Financial Services

Empowering Sales & Advisory Teams Through Unified Business Intelligence

Overview

We partnered with a leading U.S. financial services organization (client name confidential) to design a web-based platform for internal business units, focused on surfacing key performance data, policy insights, and sales activity.

The application centralized books of business, policy-level detail, and sales reporting—enabling advisors and sales managers to make smarter, faster decisions. I led product design for the platform, crafting a scalable, insight-rich experience grounded in real user workflows.

    • Advisors Need Context at a Glance:
      Interviews and shadowing revealed that advisors often juggled multiple clients, policies, and territories. We designed high-level overviews with drill-down paths that made it easy to move from macro business trends to individual policy or client records.

    • Sales Managers Need Trends, Not Just Data:
      Dashboards were built to surface actionable insights: year-over-year performance, conversion funnels, territory gaps, and advisor-level comparisons—making reporting strategic, not just reactive.

    • Books of Business as a Central Pillar:
      Each advisor’s book of business became a dynamic view that included client details, policy history, current status, and opportunities—fully searchable and filterable, integrated with their performance goals.

    • Custom Roles, Consistent Framework:
      While the tool served multiple internal roles, we created a unified design framework that allowed UI reuse while preserving role-specific views and permissions—keeping the product efficient to build and intuitive to use.

    • Real-Time + Historical Data Views:
      We introduced a hybrid time-viewing model so users could toggle between live dashboards and historical snapshots, supporting strategic planning and in-the-moment decisions with equal clarity.

    • Unified Data, Unified Experience:
      Previously, different departments had their own reports, platforms, and terminology. We worked with SMEs to unify the language, logic, and layout—reducing confusion and aligning the org on shared metrics.

    • Componentized Design System:
      A scalable design system was built for the platform and future tools—including chart modules, data tables, profile summaries, and notification components. This sped up design and engineering velocity across teams.

    • Advisor Efficiency Boosted:
      User testing showed measurable gains in advisor efficiency: fewer clicks to key actions, better visibility into upcoming renewals, and simplified navigation of large policy portfolios.

    • Executive Trust Through Design Clarity:
      The visual design elevated internal confidence in the tool. Clean, high-contrast data visualization and thoughtful use of hierarchy ensured that executives and managers trusted what they saw—and were more inclined to act on it.