Denny Lorenz-Management Consultant with a Focus on Regulatory Reporting

10/2022–12/2022 Functional consultant / business analyst for the implementation of Abacus360 for WIFSta/FinStabDEV

Support in getting the Abacus360 module technically running

Test design, test execution and defect analysis

08/2021–09/2022 Parental leave

07/2020–07/2021 Business analyst / domain architect for the further development of ABACUS/DaVinci and Informatica preprocessing for COREP reporting

Handled risk reports: Own Funds, Leverage Ratio, Large Exposures, Asset Encumbrance

Support for production issues

Support for ABACUS/DaVinci release changes

Functional design (HGB link for solo reports, integration of new products, implementation of regulatory updates)

Analysis of the old delivery chain via ABACUS/IRR (STAR) for migration to the new chain

Test design, test execution, and defect analysis (HP ALM)

Support for the product owner in sprint/release planning

03/2018–06/2020 Test reporting lead / domain architect for implementing ABACUS/DaVinci and Informatica preprocessing for COREP reporting

Handled risk reports: Own Funds, Leverage Ratio, Large Exposures, Asset Encumbrance

Created operational test plans

Managed the test team

Reported test progress

Prioritized test cases and defects

Supported the test team in execution and defect analysis

Developed and introduced a domain data model

11/2017–02/2018 External project manager / domain architect for a feasibility study to modernize the reporting IT architecture at an international state bank

Created operational project plans

Managed the project team

Reported project progress

Analyzed and evaluated the existing IT architecture

Developed target architecture alternatives

Planned migration steps over five years

Created effort estimates

06/2013–10/2017 Responsible for putting statistical and liquidity reports into production using ABACUS/IRR, ABACUS/DaVinci, and ABACUS/LiMa at an international state bank

Handled statistical reports: foreign status, balance sheet statistics, borrower statistics, interest rate statistics, DSGV statistics, issue statistics

Handled liquidity reports: LCR/NSFR, LCR Delegated Act, Asset Encumbrance, Additional Liquidity Monitoring Metrics

Resource management for statistical and liquidity reports

Created IT and architecture recommendations

Conducted functional and integration tests and defect analysis

Production rollout and support

Supported upgrade from Bank Analyzer 5.0 to 8.0 and integration of LoanIQ

Budgeting, controlling, and managing all SKS resources (up to 14 staff)

11/2011–05/2013 Subproject lead ABACUS/IRR for implementing ABACUS/DaVinci and International Regulatory Reporting under GroMiKV, SolvV, and consolidated report requirements

Planned, budgeted, and managed all IT activities

Created and implemented functional and IT designs

Conducted functional and integration tests and defect analysis

Went live with ABACUS/DaVinci and ABACUS/IRR

02/2007–12/2016 Product owner for the SKS standard software product CONVERT

Adapted the PC conversion program CONVERT to Basel II, new ECB versions, CRD II–IV

Built Excel sheets and created validation rules and conversion logic

Analyzed interfaces, documentation, and performed technical and functional tests

Various projects 2006–2011: coaching, feasibility studies, pre-studies, subproject leads, and implementations around ABACUS/DaVinci, RRA, SAMBAplus, Basel II and reporting at international state and commercial banks

10/2011 Coaching the reporting department and verifying reports under the Solvency Regulation and Large and Million Loan Regulations at an international specialist bank

06/2011–08/2011 Feasibility study for implementing ABACUS/DaVinci

04/2011–06/2011 Support in pre-study for reporting and SAP architecture

02/2011–08/2011 Subproject lead for report generation in the OSPlus migration of RRA

06/2008–01/2011 Subproject lead for report generation in the RRA implementation

10/2007 and 07/2007 Support in commissioning SAMBAplus/Basel II and CONVERT

10/2006–06/2008 Basel II implementation with FERNBACH Software and SAMBAplus

09/2006–04/2008 Functional and IT specification for rating determination (KSA)

08/2006–01/2007 Optimization of electronic reporting in SAMBAplus

08/2006–01/2007 Design of consolidation for bank and financial holding groups

07/2006–12/2007 Data mapping for SAMBAplus/Basel II

06/2006 Introduction of SAMBAplus at a commercial bank

04/2006–06/2006 Introduction of SAMBAplus for consolidated reports and GroMiKV

02/2006–03/2006 Internal project: functional design for disclosure requirements for the German banking sector

02/2006–03/2006 Research, analysis, and collection of historical international rating parameters