Management Consultants in Frankfurt

NTT Data Center Replacement – €20m

• Strategy & Requirements: Data Center migration and exit strategy for ING Germany, including definition of project scope, objectives, KPIs and comprehensive requirements across cybersecurity, physical security, regulatory and group-wide strategic standards.
• Regulatory & Risk Governance: Regulatory and supervisory requirements, risk assessments, ECB notification and audit-ready documentation, achieving formal sign-off with no material findings.
• Procurement & Vendor Selection: RFP and selection of Data Center providers, migration specialists and secure transportation partners in cooperation with Procurement and in line with ING Group requirements.
• Commercial & Contractual: Complex contract negotiations with selected providers, coordinating Legal, Procurement, Business, Security, Compliance (incl. DORA) and Senior Management across both organisations.
• Infrastructure & Data Center Delivery: Data Center fit-out and implementation of base technology, including internal networks, external connectivity, cabling and core services, aligned with required security standards.
• Migration & Transition: End-to-end planning and preparation of application and infrastructure migrations, including environment-specific runbooks and coordination with Release Management, followed by handover to the internal ING organisation for execution; migration execution achieved zero unplanned downtime and no customer impact.
• Financial & Program Control: €20m Program budget with governance of expenditure, forecasts, milestones, dependencies and critical paths, maintaining delivery within approved budget and timeline parameters.

• Delivery of ICT / DORA management training under DORA Article 5(4) at various banking institutions

• Teaching the key content of DORA requirements with a focus on ICT risks, third-party risk management, incident and problem management, and the information register

• Deriving implementation measures and recommendations for management and business units

• Definition and testing of processing steps in the Financial Data Warehouse

• Design, implementation, and testing of internal control systems / US SOX
• Consulting and compliance

• Founded Regu-AI, an enterprise-grade AI governance and compliance platform integrating EU AI Act, ESG, and CSRD frameworks to help organizations operationalize responsible AI.
• Developed proprietary modules for AI Maturity Assessment, Measurability, and Battery Passport compliance.
• Built and scaled the product architecture and designed a 45-KPI AI governance index, positioning Regu-AI as a first mover in AI governance automation across Germany and the EU.

• Working within a Swiss-regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) offering institutional-grade crypto-fiat financial solutions
• Contributed to on-/off-ramp infrastructure enabling clients to convert between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies
• Supported the rollout of Web3 payments & third-party payment services to streamline crypto operations for businesses
• Engaged with AML/KYC / regulatory compliance to ensure operations met Swiss regulatory standards
• Assisted in product development or deployment for crypto-backed real estate / luxury goods transactions
• Collaborated with institutional and high-net-worth clients to tailor crypto / financial services offerings
• Bridged traditional banking and Web3 by reducing frictions in fiat-crypto transactions

• Risk analysis
• Performing control activities
• Transaction Monitoring

• Newly developed an ASP.NET web application for mortgage financing
• Maintained and enhanced it both functionally and technically (expanded to other loan types, connected to various services, developed custom web services)
• Analyzed business requirements in close cooperation with business units
• Created IT concepts and technical documentation
• Developed backend and frontend
• Designed and implemented automated build, deployment, and testing processes
• Created scripts to automatically generate data access layers (C# classes and SQL scripts) and integrated them into build and deployment processes
• Languages: C#, PowerShell, JavaScript
• Technologies: ASP.NET, Windows Forms, XML Web Services, Windows Services, MS SQL Server, Entity Framework, unit testing, automated build, deployment, and testing processes
• Tools: Visual Studio 2005–2015, Team Foundation Server, DevExpress, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, CruiseControl.net

• Freelance consulting for startups, fintechs, SMEs, banks, financial service providers, and established companies on strategic, organizational, and technological topics; focus on analysis, structuring, execution readiness, and stakeholder communication.
• Gathering, structuring, and prioritizing business requirements; translating business goals into actionable IT, process, data, and documentation requirements.
• Designing and improving digital platforms, user journeys, portal structures, information architecture, and data-driven product/content structures; strong fit for customer portals, partner portals, and B2B2C application journeys.
• Analyzing user, reach, search, and platform data to derive product, content, and platform decisions; structuring decision bases for management and delivery teams.
• Using Jira, Confluence, Excel, analytics, and automation tools; working in agile and hybrid delivery environments.

• Sales & marketing for automotive cyber security software, tools, consulting & engineering (embedded software)
• Management of the technical sales, marketing, sales coordination, and engineering teams
• Sales psychology
• Sales presentation

• Jul 2024 – Feb 2025 Transformation (NDA – Clients)

• Implementation of the value creation plan in a private equity-backed industrial company

• Served as Interim Transformation Officer; responsibilities: central project management including timeline, budget, resources, reporting, risks

• Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 Sourcing, Regulation (Retail Bank DE)

• Change Lead for the implementation of a regulation (CESOP), responsible for project governance, project controlling (budget, resources) and project reporting, stakeholder management, timeline and project risks

• Drafted SLAs and aligned with relevant 2nd lines (Legal, Compliance, Tax, Third Party Risk – MaRisk BAIT, ORM) for sourced services; aligned on the Statement of Work

• Apr 2023 – Aug 2023 IT Program Management (Retail Bank DE)

• Local coordinator for the rollout of a project management software combining program and agile backlog management views

• Responsible for migration preparation, communication of changes and new logic in Germany, stakeholder management

• Oct 2022 – Aug 2023 Regulation (Retail Bank DE)

• Local lead of the global program; combined 4 local projects (retail/wholesale banking) to implement the next generation messaging standard (ISO 20022)

• Implemented local project governance, communicated progress, aligned and managed stakeholders with global HQ

• Jul 2022 – Mar 2023 Digitalization, Data Management (Retail Bank DE)

• Change Lead aligning the local retail data model to the global standard and its implications for internal data providers and consumers

• Designed and aligned a detailed implementation plan with global and local stakeholders

• Project management: set up new project governance and routines, reviewed progress in weekly meetings with product owners, chaired SteerCo meetings, documentation

• May 2022 – Apr 2023 KYC Regulation, Process Management (Retail Bank DE)

• Built a highly automated customer offboarding process for retail clients due to non-compliance

• Change Lead in development, testing and implementation in an agile environment with a 40-FTE project team

• Project management: held SteerCo meetings, accountable for the business case, project risk management, stakeholder management

• Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 Strategy, Product Development (NDA - Exchange)

• Coordinator in the concept phase for developing a cryptocurrency certificate with an external investment bank

• Orchestrated 5 workstreams, provided overarching PMO and stakeholder management

• Created the business case and aligned strategic options

• Oct 2020 – Oct 2021 Business Transformation, Sourcing (Largest German Bank)

• Implemented the organizational target operating model for KYC Germany as project manager

• Managed staffing and location setup (hired 250 FTE, logistics for new site)

• Built the KYC competence center for German large caps (department, team, roles) process-wise and organizationally

• Advised on contract negotiations with procurement for sourcing an external KYC provider

• Jan 2020 – Sep 2020 Digitalization, KYC Regulation (Largest German Bank)

• Germany coordinator (project manager) in an agile project to introduce an AMLD-5 compliant KYC software (MVP)

• Stakeholder management as nexus between local staff and management (back & front office), global project management, product owners, IT

• Incident management (capture, prioritization, tracking) with JIRA

• Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 Business Transformation, Tax Evasion Prevention Act Regulation (Largest German Bank)

• Led the implementation of the Tax Evasion Prevention Act in the global Corporate & Investment Banking division

• Analyzed legal requirements and developed a control concept in alignment with business and infrastructure units

• Successfully implemented IT and process solutions within budget and timeline; prepared initial regulatory reporting to the Federal Central Tax Office

• Project management: initiation, chaired SteerCo meetings, communication

• Dec 2016 – Dec 2017 Business Transformation, Banking Separation Act Regulation (Largest German Bank)

• Led the implementation of the Banking Separation Act in the global Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division

• Developed target operating model and process design (control concept) in coordination with IT and 2nd lines (Legal, Compliance)

• Successfully implemented changes in business units and IT per regulatory requirements

• PMO and represented the internal GTB project management in committees

• Jul 2015 Project Management (Largest German Bank – Asset Management)

• Implemented an asset management front-office system

• Interim head of the global PMO (Frankfurt, New York) with 4 staff

• Planned milestones, budget, regular reporting

• Prepared, attended and followed up on senior governance meetings

• Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 M&A Consulting – Due Diligence (NDA – Asset Management)

• Led a European operational due diligence (buy side) for a European asset manager back-office provider

• Produced red flag reports: screened data rooms, assessed organizational structure, identified risks in acquisitions

• Designed operating model scenarios for operations including business case

• Jan 2015 – Feb 2015 Target Operating Model (Largest German Bank)

• Conducted market and competitor analysis to realign multiple securities processing units (private & corporate clients)

• Ran a strategy workshop to develop a new target operating model for securities processing

• Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 M&A Consulting – Post Merger Integration (Largest German Bank)

• Organizational restructuring and group integration during the post-merger integration phase

• Deputy project manager leading 4 staff in the Integration Management Office (status reporting, attended sponsor meetings with senior management)

• Advised workstreams on cost reduction, synergy realization and business case controlling across 11 subprojects

• Feb 2013 – Dec 2013 Sourcing (State-owned Resolution Agency)

• Coordinated sourcing activities for the bankwide service-level agreement (SLA) creation with an external service provider

• Checked SLAs for completeness and consistency, facilitated cross-functional alignment within the bank

• Advised on preparing negotiation positions and participated in discussions with service providers and senior management

• Jun 2012 – Jan 2013 Sourcing (State-owned Resolution Agency)

• Developed site strategy: scenario analysis for European locations and created business case

• Advised and prepared tender and contract documents per EU procurement rules for outsourcing portfolio management services

• Led a team in drafting portfolio management service-level agreements

• Mar 2012 – Jun 2012 M&A Consulting – Carve-Out (Largest German Bank – Asset Management)

• Global carve-out of the institutional asset management business to a US investor

• Led the global operations workstream focusing on 3rd-party contract review, portfolio analysis, drafting and negotiating transitional service agreements

• Oct 2011 – Feb 2012 Regulation (various banks)

• Central support for FATCA project teams with technical work and Deloitte position papers

• Conducted client workshops for a cooperative bank on FATCA strategy for foreign financial institutions

• Process redesign and advisory support during implementation

• Jul 2011 – Oct 2011 M&A Consulting – Carve-Out (Life Insurance)

• Planned and prepared an M&A carve-out transaction

• Analyzed existing processes and defined target processes; facilitated cross-functional workshops and created day-1 checklists

• Operationally led the PMO with 3 staff for the carve-out (prepared and participated in steering committee, developed project plan)

• Feb 2011 – Jul 2011 Project Management (Life Insurance)

• Operational leadership of the PMO, project risk management

• Prepared post-merger integration steering committee at C-level

• Project reporting, stakeholder management, project and budget controlling

• Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 Securities Processing (Landesbank)

• Created data processing and business concepts for securities trading

• Designed test cases for IT interfaces

• Independently coordinated test execution with business requirements

• Sep 2010 – Oct 2010 Project Management (Asset Manager)

• PMO for introducing an independent P&L

• Budget tracking, prepared and documented steering committee

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