Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master / SAFe Agilist / Business Analyst

2021/10 – 2023/01: Scrum Master for Risk & Compliance, Bitcoin Suisse

• Core-Banking system implementation: Successful implementation and go-live of Core-Banking system (TCS Bancs and AML); ensured proper specification and implementation of the Core-Banking-system together with its AML Compliance module covering Sanction screening and Transaction Monitoring both for fiat and crypto transactions, Stakeholder and Vendor alignment
• Taskforce lead for remediation of Client documentation requirements: Leading Compliance teams for Privates, HNWI and Corporates to remediate documentation requirements (Know-Your-Customer), working towards target date, leading daily stand-ups covering progress and impediments, DevOps management for transparent status reports
• Representing Risk team for Core-Banking implementation: Reviewing Bank guarantee requirements and calculations, Transaction data for regulatory requirements, EBICS (ISO 20022) Transactions with partnering Banking institutions, Train users for User Acceptance Testing

2020/11 – 2021/10: Scrum Master (Delivery Team Lead) Co-branded Payment Solution, Product launch with multiple applications – 2 Core Delivery teams, PostFinance (Mastercard Debit)

• Coaching team members and supporting PO in big-room (PI) planning, enhancing processes and testing requirements
• As servant leader, closely supporting development teams with daily stand-ups and removal of impediments
• Participation in Sprint planning and reviews, protecting teams and feedback gathering, identifying areas of improvement through Retrospectives
• Jira, Board and Confluence management for proper documentation and status
• Ensuring timely implementation for credit card payment solution involving planning and coordination across different teams and applications (scrum of scrum) such as client data, transaction data, test teams (HPQC, Polarion) and integration to core banking and other tools

2020/06 – 2020/07: SFTR implementation (Securities Financing Transactions Regulation), Principal Consultant, DeltaConx

• Expert for Regulatory reporting and Treasury systems to for securities, especially REPOs (EUREX, Deltaconx)
• Analysis of SFTR relevant transactions, data identification, gathering and preparation for reporting
• Quality assurance through Test concept definition and management in alignment with relevant internal parties, clearing house and vendors

2020/02 – 2020/06: Trading and Risk Management (Financial Derivative Investments, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy) – Core team of 50 FTEs + Development, NESTE / IBM

• Scrum Master and Expert Business Analyst for Financial Instrument trade processing for derivatives on energy products: Options, Swaps, Futures, Margin Calls (Specification, Implementation Support, QA and Testing)
• Requirement definition for Allegro and its integration process with SAP and Allegro based on Trade processing for Options and Futures both Exchange traded and OTC deals
• Requirement definitions for Margin Calls (IM, VM) based on Exchange / ISDA contracts
• Front-to-back office Trading operations, risk management and deal life-cycle processes for oil products, renewable energy and financial products
• Credit risk and liquidity risk management implementation
• QA and Testing: Test design / Test Plan & Test Execution (SIT, UAT, E2E), Documentation with HP QC ALM

2019/08 – 2020/01: KYC CRS requirements implementation, Lead Scrum Master in Program Management (Global Bank, CH and all locations), Credit Suisse

• Scrum master supporting Program Management for selected top-priority deliveries (SAFe project framework) – Core team of 25+ FTEs and Development
• Governance, planning, budgeting and Program set-up including PI, Sprint planning with different teams
• Scrum Master: Legal Entity Onboarding – Signatory Rights Implementation (Appway)
• Scrum Master: Customer Due Diligence – Beneficial Owner (CDB 20 requirement)
• Scrum Master: KYC Historization / Audit Trail implementation
• Design User stories and Epics in alignment with Compliance and Product owners and coordination throughout different IT teams – as each of these IT teams has another scrum team and separate PI planning
• Quality assurance and Incident management through end-to-end Test management including Compliance and IT teams including test scenarios, documentation and reporting
• Status reports and updates to the Chief Compliance Office

2019/02 – 2019/06: Energy Trading and Risk Management (Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy Investments, Physical Trading) – Core team of 50 FTEs + Development, NESTE / IBM

• Scrum Master and Expert Business Analyst for Pricing for energy products (Specification, Implementation Support, Test Mgmt.)
• Requirement definition on pricing and risk specifications in the integration process with SAP and Allegro
• Liquidity and Market risk management implementation
• Test Management: End-to-End testing scenario definitions, Test execution, Documentation with HP QC ALM
• Front-to-back -office investment trading operations, risk management and deal life-cycle processes for oil products, renewable energy and financial products

2018/02 – 2019/01: Sabbatical

2015/05 – 2018/01: FATCA/QI & US Monitor requirements Implementation, Program Management Office (Global Bank, CH and all locations) – Core team of 25+ FTEs and Development, Credit Suisse

• Lead Scrum Master in Program Management (SAFe project framework)
• Key support to Program manager in governance and planning; successful group-wide handover to RTB, defining milestone plan and allocate tasks accordingly to streams
• RAID and progress tracking across the Program
• Senior management communication and reporting to the board, executive body and internal audit; stakeholder management and preparation of steering committee meetings including progress and burn-down charts
• Budget and resource management towards planned goals
• Analysis on US Monitor and FINMA enforcement actions with internal audit
• Review of entities (EnterpriseD) with local COOs to ensure compliance and adequate reporting

2017/01 – 2017/07: Client documentation and Onboarding process assessment (Global Bank, CH) – Core team of 20 FTEs, Credit Suisse

• Scrum Master / Team lead of reviewing specialists
• Coordinating and assessing existing client documentation and controls according regulatory changes
• Assessing Onboarding process in accordance with KYC requirements on client risk profiles and potential sanctions; finding solutions for FCC (Financial Crime Compliance) and Client ID restrictions with Front, Line of Defense and IT organization

2012/01 – 2012/05: Transition into a fully licensed Booking center (local entity of a Global Bank, RU, AT) – Core team of 10+ FTEs, Sberbank

• Expert leading team of lawyers, business and IT
• Implementation of the organization plan, documentation of applications and framework including handbooks and KYC documentation for front, risk, compliance and IT units

2011/12 – 2012/01: Audit and AML assessment (Global German Bank, GE) – Core team of 100 and more FTEs, Deutsche Bank

• Expert reviewing balance sheet and further bank internal guidelines and handbooks
• Balance sheet Audit (capital and risk) and Assessment the operational risk framework, handbooks and guidelines to verify adequate fraud prevention measures and AML compliance including coherency checks

2011/10 – 2011/12: Regulatory reporting requirements for a licensed Booking center (banking entity of Payment provider, US, AT) – Core team of 15 onsite and off-site FTEs, Western Union International Bank

• Test Manager - Implementation and testing of CRS and regulatory reporting requirements
• Finalize requirement definitions for regulatory reporting requirements on liquidity, credit risk and market risk; review of company integration
• Investment and Trading Instruments cover: Fixed income, FX spot and derivative instruments
• Consult with stakeholder as such as CFO, Finance, Accounting, IT and software vendors
• Developing of Test strategy and scripts for the Banking institution and its related entities
• Test management and execution for FX products and derivatives end-to-end testing: Scenarios, Integration and information flow for FMA reporting requirements

2011/09 – 2011/10: FATCA Implementation roadmap – Core team of 10 FTEs, Unicredit

• Team lead to gather status-quo of core banking system vendors for client information reporting (FATCA)
• Software vendor screening and evaluation of the readiness for FATCA requirements of core banking software vendors
• Tax requirements for European Banking Major, evaluation of requirements and implementation road map for FATCA implementation

Treasury systems and IT landscape integration (Global Banks in EMEA) – Core team of onsite 20 FTEs and Development in RFS Paris, Raiffeisen / Samba / HSH Nordbank

• Expert in treasury management and investment securities and financial instruments trade processing and risk management
• Leading Trade Processing implementation team from specification phase to UAT and go-live
• Instruments cover: Fixed income instruments, Securities, Options, Futures and others
• Requirements analysis and specifications to implement processes for client data and financial instruments
• Focus on Trade capturing, SWIFT confirmation and payments (MT5xx, MT2xx), ISDA confirmations on Trade reporting and Accounting
• ICAAP, Credit Risk Management and Credit Limits implementation, Market Risk and Liquidity Risk Management through implementation of Value at Risk (VaR) Methodologies and stress testing
• Test script generation, Test execution, comprehensive Quality assurance with stakeholders, Defect management
• Key link to front, IT and risk management, heading implementation and testing including UAT

UMTS – Mobile radio stations setup Telekom Austria, T-Mobile, 3

• Scrum Master in PMO
• Review requirements and pricing offers
• Create solution for team and material data base – Navision Financials
• Create documentation for finished incremental (sites)
• Set Retrospective meetings and organize handover to client