA Direct Debit B2B scheme

� Local “niche” schemes such as RIBA (Italy)?

� Which of these payment flows will your SEPA project address?

� Vendor payments

� Tax payments

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� Tax payments

� Payroll

� Local Authority payments

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SEPA Project Scoping & Planning

� Have you decided whether to implement changes on a phased

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Phased Big Bang

or ““““big bang”””” basis by:

� Country where your institution is active

� Client segment

� Payment / collection instrument

� Stakeholder group?

� Have you considered the following factors?

� Country / Industry readiness

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� Country / Industry readiness

� Counterparty readiness

� Availability of internal resources (systems, expertise)

� Budget

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Resources

� Have you decided how you will resource Internally Middleware Company

Service Bureau

Bank

the following key project tasks?

� Conversion of account number records to IBAN

� Conversion of payment instructions to XML

� Digitisation and management of Direct Debit mandates

� Modification of reconciliation process to utilise richer payment data

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to utilise richer payment data

� Amendment of reporting process

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Stakeholder Engagement

� Have you identified your internal stakeholders?

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� Procurement

� Sales

� Accounts Payable

� Accounts Receivable

� Legal, Risk & Compliance

� Customer Services

� Human Resources

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� Human Resources

SEPA Project Scoping & Planning

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Stakeholder Engagement

� Have you identified your external stakeholders?

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� Clients

� Suppliers

� Technology Vendors

� Cash Management Service Providers

� Have you assigned a:

� Program Sponsor

� Project Manager

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� Project Manager

� Project Team?

� Have you ensured all stakeholders are appropriately authorised and engaged?

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Project Completion

� Have you made plans for the following stakeholder communications:

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� Advising account number changes to clients and other interested parties

� Communicating any anticipated changes to current processes

� Training your Customer Services division to handle SEPA-related queries from clients and suppliers

� Are communication lines open to identify and track regulatory or industry impacts as and when they occur?

� Testing & Contingency

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� Have you acquired sufficient testing resources and allowed enough time for end-to-end testing of internal and external systems and processes?

� Have you arranged for adequate manual resources to intervene in case of higher-than-usual levels of payment rejections?

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Project Completion

� Are you clear on the variation in rejection parameters between

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individual Eurozone countries?

� Have you prepared and documented robust contingency plans in case accounts payable / accounts receivable processes fail after the migration deadline?

� Project Reporting & Conclusion

� Are performance metrics in place to measure effectiveness of the preparations made?

� Have you identified which milestone will determine successful project completion?

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project completion?

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Ongoing Opportunities

� Have the most eligible euro bank accounts for consolidation been identified?

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� Can euro liquidity structures be simplified or decommissioned as a result of such bank account consolidation?

� Are further efficiencies in the entire cash conversion cycle achievable?

� Would the pursuit of such efficiencies warrant the engagement of any “additional Optional Services” or other performance boosters from banks or vendors?

� Do you know how much your DPOs would benefit from transaction processing on a same day value basis?

� If your SEPA project presented an opportunity to forge a bank-agnostic channel such as SWIFT Score, would that be desirable?

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� Have you considered how your consolidated pan-regional euro transaction volumes could improve your buying power for cash management services?

� Could you combine your payables and receivables with other cash management services for a better deal with a single, pan-regional provider?

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A successful migration will need to involve critical external

Next steps…

A successful migration will need to involve critical external stakeholders such as technology vendors and banks from the very beginning. We stand ready to support you through to full SEPA compliance and beyond, as you lead your treasury to an optimal structure delivering peak performance.

Contact your J.P. Morgan Treasury Service Manager today to review your SEPA Readiness Checklist status.

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your SEPA Readiness Checklist status.