Jens F. - Strategic Business Consultant

Leipzig, Germany

Experience

Jun 2023 - Present

2 years 7 months

Strategic Business Process Consultant

EURO Kartensysteme

Analysis, redesign and requirements specification for a software system to record, process and reimburse all incidents in the girocard scheme
Analysis, design and execution of tenders for the introduction of a user and rights management system, a master data system and a document management system
Project management of the software development project of the EKS-Net platform for recording, processing and reimbursing all incidents in the girocard scheme
Project management of the introduction of a user and rights management system
Project management of the introduction of a master data system
Project management of the introduction of a document management system
Strategy consulting on the digitalization of business processes
Consulting in payments, compliance (PEP and sanction list checks) and risk analysis
Design of data models and interfaces

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years

Managing Director, Training Manager

Payments & Banking Academy

Training sessions (webinars and on-site) on payments, banking, e-commerce, m-commerce, SEPA, SWIFT, clearing, settlement, regulation, compliance

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

4 months

Business Analyst Target2

Equens Worldline

Business analysis of Target2, SWIFT, CBPR+
Master data, pricing & fees, FX for a large international bank

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

6 months

Strategic Consultant for SEPA Payment Schemes

Banking Circle S.A.

Consulting on the introduction of SEPA Direct Debit and SEPA Card Clearing
Process charts, BPMN diagrams, SEPA message description and mapping
Development of sales materials
Support in assessing regulatory and compliance topics

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

4 months

Strategic Payment Consultant

aye4fin GmbH

Building a modern payment platform

Oct 2017 - Dec 2021

4 years 3 months

Interim CTO; IT Management; Business Process Consultant

UAB BEBAWA

Design and setup of a banking platform
Management of service providers for the core banking system and online and mobile banking frontends
Implementation of KYC processes including sanctions and PEP lists and fuzzy matching algorithms
Specification of cryptographic encryption and signature methods

Feb 2015 - Dec 2020

5 years 11 months

Multi-Project Manager; Business Process Consultant Mobile Payment

PAYBACK AG

Project management of mobile payment system for POS and e-commerce
Business process consulting for mobile payment
Threat analysis and security concept
Specification of payment transaction protocols
Specification of cryptographic encryption and signature methods

Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

10 months

Business Process Consultant; Requirements Engineering

Media Saturn IT Services

Multi-channel payment platform consulting
End-to-end design of complex business processes
Requirements Specification

Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

9 months

Management Consultant Business Development; M&A Consulting; Business Development

Start-up (e-commerce/travel industry)

Business and financial planning according to IFRS for an e-commerce start-up in the travel industry
Acquisition of venture capital
Business consulting to define business requirements (functional specification)
Building sales and marketing structures
Database, interface, and user interface design
OOA and OOD
Design of mobile apps for Android and iOS
Test management

Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

10 months

Product Owner and Theme Owner; Business Consultant Credit Card and Master Data Management

Mercedes-Benz Bank

Redesign and introduction of a core banking system
Definition of business requirements taking into account existing and new IT products
Business analysis and functional specification
Definition of test cases

Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

1 year

Management Consultant Business Development; M&A Advisory

Start-up (e-commerce / travel sector)

Business and financial planning under IFRS for an e-commerce start-up in the travel sector
Raising venture capital
Business consulting to define business requirements (functional specification)
Building sales and marketing structures
Designing mobile apps for Android and iOS

Jul 2009 - Jan 2012

2 years 7 months

Management Consultant Business Development; Scrum Master and Product Owner

Clickandbuy

Project management for a large project; PCI DSS
Defining business requirements as a system specification
Evaluating external service providers against business and technical requirements
Advising on risk management and fraud prevention
Designing algorithms to control payment flows for risk minimization
System architecture, interface, and database definition
Apps for Android and iOS
Defining test cases
Specifying cryptographic encryption and signature methods

Feb 2009 - Jul 2009

6 months

Management Consultant Business Development

Start-up

Business and financial planning under IFRS for a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)

Oct 2008 - Jun 2009

9 months

Management Consultant Business Development

Getamedia

Product management
Business and financial planning under IFRS for an e-recruiting platform

Aug 2008 - Sep 2009

1 year 2 months

Management Consultant Business Development

d+s payment

Project management
Implementing client processes
Advising on risk management
Coordinating external service providers

Dec 2006 - Jul 2008

1 year 8 months

Product and Project Manager

Deltavista

Strategic redesign of an online risk management platform in an international environment
Definition, standardization and mapping of internal and external web services and batch interfaces

Jul 2006 - Nov 2006

5 months

Management Consultant

Best Gaming Technologies

Business, financial and technical planning of an online and mobile payment platform

Jan 2006 - Jun 2006

6 months

Management Consultant

GDMcom

Product management and key account management for photo geo-localization software

Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

3 years

CEO/CTO

PictureBazaar

Design, implementation and operation of a platform for managing, selling and geo-localizing photos

Jan 1999 - Dec 2006

8 years

CEO/CTO

inatec

Design, setup and operation of an online payment platform for banks, telcos and large international clients
Certification of the platform under PCI-DSS
Specification of cryptographic encryption and signature procedures

Jan 1998 - Dec 1998

1 year

CTO

VirBuS

Operating and improving an online payment system
Localizing for the German market
Specifying cryptographic encryption and signature procedures

Jan 1996 - Dec 1997

2 years

Project Manager; Internet Administrator

SachsenLB

Technical project lead for the rollout, localization, and implementation of the CyberCash payment system in Germany
Building the Internet and intranet infrastructure, IT security, and firewall
Developing and implementing the security policy, including data and access security

Jan 1990 - Dec 1995

6 years