Experience

George Labs

• Austria
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cluster Product Owner - Lead Financial Health

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  I lead the cluster that is developing financial health tools and services on George, the digital platform of Erste Group. We are responsible for features such as Personal Finance Manager, Financial Health zone, Money Automation, Saving goals, George Tips. We ensure that we can talk to our customers in the context of their live, empowering them to become more financially healthy. I lead the cluster that is developing financial health tools and services on George, the digital platform of Erste Group. We are responsible for features such as Personal Finance Manager, Financial Health zone, Money Automation, Saving goals, George Tips. We ensure that we can talk to our customers in the context of their live, empowering them to become more financially healthy.



Erste Group

• Austria
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Owner Open Finance & Multi Banking

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2022

• Product Management Open Banking

  • May 2019 - Jan 2021



Erste Digital

• Austria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Corporate Consultancy Services

  • May 2018 - Sep 2022

  Department Head, providing business analysis and consultancy services to the Group Corporate business line, responsible for "change the bank" demand management. Team is working on projects in Digital Channels, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Lending, Cash management & Payments. Department Head, providing business analysis and consultancy services to the Group Corporate business line, responsible for "change the bank" demand management. Team is working on projects in Digital Channels, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Lending, Cash management & Payments.



Erste Group

• Austria
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internal Consultant. Project Manager.

  • Dec 2013 - Jan 2018

  Servicing the central corporate business unit of a leading financial services provider in Central and Eastern Europe with project management and consultancy expertise. As an internal business consultant I conducted both market and internal research for international (cross business entity) improvement projects, and led some of the international projects. Projects included Managing the go-live readiness stream for a large (25+ m.) project. The project delivers a new loan administration system to Holding operations and is key for IFRS9 compliance. With its fixed deadline, it is a high-pressure environment with many moving parts. As stream lead I coordinate the integration testing with development teams, manage acceptance testing with business departments and liaise with the other IFRS9 projects. Managed rollout of the first unified group product with centralised operations to 3 cross border entities. Coordinated a cross functional team of 10 in holding and an additional 4 to 6 people per local entity. Pushed implementation through strong relationship management. Product has been sold to several large multinational corporate clients. Led a stream in a group wide project for standardized customer management operations, market research for vendor selection and led the 1.5 m. euro RFP for a digital platform. Developed strategy for transaction banking. Analysed and co-designed trade parts, focus on increased sales through operational excellence, product dev. and digital innovation. Show less



Methis Consulting

• Belgium
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  Managed the relationship with the client I was placed at. As client engagement lead I was end responsible for the delivery of the project I managed. Projects included Developed an end to end power sourcing and pricing capability at eni Belgium. Activities included management of an international project team and organisational/process design. Successfully implemented operating model and IT on planning (15 mo. project). Designed and implemented a new dunning process at VMW. Board level stakeholder management, change management, project management & reporting (7 mo. project). Show less



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Client Service Group, Financial Services. Contributed to several client projects. Worked internally on commercial pitches and presentations. Created globally used standard architecture picture for asset management firms.Projects includedAnalysed processes and operating models for merger between BNPP and Fortis. Collected and managed inputs for a business process library for Brussels and London (6 mo. project).

• Business Analyst

  • 2008 - Dec 2010

  Financial Services Implementation Services. Contributed to several client projects. Worked internally on commercial pitches and presentations.Projects includedProduct innovation to enable digital signing of docs for digital customer service channel team in RBS. Delivered an accepted business case (12 months).Coordinated user acceptance testing in demerger of ABN AMRO for the Dutch client service department of commercial bank bought by RBS (9 months). PMO activities for integration project of two insurance labels of Achmea. Supported program manager, designed a new organization model (7 months). Show less