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Klaus Schmitt-Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager

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Mümliswil-Ramiswil, Switzerland

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Experience

Dec 2025 - Present

Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager

Start Up

Position Summary
Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Finance
Investments and M&A
Project Management
  • Establishment of a licensing model
  • Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
  • Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
  • Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
  • Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025

IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant

Health Insurance Company

Position Summary
IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant at Health Insurance Company
Industries
Insurance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Analysis of existing business processes and preparation of a specification for digital transformation
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration with IT coordination and business units
  • Design of a forward-looking solution for automating manual product processing (AI support, digital contracting and product processing for add-on services)
  • Working with systems such as OsCare, SAP S/4Hana, GKV FI
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant

City Administration of Halle

Position Summary
IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant at City Administration of Halle
Industries
Government and Administration
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Leading and supporting the program from initiation through realization: communication, organization, project management
  • Preparing to replace the tax processing software KommunalMaster Steuern und Abgaben with KommunalMaster Assessment for dog tax, second home tax, property tax, and business tax
  • Defining tax processes, creating tax assessment forms, defining mapping tables
  • Building risk management considering regulatory requirements and adapting business processes for compliance
  • Establishing project organization, setting up project planning, budgeting and workshops to gather tax requirements
Aug 2022 - Apr 2023

IT Project Manager

AT&S

Position Summary
IT Project Manager at AT&S
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Setting up and implementing sustainability reporting according to CSRD/ESRS (environment, social, governance)
  • Leading IT security projects and automating the handling of security incidents and service requests using ServiceNow
  • Updating the IT security architecture (core firewall, production firewall)
  • Setting up and conducting recovery and BCM tests
  • Process adjustments and updating compliance guidelines
  • Adapting risk management to regulatory requirements (ESG, ISO 27000 ff.), risk mitigation and training
  • Implementation of a Zero Trust policy and establishment of an ISMS according to ISO 27001
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

Senior IT Security Consultant

Telefonica

Position Summary
Senior IT Security Consultant at Telefonica
Industries
Telecommunication
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Analysis and coordination of requirements for IT security and data protection
  • Consulting on implementation at the process and application level
  • Mapping requirements in Jira via epics, features, business user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Structuring, defining and implementing an ISMS according to ISO 27001 and embedding it into the internal control system based on COSO
  • Process adjustments and updating compliance guidelines
  • Adapting risk management to requirements (critical infrastructure, data protection, ISO 27000 ff.), employee training
  • Introduction of Zero Trust policy
  • Development of e-invoice format and implementation of electronic invoicing processes for private and business customers
  • Test management and performing recovery/BCM tests
  • Implementing real-time payments for prepaid products via SMS, e-mail, ePayment

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Professional Services, Insurance, Government and Administration, Manufacturing, and Telecommunication.

Professional Services
Insurance
Government and Administration
Manufacturing
Telecommunication
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Finance, Investments and M&A, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Project Management
Information Technology
Finance
Investments and M&A
Product Development
Quality Assurance
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Summary

My core competencies are in executing projects that require analytical, creative, problem-solving, and interdisciplinary skills to achieve strategic or operational goals. I'm interested in complex business challenges and innovative IT technologies/methods and their integration into any IT landscape.

Skills

  • Completed Tertiary-Level Education

  • Solid Practical Experience In It And Product Development Project Management

  • Experience In Financial Services / Banking (Client Onboarding/Kyc/Aml/Backend)

  • Structured And Result-Oriented Work Style

  • Open And Empathetic Personality

  • User-Level Knowledge Of Navision, Further Training In Rup (Rational Unified Process) Project Methodology And Uml (Unified Modeling Language)

  • Continuous On-The-Job Training In Work Processes And Internal Trainings On Rup, Uml, V-Model, Sap, Etc.

  • Project Management, Processes, Business Analysis/Requirements Engineering, Implementation Of Business Requirements In It Landscapes

  • Health Economics/Hospital Management

  • Auditing, Controlling, Building Control Systems (Mis/Ics), Creating Forecasts, Variance Analysis, Profitability Calculations And Analyses, Chargeback Allocation, Etc. In Business And It Projects, Frs Global; Fire

  • Preparation Of Annual Financial Statements Under Swiss Fer, Hgb, Us Gaap, Ifrs 9, 13, 15, 16, 17

  • Emir, Asset Management, Investment Management

  • Mifid, Fatca, Tax And Legal Compliance, Emir, Basel Ii/Iii Reporting

  • Implementation Of Sox Standards, Lean Management

  • Reporting, Process Planning, Inventory Management, Cost Planning, Cost Control

  • Payments, Outsourcing Of Payment Processing, Automation Of Payments (E-Workflow), Sepa

  • Internal Chargebacks (It Services, Invoice Processing, Financial And Accounting Services, Settlements For Internal And Cross-Border Chargebacks), Setting Up Related Processes And Including Them In Slas

  • Set-Up And Introduction Of Sustainability Reporting According To The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive/European Sustainability Reporting Standards

  • Methods/Processes Cmmi, Itil, Scrum, V-Model, Rup, Uml, Cascading

  • Operating Systems: Windows, Ms-Dos, Linux, Android

  • Databases: Access, Db2, Oracle Financials, Tax

  • Tools: Sap Fi Co Cml, Ms Office, Hp Quality Center V10, Csv, Tds

  • Business Process Modeling With Ms Visio, Aris

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

University of Trier

Diploma in Economics · Economics · Trier, Germany · Good

Certifications & licenses

Digital Operational Resilience Act

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Experience

Total positions 5
Experience in Professional Services 0.5 y
Avg length 6 m
Longest experience 8 m

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager, IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant, IT Project Manager
Main industries Professional Services, Insurance, Government and Administration
Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology, Finance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 1

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Klaus is based in Mümliswil-Ramiswil, Switzerland.
Klaus speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate).
Klaus has at least 2 years of experience. During this time, Klaus has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 6 months. Note that Klaus may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Klaus would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager, IT Project Manager and Senior Consultant, IT Project Manager.
Klaus's most recent position is Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up.
In recent years, Klaus has worked for Start Up, Health Insurance Company, City Administration of Halle, AT&S, and Telefonica.
Klaus is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Telecommunication. Klaus also has some experience in Government and Administration and Insurance.
Klaus is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Finance. Klaus also has some experience in Investments and M&A, Quality Assurance, and Product Development.
Klaus holds a Master in Economics from University of Trier.
Klaus has 1 certificate: Digital Operational Resilience Act.
Klaus is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
Klaus's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.
To hire Klaus, click the Meet button on the profile to request a meeting and discuss your project needs.

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