Zürich Metropolitan Area
Seasoned Senior Finance Manager with a deep-rooted passion for driving transformation and change within the Financial Services industry. My career spans over 27 years, during which I've accumulated invaluable experience across various domains - 15 years in Finance, 9 years in Technology, and 3 years in Compliance. My extensive international experience has taken me to Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Throughout my journey, I've had the privilege of leading diverse international teams and orchestrating global program implementations. Career Highlights: Strategic Leadership: I've led large Finance Technology, Controlling, and Reporting organizations, steering multimillion-dollar implementation programs on a global scale. Finance Technology Expertise: I served as the head of Financial Controlling Technology at UBS, overseeing critical areas such as General Ledger, IPV, Daily P&L Control, NNM/Invested Assets, and Detailed Profitability accounting technology teams. Innovative Solution implementation: My role extended to directing Business Architecture, Analysis, and Testing for Finance Technology at UBS on a global scale, fueling innovation and efficiency. Current focus is on AI supported solutions in Reporting and Commentary. Change Catalyst: As Head of Change Portfolio Management at Group Compliance, Regulatory, and Governance, I led the adoption of AGILE methodologies across the organization while overseeing the global Compliance Change portfolio. I thrive on driving transformation and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. I'm committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the Financial Services industry, and I thrive on collaborating with brilliant minds worldwide. Let's connect and explore opportunities to drive meaningful change together
Leading the agile organization shaping UBS’s next-generation Global Financial and Regulatory Reporting capabilities. Driving the shift from legacy systems to a fully integrated, AI-first reporting suite as part of the ampliFi program—enhancing financial transparency, elevating data-driven decision-making, and delivering greater operational efficiency across the firm.
Working on the integration of Credit Suisse into UBS for Region Switzerland as part of the Finance department. Responsible for leading Finance aspects of the integration like reconciliation and reporting of migrated client and internal positions, Pro Forma reporting, Testing of Data integration and preparation of the Parent Bank and Swiss Bank mergers.
Managing multimillion-dollar Change Portfolio for Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance. Overseeing Key Results, Deliveries, Risk, and Issue Management, ensuring strategic objectives are met. Running Quarterly Business Review Process, collaborating closely with senior Business and IT leaders. Serving as Program Director for the strategic Single Client View program, enabling holistic compliance views across global UBS locations. Championing the GCRG Agile Journey in collaboration with IT partners, implementing appropriate processes and governance.
Led Management reporting for Wealth Management US, overseeing a department of 20 individuals across 4 teams. Managed all management reporting for Wealth Management US, both locally and globally, and operated Finance Info Line to provide support to branches. Acted as Business owner of Enterprise Data Warehouse and implemented new reporting landscapes.
Held various roles in Controlling and Accounting in Wealth Management and Swiss Bank of UBS. Led Change role in establishing a new General Ledger environment for Wealth Management and served as Business controlling lead for Products & Services and Business Controller for Private Clients.