Advisory services
Four advisory lanes. One bounded question at a time.
ARE Global reviews controls, reconstructs evidence, and clarifies the next action. Each engagement starts with a question your reviewer must answer, an artifact that will support the answer, and written criteria for accepting it.
The advisory lanes
01 / Advisory lane
Fraud Risk & Payment Controls
Payment authorization, vendor and payment-instruction changes, exceptions, escalation, control ownership, and evidence that controls actually operated.
Typical outputs
Control-and-evidence matrix, decision memorandum, prioritized closure register.
02 / Advisory lane
Identity Verification & Documentation
Proofing and authentication steps in onboarding and access decisions, authority, exception paths, record retention, and decision traceability.
Typical outputs
Identity decision record, documentation-gap register, proposed closure criteria.
03 / Advisory lane
Federal Vendor Readiness
Business identity, capability claims, and supporting records organized against a stated buyer requirement, with open items assigned to an owner.
Typical outputs
Claim-and-evidence matrix, work-package brief, readiness register.
04 / Advisory lane
SI Workflow Decision Quality
Source quality, failure paths, human-review gates, escalation, and release responsibility in machine-assisted workflows. Human review is always required.
Typical outputs
Claim-to-source review, human-review gate design, remediation register.
Evidence reconstruction and authorized adversarial (red-team) analysis support every lane by testing assumptions, competing explanations, and failure paths within the agreed scope.
Start with one bounded review
Choose a review question, not an open-ended mandate. Written scope sets the exact source set, output, responsibilities, and dependencies.
Entry engagement / 01
Payment-Control Review
Scope
One selected payment-authorization or exception process.
Inputs to agree
Relevant procedure, a scoped record selection, approval evidence, and exception records.
Deliverables
Control-and-evidence matrix, decision memorandum, prioritized closure register.
Exclusions
No transaction execution, payment approval, or audit assurance.
Entry engagement / 02
Identity-Control Review
Scope
One onboarding or access-decision workflow.
Inputs to agree
Verification procedure, appropriately minimized records, authority and exception history.
Deliverables
Identity decision record, documentation-gap register, proposed closure criteria.
Exclusions
No credential issuance, live verification platform, or identity investigation.
Entry engagement / 03
Vendor-Readiness Review
Scope
One buyer requirement and its supporting packet.
Inputs to agree
The buyer request or teaming role, current capability materials, and an index of supporting records.
Deliverables
Claim-and-evidence matrix, work-package brief, readiness register.
Exclusions
No vendor approval, eligibility determination, certification, or award.
Entry engagement / 04
SI Decision-Quality Review
Scope
One machine-assisted workflow that affects a material decision.
Inputs to agree
Authorized source set, selected outputs, review rules, tool boundaries, and release process.
Deliverables
Claim-to-source review, human-review gates, remediation register.
Exclusions
No live-model benchmark, system certification, or guarantee of output accuracy.
These are proposed engagement formats, not fixed-price offers or completed assignments. Timing, fees, handling route, and acceptance criteria are agreed after a fit review. The client provides authorized records and names the decision owner.
Engagement process
- Non-sensitive inquiry. Organization, decision, audience, deadline.
- Fit review. Requirement, evidence, authority, information handling, and timing.
- Written scope. Question, record set, exclusions, deliverable, acceptance criteria.
- Authorized records. Transferred only through the agreed handling route.
- Human-reviewed analysis. SI may assist permitted tasks; the principal checks material conclusions.
- Delivery and closure. Dated version, open items, owners, and closure conditions.
For federal buyers and prime teams
Discuss a focused advisory or subcontract work package. Capacity, authority, contract terms, insurance requirements, information handling, and acceptance are confirmed before commitment.
Classification references: Primary NAICS 541611. Secondary NAICS 541690, 541618, 541519. PSC R406, R408, R410, R499, DJ01. No contract vehicle or federal past performance is represented.
Bring the requirement and the deadline.
Start with your organization, review question, intended audience, proposed role, and timing. Do not attach sensitive records or credentials.
alfonso.evans@areglobalconsulting.com
Office 218-693-2958 | Mobile 412-518-6639
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania