Description

🚀 Finance, Risk & Compliance Leader | Program Builder | Founder-Minded Operator

Senior Finance, Risk & Compliance leader with 9+ years delivering complex transformation initiatives across global banking and consulting (ING, EY, IBM). Currently Risk Control Manager (1LoD) — NFR & Global PARP Gatekeeper at ING, operating at the intersection of regulation, product, and commercial execution within Wholesale Banking & Transaction Services.

🌍 Truly international — lived, studied, and worked across Italy, UK, Mexico, US, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.

🗣️ Fluent in Italian, Spanish, English, and French, with working Dutch. Experienced influencing senior leadership, regulators, and global stakeholders across Europe and the US.

I help financial institutions, FinTechs, and regulated businesses scale, launch products, and expand into new markets without being slowed down by risk, governance, or regulatory complexity.

What I do best:

• Turn complex regulatory frameworks into executable business strategies

• Lead high-impact programs spanning Product, Risk, Legal, and Commercial

• Bridge the gap between innovation and control in regulated environments

Core expertise:

Program Management

• Payments & FinTech risk advisory

• Product governance & approval frameworks (PARP, committees, controls)

• FATCA, CRS, QI, KYC/CDD, Non-Financial Risk

• Scaling regulated products across Europe & international markets

I work best with organizations that need senior execution capability in high-stakes, regulated environments — particularly during launches, expansions, or transformation phases.

🔥 Interested in opportunities where I can build, scale, and deliver meaningful impact across financial services, payments, and digital finance.

Languages

Italian
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
Dutch
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Amsterdam (up to 50km)

ING – Wholesale Banking,
Senior Project Manager – FinTech / Payments / Risk & Compliance
April 2020 - Today (6 years and 2 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lead end-to-end delivery of regulatory, risk, and payments initiatives within Transaction Services (Payments, Trade Finance, Working Capital Solutions). Manage cross-functional roadmaps involving Product, Tech, Operations, Compliance, Tax, Legal, and 2LoD.
Key Responsibilities: - Drive complex FinTech & payments projects, ensuring timely delivery of multi-stream roadmaps. Delivered cross-functional initiatives impacting Finance Operations, Payments, and Regulatory Reporting, coordinating Finance, Tax, Operations, and Technology stakeholders.- Oversee governance, PMO reporting, RAID logs, sprint planning, and resource allocation. - Manage PARP (Product Approval & Review Process) as Gatekeeper, ensuring product risk alignment. - Support regulatory programs: FATCA, CRS, QI, US Withholding Tax, CESOP. - Collaborate with CFO, CRO, Business Heads, and global branches. - Ensure compliance with ING's NFR framework, performing RCSAs and control testing. - Coordinate vendor management and contract negotiations. Selected Achievements: - Delivered complex multi-entity regulatory reporting for IRS, ECB & CESOP on time. - Negotiated vendor contracts, saving >€230K annually. - Successfully supported renewal of ING's Qualified Intermediary (QI) status. - Strengthened NFR governance across Payments & WCS domains.
Tax Finance sector program management PARP
Ernst & Young (EY),
Project Manager – Finance, Risk & Tax Compliance
October 2018 - March 2020 (1 year and 5 months)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Managed international tax, compliance, and regulatory projects for large multinational clients, and Finance transformation with Tax Exposures.
Key Responsibilities: - Delivered CDD/KYC analyses and regulatory advisory for global financial clients. - Improved operational processes for global tax operations. - Led stakeholder engagement across finance, risk, and tax departments. delivery timelines improved client satisfaction.
Finance sector Risk Management Tax
IBM
Compliance & Finance Specialist
June 2017 - August 2018 (1 year and 2 months)
Bratislava, Slovakia
Supported budgeting, forecasting, compliance operations, and stakeholder engagement within the Global Mobility Finance division. Improved financial processes and operational productivity.
Finance sector program management Project Management