Jörg P.-Independent Senior Advisor & Interim Manager | Governance, Risk & Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime
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Experience
Interim Mandate
Compliance Project Leadership for a Bafin-mandated Wind-down Foreign commercial bank subsidiary in sanction-related solvent liquidation
- Led the proportional wind-down of the compliance function (WpHG, Custody, MaRisk) in alignment with Bafin and auditors, while executing ongoing compliance requirements in Single Officer and Deputy roles.
- Assumed full ownership as Service Owner for outsourced AML, sanctions, and fraud prevention functions, designing and operating a high-intensity monitoring framework that minimized board exposure.
- Managed internal and external audit relations as primary contact, resolving complex legacy findings and elevating the regulatory dialog, resulting in fully clean audit opinions across all successive reports.
- Served as senior advisor to the Head of Legal & Compliance and the Management Board, including the Bafin-appointed Special Representative, within a highly political environment.
Senior Advisory
Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Management Largest Direct Bank in Germany
- Facilitated the local implementation of a new global NFR assessment standard across 14 departments in close alignment with local and Group Compliance.
- Evaluated 40+ key controls and advised diverse business lines, including Financial Markets, Lending, Retail, Treasury, and Insurance, on proper 1LoD risk mitigation.
- Represented local Business Control Office and Compliance within the Group BCO & Conduct community; contributed expert insights to a strategic CRO initiative to reduce internal control costs.
Independent Senior Advisor
Interim Vendor Manager
Bafin-mandated KYC Remediation Germany's largest Bank
- Steered performance, quality gates, and risks of a 3rd-party KYC operation (200+ analysts), clearing a backlog of 10,000+ CIB client profiles under a Bafin-mandated deadline.
- Resolved operational bottlenecks, accelerated critical subject-matter decisions, and secured additional vendor resources while aligning internal departments to ensure target throughput.
Senior Advisory
MiFID II Implementation Germany's largest Bank
- Led two sub-projects as part of the MiFID II implementation program in the Private and Commercial Banking division, successfully contributing to the on-time delivery and full MiFID II-compliance.
- Designed compliant investment advisory processes for a new advisory tool, developed a MiFID II training program and steered the rollout to successfully qualify 6,000+ investment advisors across Germany.
Project Manager
Digital Wealth Management Platform Governance Largest foreign Wealth Manager in Germany
- Led a cross-border New Business Initiative process to localize and deploy a global digital wealth management platform within the German entity's regulatory and governance framework.
- Mitigated associated financial and non-financial risks, including compliance, financial projections, transaction flows, and operational dependencies, to secure full sign-off and on-schedule rollout.
Project Lead
Enterprise Risk Management & Internal Control System Overhaul German Banking IT & Core Service Provider
- Managed a high-visibility remediation program addressing material group audit findings, delivering full on-schedule audit closures with direct reporting to the Management Board.
- Redesigned and strengthened the ERM and ICS framework in alignment with IDW PS 261 and PS 951, ensuring continued audit-readiness.
Principal & Senior Manager
Independent Senior Advisor
Principal & Senior Manager
Director Sales Management & Segment Manager (Private & Institutional Clients)
Project Manager
Consultant
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Insurance.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Sales, Information Technology, Procurement, Quality Assurance, and Investments and M&A.
Summary
- Over 20 years of Tier-1 banking expertise delivering risk & compliance stabilization, large-scale transformations, remediations, and a high-profile Bafin-mandated bank wind-down.
- Proven in high-pressure environments, driving alignment across the 3LoD, and providing executive-level guidance as well as targeted communication with external auditors and supervisory bodies.
- Profound capability to translate regulations into audit-ready frameworks, defensible for the board and workable for the business, including MaRisk, WpHG, AMLR, and AI governance, among others.
Languages
Education
Justus-Liebig University
Diplom-Kaufmann · Business Administration · Giessen, Germany
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Experience
Global experience
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Jörg is based in Frankfurt, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Jörg speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Jörg has at least 29 years of experience. During this time, Jörg has worked in at least 9 different roles. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 3 months. Note that Jörg may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Jörg would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Mandate, Senior Advisory, Independent Senior Advisor.
Jörg's most recent position is Interim Mandate.
Jörg is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Information Technology. Jörg also has some experience in Insurance.
Jörg is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Sales, and Information Technology. Jörg also has some experience in Procurement, Quality Assurance, and Investments and M&A.
Jörg has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Insurance.
Jörg has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Procurement, and Quality Assurance.
Jörg holds a Master in Business Administration from Justus-Liebig University.
Jörg is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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