United Arab Emirates — Technology-first consulting

Build what others only advise.

First Initiative for Research-Based Consulting and Technology (FIRCT)

FIRCT combines research, expert judgment and technology to construct decisions, systems, platforms and transformations for organizations where conventional consulting is not enough.

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Four capabilities · one operating system

Choose the pressure.
We assemble the response.

FIRCT does not make clients navigate a catalogue. Start with the issue; the right combination of advisory, technology, strategy and transformation follows.

01 / ACTIVE CAPABILITY

Advisory

Judgment that can stand behind its logic.

For financial, regulatory and business matters requiring research, documentation discipline and defensible conclusions.

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DEFINED DELIVERY DOMAINS11
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  1. 01Accounting advisory
  2. 02Financial reporting advisory
  3. 03CFO advisory and finance function support
  4. 04Tax advisory and coordination support
  5. 05Business advisory
  6. 06Transaction advisory service
  7. 07Controls and compliance advisory
  8. 08Governance and policy support
  9. 09Management reporting and decision-support
  10. 10Finance process improvement
  11. 11Regulatory and technical position support
Intelligence Lab · Delivery operating model

Every mandate is architected.
The Lab expands what it can become.

Senior accountability organizes the work. Specialist intelligence strengthens the thinking. Technology accelerates the response. Independent review protects what reaches the client.

DELIVERY OPERATING MODEL

The client at the centre.
FIRCT assembled around the mandate.

Responsibility is configured by proximity: relationship first, then orchestration, capability, expertise, enablement and independent quality review.

CLIENTMANDATE CORE
DeliveryClient Lead

Senior relationship responsibility and client expectation alignment.

Expectations aligned
Expertise configured
Technology enabled
Quality independently challenged
INDUSTRY CONTEXT

Specialist intelligence,
configured to the environment.

FIRCT brings the operating model and Lab together around the realities, regulatory pressure and commercial language of each client environment.

Navigate industry contexts
THE FIRCT DIFFERENCE

We do not add capability.
We multiply it.

Research establishes the logic. People provide context, creativity and accountability. Machines create speed, consistency and range. FIRCT controls the combination from issue to outcome.

THE COMPOUNDED RESULTDelivery
Beyond
Expectation.
Clear · defensible · executable · owned
ACTIVE MULTIPLIER4Connected capabilities

Advisory, Technology, Strategy and Transformation are configured together around the pressure—not sold as disconnected service lines.

AdvisoryTechnologyStrategyTransformation
Not more activityMore recognizable client value
FROM ADVICE TO OPERATING REALITY

Advice is only valuable when it becomes a better decision, a stronger system or a working result.

FIRCT does not stop at recommendation. We design what must change, enable it with technology, control execution and leave the client able to own the outcome.

RESEARCH + EXPERT JUDGMENTADVICEStructured understanding enters the mandate.
CLARITY UNDER PRESSURE

Better decision

Evidence, options and judgment made clear enough to commit people, capital and time.

CLARITY · EVIDENCE · ACCOUNTABILITY
CONTROL THAT OPERATES

Stronger system

Process, technology, data and controls configured to perform consistently beyond the project.

TECHNOLOGY · CONTROL · VISIBILITY
VALUE THAT CAN BE SEEN

Working result

Execution moved forward, ownership transferred and progress made recognizable to the client.

EXECUTION · OWNERSHIP · VALUE
REGTECH PROOF · BUILT BY FIRCT

When the answer should become infrastructure, we build it.

Mubaadara is FIRCT's clearest proof: a proprietary digital backbone for secure audit-confirmation exchange, engineered around authorization, evidence traceability and controlled professional workflows.

Role-governed exchangeEvidence traceabilityControlled response integrity
FIRCT InitiativeFIRCT / PROPRIETARY REGTECH
PLATFORM LIVE
AUDIT CONFIRMATION PLATFORM

Mubaadara

Where authorization, response integrity and evidence become one secure professional workflow.

RequestAuthorizeRespondEvidence
ENTER THE LIVE PLATFORMMubaadara | Audit Confirmation Platform
LEADERSHIP

Senior accountability.
Close to the work.

FIRCT assembles expertise around the mandate. Leadership stays involved—connecting judgment, technology and delivery without layers added for appearance.

SENIOR ACCOUNTABILITY / DIRECT ACCESSLEADERSHIP REMAINS CLOSE TO THE WORK
Rafał Kochan
16+ yearsEXECUTIVE-LEVEL LEADERSHIP
Practice Lead

Rafał
Kochan

With over 16 years of experience in the financial-services sector, Rafał brings deep expertise in banking operations, software implementation and project management, underpinned by PRINCE2 and agile certifications.

His career includes leadership roles in complex transformation initiatives for top-tier global financial institutions. He has led end-to-end system integrations and regulatory projects across multi-jurisdictional environments—bridging business and technology to deliver operational efficiency, scalable solutions, regulatory compliance and effective risk mitigation.

Banking operationsRegulatory transformationSystem integrationBusiness–technology bridge
YOUR NEXT SERIOUS PROBLEM

Bring us the complexity.
We will build the clarity.

Where expectations are high and ordinary advice is not enough, FIRCT connects research, expert judgment and technology to build the outcome.

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