Levent Önder
Digital Transformation
Experience
Digital Transformation
African Development Bank
Freelancer project in cooperation with STC Services.
- Goal: Development of an IT governance and governance framework based on DORA requirements.
- Role: Coordination and training of external service providers.
Digital Transformation
Energy Provider
Freelancer project in cooperation with STC Services.
- Digital & finance transformation.
- Goal: Migration to S/4HANA and optimization of posting processes.
- Role: Project management, leading 21 team members, budget €9 M.
- Design of TOM, implementation of system solution and introduction of change management measures.
- Result: Implementation of new system solution & increased process quality.
Digital Transformation
Regional Bank
Freelancer project in cooperation with STC Services.
- Goal: Optimization of the back office through automated workflows and DORA readiness.
- Role: Leading 7 team members, budget €4.5 M.
- Result: Developed a roadmap for migrating to automated systems.
Workplace Transition
Regional Bank
Freelancer project.
- Workplace transition – ITSM suite process organization in operations.
- Goal: Implementation of a new solution and process optimization through change management measures.
- Role: Leading an 8-person team, budget €6 M.
- Result: Established a new organizational structure and increased efficiency.
Senior Manager, Business Transformation
EY
Digital transformation, health insurer in Thuringia.
Goal: Transformation into an agile organization and process optimization.
Role: Leading an interdisciplinary team (15 staff), budget €18 M.
Result: Introduced an agile organizational structure, increased process efficiency by 22%.
Blockchain strategy for a banking group.
Goal: Evaluation and implementation of a digital strategy for digital assets.
Role: Developed the strategy and led a development team for platform implementation.
Result: Successful market launch of the platform with increased market presence.
Interim head: Reporting department, Regional Bank (Munich).
Goal: Ensure VAG reporting and GroMiKV compliance, process optimization and building a new team.
Role: Managed a team of 8 in the reporting department.
Result: Optimized reporting and data quality, ensured compliance with regulatory requirements.
Director, Financial Services & Petrochemicals
STC Services
Digital bank transformation in the Middle East.
Goal: Develop a target operating model & regulatory strategy for a fully digital bank.
Role: Led the strategy development process and optimized regulatory reporting structures.
Result: Efficiency gains through digital automation and implementation of a compliant target operating model.
Digital transformation, petrochemical group.
Goal: Process optimization and improvement of customer experiences.
Role: Led a 50-member team, budget $25 M.
Result: Efficiency gains through digital automation.
Team development & leadership programs.
Goal: Develop leadership skills and create a strategic team structure.
Role: Lead operations & consulting.
Managed and coached teams, introduced a leadership program.
Result: Higher employee satisfaction and improved leadership culture.
Manager, Finance, Risk & Compliance
CAPCO - The Capital Markets Company
Implementation of MiFID II (capital markets & AWM) at Deutsche Bank.
Goal: Adapt advisory and trading processes to new regulations.
Role: Project management for asset & wealth management, collaboration with BaFin and business units.
Result: Optimized market efficiency and introduced a target operating model.
Post-merger integration at a central bank in the Middle East.
Goal: Harmonize credit and financial processes after the merger.
Role: PMO lead and development of a target operating model.
Result: Harmonization and efficiency gains through digital automation and system implementation.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Restructuring at a universal bank in Frankfurt.
Goal: Cost optimization in finance through standardization and digitalization.
Current state analysis of existing processes. Identified cost-saving potentials.
Developed and implemented cost-cutting measures.
Set up a shared service center. Standardized and optimized internal processes for long-term scalability.
FX benchmark manipulation, Commerzbank (capital markets).
Goal: Identify and eliminate compliance breaches.
Role: PMO and development of risk mitigation strategies.
Result: Implemented new compliance processes.
Consultant, Financial Services
BearingPoint Consulting GmbH
Establishment of BearingPoint Turkey.
Goal: Market entry strategy and due diligence.
Role: Led the preparation and implementation.
Result: Successfully established the firm in Turkey.
Post-merger integration – universal bank, Frankfurt.
Goal: Data migration and process modeling during the merger of two major banks.
Role: Responsible for conceptual design, modeling and functional testing.
Modeled and optimized financial processes.
Result: Successful harmonization and optimization of internal processes.
Executive Assistant to the Board & Project Lead
WIL AG
Industry: Recycling & plant engineering.
- Strategic finance & corporate management:
- Goal: Led M&A projects for the acquisition and integration of several companies in the recycling sector.
- Developed and executed growth strategies to expand new business areas.
- Optimized organizational structures by realigning business and financial processes.
- Finance transformation & post-merger integration:
- Restructured accounting & controlling including introduction of new reporting standards.
- Implemented and built a shared service center to increase efficiency.
- Investor relations & corporate strategy:
- Conducted market analyses & valuations of potential acquisition targets.
- Direct communication with investors & moderating international roadshows for fundraising.
- Result: Successful acquisitions, restructurings and finance transformations for sustainable growth and efficiency improvements.
Program Lead Back Office in AWM
Deutsche Bank
- Goal: Develop a strategic transformation program to optimize and automate financial processes.
- Role: Led a transformation program with 34 projects, budget €500 M.
- Result: Introduced a risk-based control concept and optimized overall bank management.
Summary
Experienced professional in IT-strategic change & project management consulting and digital transformation, expert in process optimization and governance of enterprise-wide team leadership. Key achievements include leading transformation projects and strategic initiatives with over 50 team members and a €25 M budget to optimize processes and enhance customer experiences.
CORE COMPETENCES:
- IT-strategic Change & Project Management
- Process Optimization & Digitization Implementation of efficient process environments using AI & automation
- Corporate Governance & Strategy Development and implementation of strategic directions in regulated industries
- Leadership & Team Development Many years of disciplinary leadership (>6 years). Development of employees & teams
- Finance & Controlling Optimization of financial processes and performance improvement
- Governance & Compliance Ensuring compliance with international and national regulatory requirements
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Energy Sector Project Led a project with 21 team members and a €9 M budget for an S/4HANA migration
- Change Management Health Insurance Introduced an agile organization, increased process efficiency by 20% at a health insurer
- Process Automation Petrochemical in the Middle East Led a $25 M project to increase process efficiency by 35%
- Major Transformation Middle East Led a team of 120 with a $40 M budget for bank digitization in the Middle East
- Efficiency Improvement Universal Bank Efficiency gains through SAP S/4HANA and automation in a petrochemical group
Languages
Education
Middlesex University
Doctor of Business Administration · London, United Kingdom
TH Cologne
German Diploma in Business Administration · Banking & Finance · Cologne, Germany · good
Certifications & licenses
Blue Prism Developer Training
Certified Agile Coach
Certified Agile Project Manager
Certified Digital Transformation Manager
Certified New Work Expert & Agile Change Manager
PMP
Prince 2
Professional Scrum Master I
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