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For over 15 years, I have been working as a project and interim manager in the financial services industry. I primarily work at the interface between business and IT.
In the insurance industry (focus on life insurance), I have extensive experience in managing product development and launches, implementing regulatory requirements, developing existing policy administration systems and associated sub-systems, migration projects, as well as innovative projects (e.g., cloud-based projects) and change management.
In the banking industry, I have extensive experience in introducing products to sales organizations, implementing CRM systems, service management, interim management (department head, building departments), as well as managing the controlling bank (accounting, controlling, risk controlling, treasury, reporting).
German
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
French
Fluent
Can work on-site
Köln (up to 50km), Frankfurt am Main (up to 100km), Hamburg (up to 100km), München (up to 100km), Nürnberg (up to 100km), Hannover (up to 100km), Berlin (up to 100km), Dortmund (up to 100km)
Experience
- KreditinstitutInterim Manager for the Setup of a New DepartmentBANKING AND INSURANCEMarch 2018 - June 2019 (1 year and 4 months)Nürnberg, GermanyInterim Manager (Status: Department Head) for the setup of a new department responsible for all technical systems of bank controlling (accounting, controlling and risk controlling, treasury, reporting).- Setup of the department with a total of nearly 20 internal employees (new hires and internal transfers) for the roles of Application and Supplier Manager, as well as Bank Controlling Architect and IT Coordinator.- Ensuring operation and further development in line and projects.- Systems: SAP, SAS, zeb calculation cores, Abacus, Svenson, DWH based on Exasol, TM1, Collibra (DQC), etc.- Conception and implementation of new collaboration models (waterfall and agile) with the business units and the involved extended external workbenches.- Handover to internal successor.
- LebensversicherungsunternehmenProject Manager for the Introduction of "bAV-Manager" (xbAV)BANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2017 - February 2018 (9 months)Hamburg, GermanyProject Management "bAV-Manager" (www.xbav.de) as a self-service portal for employer clients of occupational pensions (bAV) with the goal of dark processing of processes.- Strategic project within the framework of the Occupational Pensions Strengthening Act (BRSG) and digitalization.- Sales communication as well as development and implementation of a company-wide service concept.- Definition, configuration, and implementation of the necessary bAV processes.- Technical implementation of "bAV-Manager" including the connection of msg.Life Factory and the partner system using BiPRO and Service Oriented Architecture (SDA).- Contractual and data protection issues.
- LebensversicherungsunternehmenProject Management "Change of Maximum Interest Rate"BANKING AND INSURANCEMay 2016 - February 2017 (10 months)Hamburg, GermanyProject Management "Change of Maximum Interest Rate" to ensure new business capability as of 01.01.2017.- Requirements for product development, reference system, and sales software.- Clarification of actuarial issues.- Impact on sales and marketing.- Implementation of processes, technology, and printing.- Test management.
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Education
- Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann)University of Erlangen-Nuremberg1997Studienschwerpunkte: Strategisches Technologiemanagement / Systemrationalisierung / Rechnungswesen.
- Integrated Study Abroad / ERASMUSInstitut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP)1993
Certifications
- PRINCE2® FoundationAPMG2014
- PRINCE2® PractitionerAPMG2014