Internal & IT Audit, Risk and Ethics professional with wide experience in highly regulated environments and with broad international exposure.
Aktualisiert am 09.04.2025
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Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 01.06.2025
Verfügbar zu: 80%
davon vor Ort: 50%
Auditor
IT-Compliance
ISO 27001
SAP Berechtigungskonzept
IT audit
AML
Compliance
Business Continuity Management
Changemanagement
Banking/Finance
Payments
Pharma
RBAC
Investigations
Fraud Prevention and Detection
FCPA
UK Bribery Act
SAP FI/CO
DevOps
Cloud Audits
Access Controls
Anti Bribery Anti Corruption Controls
Risk Management
Dutch
Muttersprache
English
near native
German
Good
French
Conversational
Spanish
Starter

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Aachen (+150km) Berlin (+10km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 years 1 month
2021-07 - 2023-07

Insourcing and building the Group audit department

Head of Group Audit
Head of Group Audit
  • Insourcing and building the Group audit department of the FinTech payments unicorn PPRO in compliance with regulatory standards to support an IPO within 3-5 years. 
  • Maturing the 3rd Line of Defence. Designing the audit universe and audit methodology, hiring staff, managing the relationship with audit co sourcing partner Deloitte, developing relationships and periodic reporting lines with the audit committee and governing boards. Developing relationships with the regulators CSSF (Luxembourg) and FCA (UK) and providing assurance to them. 
  • Audit areas covered: AML, Compliance, IT General Controls, Identity and Access Management, AWS Cloud Security&Ops, DevOps methodology incl. GitLab tooling, 3rd Party Management, GDPR, Customer Funds Safeguarding, Treasury, HR, Procurement, Customer DD/Risk mngt, Payment Services Support.
PPRO Group, Cologne/Munich/Berlin, GE
2 years 3 months
2019-05 - 2021-07

Redesigning and building the data analytics and accounting control assessment function

Head of Accounting Control / IT Audit department
Head of Accounting Control / IT Audit department
  • Redesigning and building the data analytics and accounting control assessment function of this government inspection body. 
  • My audit and data analytics team of 10 provided the food and product safety inspection teams with data driven audit findings, thus improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of their enforcement activities
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Utrecht
6 years
2013-01 - 2018-12

Heading the Corporate Internal Audit and Risk Management departments

Head of Corporate Internal Audit & Investigations
Head of Corporate Internal Audit & Investigations

  • Heading the Corporate Internal Audit and Risk Management departments; 5 FTE
  • 1,2 mill EUR budget. Responsible for global audit and risk management governance and coverage in 29 countries in Europe, Central and South America; executing between 18- 20 Compliance (anti-bribery) and Operational audits yearly, according to the Audit Charter, with a continuing positive client feedback percentage of more than 80%.
  • Quarterly Risk and Audit reporting to the Executive Board. 
  • Building and coaching the audit and risk management teams. Designing and implementing fraud, compliance and whistleblower investigation protocols. Executing all global fraud and compliance whistleblower investigations.

Grünenthal Group Aachen GE
1 year 3 months
2011-09 - 2012-11

Responsible for fraud risk management policy setting and implementation

Operational Risk Manager - Anti Fraud Officer
Operational Risk Manager - Anti Fraud Officer
  • Relates to all aspects of the fraud circle: awareness, prevention, detection, reporting and response. 
  • Advising on internal and external fraud control improvements within the ING Nederland Enterprise Risk Management framework.
ING Bank, Amsterdam
3 years
2008-10 - 2011-09

Executing operational audits in the ING DIRECT (DiBa)

Audit Manager
Audit Manager
  • Executing operational audits in the ING DIRECT (DiBa) banking network. (UK US FR DE AU IT ES). 
  • Risk/Control consultancy, audit consultancy, team lead and coach. 
  • All retail banking and non-banking products and front and back office processes. Areas: Global Functions: Compliance, FEC, ORM, HR
ING Bank Corporate Audit Services, Amsterdam, ING Direct and Global Functions
2 years 7 months
2006-04 - 2008-10

Managing and executing risk based operational audits

Lead Auditor / Audit Manager
Lead Auditor / Audit Manager
  • Managing and executing risk based operational audits in the Transaction Banking /Working Capital and Payments Operations area in the ABN AMRO global network. (a/o US, Indonesia, UAE, India, Brazil, Turkey, Switzerland, Argentina).
ABN AMRO (RBS) Group Audit, Amsterdam
5 years 11 months
2000-05 - 2006-03

Planning and executing project audits

Senior IT Auditor
Senior IT Auditor
  • Planning and executing project audits, operational IT audits, application audits and integrated audits in the ABN AMRO global banking network (US, UK, Chile, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic). 
  • Focus areas: SOx IT and business control advisory; General IT Controls (ITIL/CObIT frameworks).
  • Application, security and technical audits SAP, identification/authentication tooling, database and interface security and encryption, Hyperion / Oracle Finance applications.
ABN AMRO Group Audit, Amsterdam
2 years 5 months
1998-01 - 2000-05

Managing SAP implementations

SAP Application Consultant Finance/Controlling
SAP Application Consultant Finance/Controlling
  • Managing SAP implementations
  • process analysis and prototyping
  • customizing
  • application management
  • SAP authorisation management.
NUON (now Vattenfall) SAP Competence Centre Amsterdam
2 years
1996-02 - 1998-01

TATA Steel - IJmuiden


BSO-Origin BV (now ATOS)
1 year
1997-01 - 1997-12

Business Modelling, Prototyping and Customizing

SHELL
Rotterdam

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

09/1991
University of Amsterdam
European Studies
doctorandus degree (Master of Arts)

Focus:
English, French, International Economics, History

VWO (Atheneum) Gouda
Rijksscholengemeenschap

Professional Education
05/2003
Registered EDP Auditor degree (RE), Executive Master / IT auditor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, May 2003.

2011
CFE Certified Fraud Examiner , Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

2005
CIA Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors

2003
CISA Certified Information System Auditor, ISACA

Position

Position

Compliance, Internal Audit, IT Audit, Risk and Ethics professional with extensive experience in highly regulated environments and with significant international exposure, available for a senior Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security, Risk or Investigation role in an international setting.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Auditor IT-Compliance ISO 27001 SAP Berechtigungskonzept IT audit AML Compliance Business Continuity Management Changemanagement Banking/Finance Payments Pharma RBAC Investigations Fraud Prevention and Detection FCPA UK Bribery Act SAP FI/CO DevOps Cloud Audits Access Controls Anti Bribery Anti Corruption Controls Risk Management

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Industry Experience and Achievements
FinTech
Insourcing and building the Group audit department of the FinTech payments unicorn PPRO (600 fte, 90 Mil turnover) in compliance with regulatory standards to support an IPO within 3-5 years. Designing the audit universe and audit methodology, hiring staff, managing the relationship with audit co sourcing partner Deloitte, developing relationships and periodic reporting lines with the audit committee and governing boards. Developing relationships with the regulators CSSF (Luxembourg) and FCA (UK) and providing them with assurance.

Government
Professionalising the Accounting Control and IT audit department of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Board in order to support the national inspection and enforcement teams.

Pharmaceutical
Building Audit and Risk Management departments. Designing Audit Charter and methodology. Responsible for setting up a new audit department and executing between 18-25 Compliance(anti-bribery), Supply Chain and Operational audits yearly. Leading global audit and risk management governance and coverage in 29 countries in Europe and Latin America. Responsible for the design of investigation procedures and managing ad hoc fraud, compliance and whistle-blower investigations globally. Setting up quarterly reporting cycles for the Board and Supervisory Board.

Banking
Leading audits in ING Bank and ABN AMRO Bank in the fields of: ORM, Compliance, Operations, Anti Money Laundering, FEC, CDD/KnowYourClient, Vendor Due Diligence, UK and US Anti Bribery Acts (FCPA), ABAC Adequate Procedures testing (UK Bribery Act), Anti-Fraud & Bribery, Payments BackOffice, Security Management (SAP), General IT controls, (ITIL, CobIT based), Project Audits, SOx IT control design and testing, SAP application audits. Operational and Fraud Risk Management within the ERM framework of ING Bank.

Management consulting (Utilities, Steel and Petrol Industries)
SAP business consultancy and SAP Internal Control and Security Consulting. SAP Security and Authorisations Management.

Work Experience
Role: Independent Consultant / Contractor

Tasks:

Compliance, Operational and IT Audit, Information Security Consulting, SOx and other internal control frameworks, Pharma and Financial Industry Regulatory Compliance, Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Anti Fraud and Anti Bribery frameworks, Fraud Investigations. Enterprise Risk Management. 


Strengths

  • Native English and good German reporting and presentation skills
  • able to deliver risk and control messages in concise and crisp reports, sensitive to inter-cultural business differences
  • diplomat
  • independent, critical, pragmatic, open, direct and hands on with humour, non-threatening demeanour
  • able to work and communicate on all organisational levels
  • Teambuilder, people developer and coach
  • Self aware of strengths and development attention points related to leadership styles
  • always working on mastering leadership styles to become a more all-round and effective leader


Military Service 

1982 - 1983

Military Service in the Royal Netherlands Army

Non Commissioned Officer

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Aachen (+150km) Berlin (+10km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 years 1 month
2021-07 - 2023-07

Insourcing and building the Group audit department

Head of Group Audit
Head of Group Audit
  • Insourcing and building the Group audit department of the FinTech payments unicorn PPRO in compliance with regulatory standards to support an IPO within 3-5 years. 
  • Maturing the 3rd Line of Defence. Designing the audit universe and audit methodology, hiring staff, managing the relationship with audit co sourcing partner Deloitte, developing relationships and periodic reporting lines with the audit committee and governing boards. Developing relationships with the regulators CSSF (Luxembourg) and FCA (UK) and providing assurance to them. 
  • Audit areas covered: AML, Compliance, IT General Controls, Identity and Access Management, AWS Cloud Security&Ops, DevOps methodology incl. GitLab tooling, 3rd Party Management, GDPR, Customer Funds Safeguarding, Treasury, HR, Procurement, Customer DD/Risk mngt, Payment Services Support.
PPRO Group, Cologne/Munich/Berlin, GE
2 years 3 months
2019-05 - 2021-07

Redesigning and building the data analytics and accounting control assessment function

Head of Accounting Control / IT Audit department
Head of Accounting Control / IT Audit department
  • Redesigning and building the data analytics and accounting control assessment function of this government inspection body. 
  • My audit and data analytics team of 10 provided the food and product safety inspection teams with data driven audit findings, thus improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of their enforcement activities
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Utrecht
6 years
2013-01 - 2018-12

Heading the Corporate Internal Audit and Risk Management departments

Head of Corporate Internal Audit & Investigations
Head of Corporate Internal Audit & Investigations

  • Heading the Corporate Internal Audit and Risk Management departments; 5 FTE
  • 1,2 mill EUR budget. Responsible for global audit and risk management governance and coverage in 29 countries in Europe, Central and South America; executing between 18- 20 Compliance (anti-bribery) and Operational audits yearly, according to the Audit Charter, with a continuing positive client feedback percentage of more than 80%.
  • Quarterly Risk and Audit reporting to the Executive Board. 
  • Building and coaching the audit and risk management teams. Designing and implementing fraud, compliance and whistleblower investigation protocols. Executing all global fraud and compliance whistleblower investigations.

Grünenthal Group Aachen GE
1 year 3 months
2011-09 - 2012-11

Responsible for fraud risk management policy setting and implementation

Operational Risk Manager - Anti Fraud Officer
Operational Risk Manager - Anti Fraud Officer
  • Relates to all aspects of the fraud circle: awareness, prevention, detection, reporting and response. 
  • Advising on internal and external fraud control improvements within the ING Nederland Enterprise Risk Management framework.
ING Bank, Amsterdam
3 years
2008-10 - 2011-09

Executing operational audits in the ING DIRECT (DiBa)

Audit Manager
Audit Manager
  • Executing operational audits in the ING DIRECT (DiBa) banking network. (UK US FR DE AU IT ES). 
  • Risk/Control consultancy, audit consultancy, team lead and coach. 
  • All retail banking and non-banking products and front and back office processes. Areas: Global Functions: Compliance, FEC, ORM, HR
ING Bank Corporate Audit Services, Amsterdam, ING Direct and Global Functions
2 years 7 months
2006-04 - 2008-10

Managing and executing risk based operational audits

Lead Auditor / Audit Manager
Lead Auditor / Audit Manager
  • Managing and executing risk based operational audits in the Transaction Banking /Working Capital and Payments Operations area in the ABN AMRO global network. (a/o US, Indonesia, UAE, India, Brazil, Turkey, Switzerland, Argentina).
ABN AMRO (RBS) Group Audit, Amsterdam
5 years 11 months
2000-05 - 2006-03

Planning and executing project audits

Senior IT Auditor
Senior IT Auditor
  • Planning and executing project audits, operational IT audits, application audits and integrated audits in the ABN AMRO global banking network (US, UK, Chile, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic). 
  • Focus areas: SOx IT and business control advisory; General IT Controls (ITIL/CObIT frameworks).
  • Application, security and technical audits SAP, identification/authentication tooling, database and interface security and encryption, Hyperion / Oracle Finance applications.
ABN AMRO Group Audit, Amsterdam
2 years 5 months
1998-01 - 2000-05

Managing SAP implementations

SAP Application Consultant Finance/Controlling
SAP Application Consultant Finance/Controlling
  • Managing SAP implementations
  • process analysis and prototyping
  • customizing
  • application management
  • SAP authorisation management.
NUON (now Vattenfall) SAP Competence Centre Amsterdam
2 years
1996-02 - 1998-01

TATA Steel - IJmuiden


BSO-Origin BV (now ATOS)
1 year
1997-01 - 1997-12

Business Modelling, Prototyping and Customizing

SHELL
Rotterdam

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

09/1991
University of Amsterdam
European Studies
doctorandus degree (Master of Arts)

Focus:
English, French, International Economics, History

VWO (Atheneum) Gouda
Rijksscholengemeenschap

Professional Education
05/2003
Registered EDP Auditor degree (RE), Executive Master / IT auditor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, May 2003.

2011
CFE Certified Fraud Examiner , Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

2005
CIA Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors

2003
CISA Certified Information System Auditor, ISACA

Position

Position

Compliance, Internal Audit, IT Audit, Risk and Ethics professional with extensive experience in highly regulated environments and with significant international exposure, available for a senior Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security, Risk or Investigation role in an international setting.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Auditor IT-Compliance ISO 27001 SAP Berechtigungskonzept IT audit AML Compliance Business Continuity Management Changemanagement Banking/Finance Payments Pharma RBAC Investigations Fraud Prevention and Detection FCPA UK Bribery Act SAP FI/CO DevOps Cloud Audits Access Controls Anti Bribery Anti Corruption Controls Risk Management

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Industry Experience and Achievements
FinTech
Insourcing and building the Group audit department of the FinTech payments unicorn PPRO (600 fte, 90 Mil turnover) in compliance with regulatory standards to support an IPO within 3-5 years. Designing the audit universe and audit methodology, hiring staff, managing the relationship with audit co sourcing partner Deloitte, developing relationships and periodic reporting lines with the audit committee and governing boards. Developing relationships with the regulators CSSF (Luxembourg) and FCA (UK) and providing them with assurance.

Government
Professionalising the Accounting Control and IT audit department of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Board in order to support the national inspection and enforcement teams.

Pharmaceutical
Building Audit and Risk Management departments. Designing Audit Charter and methodology. Responsible for setting up a new audit department and executing between 18-25 Compliance(anti-bribery), Supply Chain and Operational audits yearly. Leading global audit and risk management governance and coverage in 29 countries in Europe and Latin America. Responsible for the design of investigation procedures and managing ad hoc fraud, compliance and whistle-blower investigations globally. Setting up quarterly reporting cycles for the Board and Supervisory Board.

Banking
Leading audits in ING Bank and ABN AMRO Bank in the fields of: ORM, Compliance, Operations, Anti Money Laundering, FEC, CDD/KnowYourClient, Vendor Due Diligence, UK and US Anti Bribery Acts (FCPA), ABAC Adequate Procedures testing (UK Bribery Act), Anti-Fraud & Bribery, Payments BackOffice, Security Management (SAP), General IT controls, (ITIL, CobIT based), Project Audits, SOx IT control design and testing, SAP application audits. Operational and Fraud Risk Management within the ERM framework of ING Bank.

Management consulting (Utilities, Steel and Petrol Industries)
SAP business consultancy and SAP Internal Control and Security Consulting. SAP Security and Authorisations Management.

Work Experience
Role: Independent Consultant / Contractor

Tasks:

Compliance, Operational and IT Audit, Information Security Consulting, SOx and other internal control frameworks, Pharma and Financial Industry Regulatory Compliance, Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Anti Fraud and Anti Bribery frameworks, Fraud Investigations. Enterprise Risk Management. 


Strengths

  • Native English and good German reporting and presentation skills
  • able to deliver risk and control messages in concise and crisp reports, sensitive to inter-cultural business differences
  • diplomat
  • independent, critical, pragmatic, open, direct and hands on with humour, non-threatening demeanour
  • able to work and communicate on all organisational levels
  • Teambuilder, people developer and coach
  • Self aware of strengths and development attention points related to leadership styles
  • always working on mastering leadership styles to become a more all-round and effective leader


Military Service 

1982 - 1983

Military Service in the Royal Netherlands Army

Non Commissioned Officer

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