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(1). A way for compliance, operations and/or legal department employees to put a positive spin on their role in losing a piece of business.
“Well, someone had to be the adult in the room here! I mean, just because they have millions of dollars in potential business doesn’t justify giving them more than one toaster for opening their account with us!”
(1). What they used to just call “account opening”. It’s still just “account opening”.
“So, I reached out to our client onboarding team today to see when we should expect the account to be open. They asked us for a few missing things, which I was hoping you could get from the client. Let’s see: birth certificate … mother’s maiden name … and … umm … urine sample. That should do it. Thanks a bunch!”
(1). An indeterminate skill or service that is generally considered unimportant or extraneous. Members of unnecessary business units (see nice-to-have) often use the term to justify to management that the service they provide is vital to the company. Value Adds are often difficult to identify and explain, and may provide management with an excuse to liquidate the business unit altogether.
“We need to show the client the value adds we’re bringing to the table here. How else are we going to justify the ridiculous fee we just quoted?”
