Anna Stenger

VP | Senior Transformation Leader | Process Excellence & Automation | Financial Services

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

Strategic and results-driven transformation leader with 10+ years of experience in the Financial Services industry and Inhouse Consulting, specializing in Banking transformation, Operational Excellence and digital transformation. Extensive track record in leading large-scale transformation programs, process improvement initiatives, and automation projects within complex banking environments. Currently leading enterprise-wide process and operational transformation initiatives at a major European bank. Experienced in building and leading high-performing teams and collaborating with senior management and C-level stakeholders across business, risk, operations, and digital functions. Passionate about continuous improvement, Operational Excellence, people leadership, and driving sustainable transformation outcomes.

Experience

  • HypoVereinsbank - UniCredit - Deutschland (Full-time · 9 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of Processes COO – Financing & Lending
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Specialization: Enterprise Transformation •  Built and directed a team of 10+ senior transformation leads in executing group-wide, cross-divisional enterprise transformation programs across financing & lending processes • Established and rolled out a KPI-driven Operational Excellence framework ("Industrial Steering") from Germany to Group level, improving transparency, scalability, and operational performance across 20+ business-critical processes •  Acted as senior interface between Group transformation functions and local Business, Risk, Digital, and Operations • Accelerated digital transformation through automation, AI usage and process redesig of lending and credit processes

    • Head of Process Analytics and Optimization
      Aug 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Specialization: Programm & People Management, Process Optimization, Process Mining, Process Automation • Built and led a team of 15+ experts across Process Mining & Analytics, Lean Process Excellence, and Automation supporting all divisions • Drove over 30 transformation and process optimization initiatives across the bank • Scaled up process mining capabilities, increasing supported cases by over 80% • Successfully reorganized multi-location team to integrate new sub-teams, improving efficiency and collaboration • Secured C-level sponsorship, positioning the team as the focal point for process analytics and optimization

    • Senior Expert Digitization
      Mar 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Specialization: Process Automation, RPA, IT Project Management • Led multiple Robotic Process Automation (RPA) implementations as strategic and operational lead, aligning business, IT, and senior management • Managed the first cross-divisional RPA case benefiting over 3,000 employees, delivering significant time savings and error reduction • Pioneered use of SCRUM for RPA delivery to shorten delivery cycles and improve stakeholder feedback loops • Promoted additional digitization initiatives, including low-code solutions and process optimization using SCRUM and Lean Six Sigma methods

  • Working Student - Office of Member of Management Board at Allianz SE
    Mar 2016 - Sep 2016 · 7 mos

    Supported strategic and operational development at Allianz SE by preparing executive decision papers for Board Member Dr. Axel Theis, coordinating group-wide strategy dialogues and project management initiatives across global units (including AGCS, Euler Hermes, and international subsidiaries), and delivering detailed performance and competitor analyses

  • Graduate Assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 · 6 mos

    Munich Experimental Laboratory for Economic and Social Sciences (MELESSA)

  • Intern at Deutsche Bahn
    Apr 2014 - Jun 2014 · 3 mos

    Business development long-distance traffic

  • Intern at Commerzbank AG
    Nov 2013 - Mar 2014 · 5 mos

    Group Development & Strategy - Group strategy