Firas Jradi - IT Governance & IT Compliance Expert

Q: Where is Firas based?

Firas is based in Friedberg, Germany .

Q: What languages does Firas speak?

Firas speaks the following languages: Arabic (Native), German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Firas have?

Firas has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Firas has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 18 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months . Note that Firas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Firas's latest experience?

Firas's most recent position is Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM at French-German Private Bank .

Q: What companies has Firas worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Firas has worked for French-German Private Bank , Public Sector Bank , Online Retail Sports Industry , and German Development Bank .

Q: Which industries is Firas most experienced in?

Firas is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance , Information Technology , and Professional Services . Firas also has some experience in Retail , Sport , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas is Firas most experienced in?

Firas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Strategy , and Project Management . Firas also has some experience in Audit , Finance , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Firas worked in recently?

Firas has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance , Retail , and Sport .

Q: Which business areas has Firas worked in recently?

Firas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Strategy , and Audit .

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Friedberg, Germany

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Experience

Jun 2022 - Mar 2026

3 years 10 months

Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM

French-German Private Bank

Head of the group-wide, international, and cross-functional IT Governance & IAM department within the central IT division of a large French-German private banking group. Disciplinary management of around 30 employees at five different locations within the group (Frankfurt, Paris, Tunis, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf). Head of IT committees and key role in direct communication with management, the supervisory board, external stakeholders, and regulators.
Definition and establishment of a state-of-the-art IT strategy process and related IT governance structures for the group's IT department with more than 600 employees (testified by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and the ACPR) and successful process run.
Establishment of a new future-oriented process framework for IT and necessary governance structures (process squads) for the continuous improvement of IT processes with regard to new regulatory requirements (including DORA, EU AI Act, etc.).
Establishment of stringent processes to close a historical backlog of findings (> 100 IT findings, 40 overdue findings in 2022) from internal and external auditors (WP, ACPR, BaFin). Successful reduction of stock of overdue findings to 0 at the end of 2025.
Supporting more than 20 IT audits per year and establishment of regulatory monitoring processes. Introduction of ServiceNow to revolutionize regulatory change and IT compliance processes with advanced AI functionalities.
Realignment of IT control processes in conjunction with the newly established ICT risk function under DORA and the three lines of defense concept using the TopEase GRC solution.
Reduction of the application landscape, by systematically analysing the purpose with application and business owners, identifying duplicates while implementing a One-Tool Strategy throughout the group. Successful reduction of one third of the application landscape within the CMDB.
Onboarding of all group applications into One Identity's group-wide IAM solution, as well as operation and further development of the solution in connection with segregation of duties (SoD), role-based access management (RBAC), etc.

May 2022 - Jul 2022

3 months

Management consultant

Public Sector Bank

Support in developing a future agenda for an IT governance solution (RiMaGo) and a compliance (WpHG, AML) solution (Compliance Suite) in the savings bank financial sector.
Preparation and conducting of interviews, collection and analysis of documents, drafting of decision-making documents and preparation of documents based on interviews and document review, preliminary coordination with the customer, and presentation of results.
Consulting and project management in the above-mentioned project.

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

5 months

IT Governance Consultant/Senior Manager

Online Retail Sports Industry

Development of an IT strategy and support in setting up international IT governance structures for a large online retail platform in the sports industry.
Support in meeting SOX requirements for an upcoming IPO in the US.

Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

3 months

IT Governance Expert

German Automotive Supplier

Preparation of an IT governance workshop to raise awareness of key elements of effective IT management, definition of IT goals, derivation of framework conditions and measures for operationalizing IT goals.
Conducting an interactive workshop in English as a face-to-face and remote meeting. Participants included all IT executives in an internationally active German industrial company.

May 2019 - Oct 2019

6 months

Task Force Leader for IT Controlling

German Public Sector Bank

Identification, coordination, and implementation of cost reduction approaches in the IT department of a well-known German state bank. Management of a team of six IT controlling experts from various departments of the IT division in task force mode with high relevance to the executive board.
Moderation and implementation of workshops, stakeholder analyses, hypothesis-based approach, creation and coordination of board documents and presentations.

Feb 2019 - Feb 2022

3 years 1 month

IT Governance Consultant/Senior Manager

German Development Bank

Set up and implemented IT compliance management processes; achieved BAIT compliance in 2019, and provided ongoing support for the annual audit and resolution of various internal audit findings.
Led the bank's preparations for ECB supervision regarding ICT risk, especially after the MaRisk/BAIT amendment – focus areas included IT emergency management, IAM, and information security.
Supported the IT governance department in establishing and optimizing overall governance structures and processes.
Set up and ran an architecture management function: conducted architecture reviews and helped create target architectures for business segments.
Improved the maturity of IT strategy and governance processes, and enhanced IT reporting for management using dashboards and KPI-based balanced scorecards.
Developed a comprehensive IT governance framework based on COBIT best practices.
Trained management and staff in IT governance, COBIT, and related topics.
Redesigned the ICS report for the supervisory board: streamlined content, integrated monitoring unit results, and applied a risk-based approach.
Supported the implementation of a group-wide GRC tool.

Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 3 months

Sub-project Manager for IT Strategy & Organization

German Public Sector Bank

Led two sub-projects in a large IT transformation program driven by many findings (segregation of duties, access management, IT risk management, outsourcing management, vulnerability management, etc.) as part of an ECB on-site inspection at a major state bank.
In the sub-project "Organization, Communication, Change Management", responsibilities included restructuring the entire IT department and supporting the overall program transformation with extensive change management and communication measures: creating a group-level communication plan, doing stakeholder analysis, interviewing department heads and other stakeholders about their expectations, and defining, designing, coordinating, and implementing communication activities.
Led the sub-project "IT Strategy" aimed at further developing the IT strategy, improving IT governance tools to drive IT goal achievement (including a system of strategic IT KPIs), and ensuring consistency of IT strategies across the group.

Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

10 months

Transition Manager

German Development Bank

Supported a major German development bank during the transition phase of a large transformation project to modernize its finance and risk architecture based on SAP Bank Analyzer AFI.
Tasks included setting up target processes, ensuring requirement compliance through ICS controls, documenting procedures, and offering operational support to the delivery teams.
Also executed change management activities and coordinated acceptance at the desired level of ambition.

Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

1 year 5 months

Sub-project Manager, Business Analyst for Financial Data Warehousing

Major German Bank

Led a team of business analysts to achieve consistent data management for risk reporting (in line with BCBS 239) and regulatory reporting (GroMiKV).
Integrated group-wide risk master data and linked core calculation data to a financial data warehouse at a major German bank (management, design, testing); tech stack: Sybase, Oracle, Informatica.
Managed testing and defect tracking with HP ALM and centralized error logging and control.
Responsible for the entire flow of core calculation data up to regulatory reporting.

Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

3 months

Technology Lead

German Retail Bank

Performed IT due diligence for a small retail bank (lending, current accounts) on behalf of a British private equity firm.
Carried out a full IT assessment, including the bank's sourcing relationships.

Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

2 months

Quality Assurance

German Development Bank

Review of various technical and procedural concepts as part of a project-related audit for the SAP Bank Analyzer implementation in the accounting department of a well-known German development bank.

May 2015 - May 2015

1 month

Technology Stream Manager

Fintech, Payment Transactions

Management of the "Technology + Integration" subproject within an overall IT due diligence and targeted analysis of the reusability of technical components from a well-known FinTech in the mobile payments sector for a joint software project of leading German banks.

Oct 2014 - Feb 2015

5 months

Resource Management, Offshore Management, PMO

Swiss Universal Bank

Supporting management in a large software integration project for payment transactions at an international universal bank in Switzerland (core banking, transactional banking). The Clear2Pay software was integrated into the financial service provider's environment as a payment hub and connected to the delivery systems.
Management of 40+ offshore developers and 70+ IT experts in the "Development" subproject; project volume ~CHF 100 million.

Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

3 months

IT Management Consultant

German Public Sector Bank

Strategic realignment of group IT to ensure lasting high acceptance among group companies and to achieve sustainable cost benefits.
Support in the actual analysis, requirements gathering and design of target scenarios, evaluation and decision support, detailed implementation planning and roadmap development.

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

7 months

IT Architect and Business Analyst

Subsidiary of a Large Development Bank

Support for an EU tender process at management and board level, drafting specifications for introducing a subledger for financial instruments based on SAP BA AFI for HGB and IFRS, and SAP BW for data storage.
Analysis of the current financial, risk and controlling architecture, design of the target architecture, stakeholder analysis, and conducting interviews/workshops to gather requirements.
Management decision support on SAP Bank Analyzer architecture issues.

Sep 2013 - Feb 2014

6 months

Quality Assurance

German Development Bank

Review of various technical and procedural concepts as part of the project-accompanying audit of an SAP Bank Analyzer introduction in the accounting department of a well-known German development bank.
Review of project and test management activities, target processes, and coordination framework.

Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

8 months

Project Manager and Test Manager

German Development Bank

Coordination of IDV testing activities in the accounting department of a well-known development bank as part of a company-wide software migration; strategic and audit-proof design, implementation, and management of software tests; further rollout support.
Testing of 180 IDVs from the finance and controlling department.

Sep 2012 - Feb 2013

6 months

IT Auditor

Major Italian Bank

IT audit (GITC & process controls) in accordance with MaRisk and FAIT at a major Italian bank.

Mar 2012 - Sep 2012

7 months

Specialist Analyst

Building Society of a Major Bank

Development of an internal control system for the mortgage bond business of a major bank based on the COSO framework, including comprehensive compliance analyses and process risk identification.

Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

2 months

IT Consultant

Container Terminal Manager

Analysis and optimization of load problems in the IT infrastructure of the Container Terminal Manager.
Major impact of IT failures on the entire port; Microsoft technology, Dynamics NAV, .NET Dev.

Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

8 months

Project Manager and Java Developer

Consulting Company

Design and development of a security monitoring solution for SAP infrastructures as middleware between the SAP Security Audit Log and common security information event management (SIEM) software on the market.
Insights into the basic SAP architecture, interface programming with BAPIs and XMI, and SIEM.

Nov 2009 - Jan 2012

2 years 3 months

IT & Management Consultant

IT Provider for German Banks

Design and implementation of IT management and governance tools for MaRisk compliance based on ITIL best practices at a major German IT provider for the cooperative banking sector.
Complexity drivers: Proprietary core banking system bank21 and complex legacy host environment.

Mar 2009 - Sep 2009

7 months

Web Technology Developer & Software Engineer

Major French Bank in the UK

Maintenance and development of software applications, reports, and management tools for group-wide international IT service management based on ITIL best practice.
Optimization of IT service management processes for corporate and investment banking.
Internal award for the automation of the SLA creation process.

Oct 2008 - Apr 2009

7 months

Project Manager

German Consumer Bank

Process mapping, optimization, and design of an automated performance benchmarking system for the lending processes of a leading German consumer credit bank.
Evaluation of the component-based process modeling method PICTURE.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Retail, Sport, and Professional Services.

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Retail

Sport

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Strategy, Project Management, Audit, Finance, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Strategy

Project Management

Audit

Finance

Business Intelligence

Summary

With more than 14 years of experience in technology and management consulting, IT management, and entrepreneurship within the financial services industry, the candidate specializes in defining strategies and establishing robust governance structures that balance risk management and value creation in a highly regulated digital environment. He brings extensive hands-on experience with industry standards (e.g. COBIT, ITIL) and regulatory frameworks (including DORA and MaRisk), with a proven track record in BAIT compliance, DORA implementations, and the remediation of supervisory and audit findings. He speaks four languages, holds a Master’s degree from the University of Münster, and is a committed lifelong learner. A clear and engaging communicator, he combines an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong passion for Information Technology and the future of financial services.

Skills

It Governance & It Strategy
It Compliance (Dora / Marisk / Eba Gl / Bait / Cra ..)
It Risks And Controls
It Security
It Assessments
Top Management It Overview & Communication
Leadership, Organization & Change

Languages

Arabic

Native

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Education

Oct 2010 - Sep 2012

University of Muenster, Aix-Marseille III

Master of Science, Information Systems · Information Systems · Aix-en-Provence, France

Oct 2006 - Sep 2009

University of Muenster

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems · Information Systems · Münster, Germany

Certifications & licenses

ICT Manager Digital Operational Resilience Act

VöB

Microsoft Security Virtual Training: Zero Trust

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

IT Strategy For Banking

VöB

COBIT Foundation Certificate

ISACA

Professional Scrum Master (PSM) I

FS252 – Risk Management In Banking Services From SAP 8.0

Finance Transformation Basics

KPMG

SAP Certified Associate: Analytical Banking In Banking Services From SAP 8.0

KPMG

FS253 – Bank Analyzer Infrastructure In Banking Services From SAP 8.0

FS251 – Accounting For Financial Instruments With Banking Services From SAP 8.0

Foundation Based On ISO/IEC 27002

Accounting And Financial Analysis

KPMG

Microsoft Dynamics Certified Technology Specialist

Microsoft NAV 2009 C/SIDE Introduction Certificate

ISO/IEC 20000 ITSM Foundation

ITIL V3 Foundation

Accounting Software And Presentation Skills

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 24

Experience in Banking and Finance 16.5 y

Avg length 9 m

Longest experience 3 y 9 m

Expertise

Recent roles Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM, Management consultant, IT Governance Consultant/Senior Manager

Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Retail

Main business areas Information Technology, Strategy, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 18

Profile

Created

March 2026

Last Update

May 2026

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Where is Firas based?

Firas is based in Friedberg, Germany.

What languages does Firas speak?

Firas speaks the following languages: Arabic (Native), German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Firas have?

Firas has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Firas has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 18 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Firas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Firas be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Firas would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM, Management consultant, IT Governance Consultant/Senior Manager.

What is Firas's latest experience?

Firas's most recent position is Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM at French-German Private Bank.

What companies has Firas worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Firas has worked for French-German Private Bank, Public Sector Bank, Online Retail Sports Industry, and German Development Bank.

Which industries is Firas most experienced in?

Firas is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Professional Services. Firas also has some experience in Retail, Sport, and Automotive.

Which business areas is Firas most experienced in?

Firas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Project Management. Firas also has some experience in Audit, Finance, and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Firas worked in recently?

Firas has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Retail, and Sport.

Which business areas has Firas worked in recently?

Firas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Audit.

What is Firas's education?

Firas holds a Master in Information Systems from University of Muenster, Aix-Marseille III and a Bachelor in Information Systems from University of Muenster.

Does Firas have any certificates?

Firas has 18 certificates. Among them, these include: ICT Manager Digital Operational Resilience Act, Microsoft Security Virtual Training: Zero Trust, and Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).

What is the availability of Firas?

Firas is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Firas?

Firas's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.