Hans-Michael Mahlknecht-Project expert, digitalization and strategic consulting
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Experience
Project expert, digitalization and strategic consulting
Freelance Consultant
- Project work in IT, banking, insurance and strategy
- Risk management consulting for companies in various industries
Board Member for Market Operations (Risk, Finance, IT) and Head of Risk Management
Banco do Brasil
- Project manager for the implementation of a new integrated risk management/treasury/controlling system
- Implementation of a transfer pricing system across the entire bank, including branches
- Introduction of an ILAAP framework
- Definition and implementation of ICAAP methods for credit, counterparty, FX risk and IRRBB
- Introduction of a new general credit risk methodology based on external ratings, internal scoring and default statistics
- Set up an approach and structure for IT project portfolio management at the bank level
- Responsible for strategic topics, especially the bank's restructuring strategy and planning
- Responsible for the bank's digitalization strategy, preparing the partnership with Deposit Solutions
Management Coordinator and Program Manager Basel III
Erste Group
- Set up the group-wide Basel III program
- Project portfolio management for Group Market, Bank Book & Liquidity Risk Management
- Set up and lead one of the bank's first Scrum projects
- Lead a regulatory liquidity initiative across the entire group
- Project manager for modeling refinancing risks in ICAAP
Project Manager Credit Treasury / Finance
Unicredit Bank Austria
- Project preparation for implementing a CEE-wide hedging platform
- Project preparation for implementing credit risk hedge accounting according to IAS 39 and IFRS 9
Lead Project Consultant
Palaimon Consulting GmbH
- Project manager of a market risk system implementation project at Sparkasse Bremen (migration from the legacy PMS system to SimCorp Dimension)
- Leading project role in a subproject of the risk reporting improvement program at UBS, Zurich
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Delta Hedge GmbH
- Built and managed a fintech for hedging, risk management, and structured products
Project Manager and Business Analyst
Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)
- Led project and conducted business analysis for a private equity software implementation project (CEPRES)
Business Analyst
AIM Software GmbH
- Business analyst on data management project at Pictet Bank, Geneva
- Business analyst for portfolio credit risk management project at Investkredit Bank, Vienna
Expert in International Relations & Risk Management
Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Finance, Strategy, Business Intelligence, and Investments and M&A.
Summary
20+ years of experience in finance and software projects, especially in IT, risk management, finance, banking, insurance, fintech and regulatory topics, in recent years with activities in ESG/sustainability projects.
Speaks the language of management, the business side and IT and acts as a translator between business and IT.
Able to structure, simplify and optimize complex problems.
Team player.
Risk management: Expert in enterprise-wide risk management (across industries)
Strategy: Strategic consulting for the financial sector based on the customer value chain, strategic consulting for startups (e.g., introduction of OKR at a housing startup); board responsibility for strategic topics at a bank, responsible for the bank's digitalization strategy; advisory for a planned ESG bank regarding a license application;
Innovation and digitalization: consulting on innovation/digitalization, supporting innovative digital startups with market entry in Austria (e.g., currently for a Swiss data clean room provider and others, including AI)
Project management: management of small, medium and large projects (software/finance) from planning and structuring to implementation and migration. International projects in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Line management: experience as head of risk management and board member for market operations at a bank as well as managing director and co-founder of a financial software startup/fintech.
Skills
- Risk Management (All Areas)
- Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Project Management And Business Analysis
- Strong Knowledge Of Banking, Insurance And Financial Products
- In-Depth Knowledge Of Regulatory Requirements (Basel, Crr, Crd, Etc.; Currently Focusing On Dora, Ai Regulation)
- Finance
- Strategy (Strategic Consulting, Business Models)
- Outsourcing Management / Ict Third-Party Risk Management, It Procurement And Contract Management
- Digitalization: Fintech Experience, Loan Onboarding And End-To-End Processing (Mortgages, Automated Property Valuation, Sme Loans) And Insurance (E.G., Risk Insurance), Ecosystems And Related Business Model Concepts (Customer Value Chain), Etc.
- Software: Confluence, Jira, Ms Office, Simcorp (Formerly)
Languages
Education
University of Innsbruck
Economics · Innsbruck, Austria
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
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Hans-Michael is based in Vienna, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Hans-Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), Italian (Native), English (Advanced).
Hans-Michael has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Hans-Michael has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 9 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 9 months. Note that Hans-Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Hans-Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Project expert, digitalization and strategic consulting, Board Member for Market Operations (Risk, Finance, IT) and Head of Risk Management, Management Coordinator and Program Manager Basel III.
Hans-Michael's most recent position is Project expert, digitalization and strategic consulting at Freelance Consultant.
In recent years, Hans-Michael has worked for Freelance Consultant.
Hans-Michael is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.
Hans-Michael is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Finance. Hans-Michael also has some experience in Strategy, Business Intelligence, and Investments and M&A.
Hans-Michael has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.
Hans-Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Strategy.
Hans-Michael attended University of Innsbruck for Economics.
The availability of Hans-Michael needs to be confirmed.
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