Services

Eight disciplines, one specialist focus.

Eight disciplines built around Australian Superannuation. Each one is led by partners who have delivered the same work, at scale, for the funds that set the standard.

01

Data Migrations

From scoping and lineage and build through to reconciliation and trustee sign-off. We run member-data migrations as a discipline — not a project task. Our team has migrated millions of member records across the largest funds in the Australian market.

Explore data migrations
Successor Fund Transfers
Source-to-target data lineage
Build and test data load programmes
Reconciliation and audit packs
Cutover planning and rehearsal
Post-migration assurance
02

Transitions & Mergers

Mergers and administration transitions are the most consequential events a Trustee can sign. We provide programme leadership, business architecture and operational readiness — from the first board paper to the first business day on the new platform.

Explore transitions & mergers
Programme management office (PMO)
Operational target operating model
Go-live readiness and dress rehearsal
Trustee and board reporting
Member communications strategy
Post transition handover and hypercare
03

Project Delivery

Our consultants deliver across the full project lifecycle — with deep expertise in core registry, portfolio management, unit pricing, performance and attribution, market data, custodial, and member administration platforms and processes.

Explore project delivery
Programme and project management
Business and data analysis
Solution and technical architecture
Full stack engineers
Test management and assurance
Change management
04

Testing & Quality

A pragmatic test discipline built around what actually puts members at risk — calculations, balances, communications, and cutover. We bring strategy, automation and senior testers who can sit at the trustee table when the call has to be made on whether the change is safe to go.

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Test strategy & planning
Test execution & documentation
Automation frameworks
UAT facilitation
Defect triage at scale
05

Compliance & Regulatory

We translate prudential standards and legislative change into operational reality. Your Future Your Super, RG 97, retirement income covenant, financial accountability and the operational consequences each one carries.

Explore compliance & regulatory
Your Future Your Super compliance
Retirement Income Covenant delivery
CPS 230 operational resilience
APRA and ASIC reporting uplift
Risk and control framework design
Financial Accounting Regime (FAR)
06

Operational Remediation

We provide a structured, end-to-end Operational Remediation service that brings dedicated specialist teams directly into your operations. We triage, investigate, and resolve member incidents across insurance, administration, compliance and complaints — at pace, to a fixed programme structure, and with full accountability for outcomes.

Explore operational remediation
Operational leadership
Insurance incident resolution
Administration incident management
Complaints handling and SLA recovery
Compliance and risk analysis
Operational BAU backfill
07

Specialist Talent

Our recruitment practice places specialists in the same domain we consult in. Every placement is screened by people who have done the job — Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Test Leads, and Data Migration Specialists.

Explore specialist talent
Permanent and contract placement
Executive search for fund leadership
Project team build-outs
Specialist data and platform talent
Retained advisory engagements
08

Desda Labs

A test-and-learn delivery model. We stand up a ring-fenced lab at your site to prototype, test and prove change against real evidence — before it is committed to full-scale delivery. Built on lean principles and run in short, repeatable loops, it lowers delivery risk and gets you to validated outcomes faster.

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Ring-fenced sandbox environment
Frame–prototype–test–learn loops
Three zones, two governed stage gates
Evidence-based scale decisions
Embedded, cross-functional teams
A lower-risk path to delivery
$500B+
Funds Under Management migrated
500yrs
Combined delivery experience
15+
Years specialising in Superannuation
6M+
Member records transitioned

Considering a transition, a migration, or a programme that has to land?

A fifteen-minute conversation with one of our partners is the fastest way to understand whether Desda is the right team for the work in front of you.

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