Christine Mährle-Freelance specialist in regulatory affairs & IT in banks

Delivery of ICT / DORA management training under DORA Article 5(4) at various banking institutions

Teaching the key content of DORA requirements with a focus on ICT risks, third-party risk management, incident and problem management, and the information register

Deriving implementation measures and recommendations for management and business units

Consulting for a globally systemically important "Brexit bank" in Germany on the regulatory implementation of MaRisk/BAIT requirements

Preparation for a Section 44 audit with a focus on credit risk (BTO 1 / CRR), strategy and planning process (AT 4.2 or BAIT II.1), new product process (AT 8.1), project management process (AT 8.2 or BAIT II.6), and outsourcing (AT 9)

Deriving and supporting measures to meet audit requirements and to anchor regulatory requirements sustainably in processes and IT

Consulting on the implementation of optimization approaches in the master data area at a German large bank

Optimizing data quality reports and the quality assurance process to ensure the KYC process and BCBS 239 compliance

Reducing the number of process interfaces to increase efficiency and data quality

Program management for an IFRS 9 project at a large German state bank

Independent budget management for the overall program

Support and coordination of actions from the project-related audit

Preparation of materials for decision-making committees

Quality assurance for overall project management during the realignment of the overall IT landscape of a large German savings bank

Consulting on IT architecture issues

Development of a heatmap for tracking the progress of individual projects

Ensuring consistency across the deliverables of the individual projects

Support for the PMO in the realignment of the overall IT of a large German savings bank (08/2016–10/2016): preparation of the PMO setup, budget planning and ensuring cost targets, preparation of committee documents, project planning

Preliminary study on a possible migration of a core banking system at a German fund provider (03/2016–07/2016): development of migration scenarios, preparation of a business case, identification and assessment of project risks

Strategic further development of the functional and sales features of a securities account for a German financial service provider (11/2015–03/2016): design of market, competitor and stakeholder analyses, development of strengths and weaknesses of the current product based on the 4 Ps and a business case, derivation of sets of measures

Support for a leading German IT service provider in responding to an RFI (11/2015–12/2015): coordination and moderation of the response process, preparation of offer presentations

Development of a KPI system to implement a new IT strategy at a German fund provider (10/2015–03/2016)

Project management and business analysis in the development of a new IT system to implement regulatory EMIR requirements at a large German bank (07/2014–06/2015): preparation and coordination of decision papers, project planning, test management including creation and documentation of tests, capture of EMIR requirements and management requirements, design of interfaces and functionalities, technical support for implementation

Project management for the strategic realignment of a core settlement system in the fund industry (02/2014–10/2014): analysis of alternatives (source, make or buy), business analysis and assessment of the fund settlement system DIAMOS D (technical suitability, ability to integrate), preparation of a business case and risk analysis, assessment of different partnership models

Short study on the future viability of COBOL/host for a German fund provider (01/2014–02/2014)

Subproject management for the realignment of sales at a large German IT financial service provider (09/2013–03/2014): development of a new organizational structure and processes, development of a product strategy with the involvement of potential partners

Participation in the development of a modular model as part of the strategic realignment of a German securities settlement provider (08/2013–01/2014): development of a map of current and future service modules, design of the modules (process descriptions, upstream and downstream processes, process costs), business analysis for harmonizing account numbers

Lead of the subproject "Business" in a preliminary study for an ASP in fund settlement (04/2013–08/2013): capture of business requirements, preparation, moderation and follow-up of workshops with a potential provider

Subproject management in the PMO for the realignment of the overall IT of a German fund provider (10/2011–03/2013): management of the subproject "benefit collection", budget responsibility, program planning

Realignment of product management at a cooperative central bank (09/2011–11/2011): development of the organizational structure and processes, definition of the product portfolio, preparation of a business case

Program management and support for the subproject "Business" as part of the securities migration project GenoSysWP (01/2008–06/2008): program planning, budget planning

PMO for the Greenwich project (outsourcing of market data management) (06/2007–12/2007): preparation of status documentation, general PMO tasks such as scheduling and meeting minutes