Flexmanager - Projectmanager SOX/Basel II/Senior Audit Manager

Projectmanager SOX/Basel II/Senior Audit Manager

Work Experience

Flexible, pragmatic and energetic attitude with a hands on mentality.
Ample experience in auditing in political organizations.

Positions, and work examples

2005 - now Head Audit Banking Division, Citco Corporation, Amsterdam;
15 ftes; in 5 different locations.
Structuring of the Audit Function in a small medium seized multinational niche bank, by introducing overall consistency in approach and execution in audit, as well as world class (IIA) standards (audit charter, identifying control objectives, risk and matching controls, based on COSO, streamlining reports and issue tracking, choosing a supporting and implementing an audit tool);
Advise and co design on the implementation of Enterprise Risk Management and regulatory requirements from Sarbanes Oxley and Basle 2;
Conducting as well as managing world wide Financial and Operational Audits.

2000 - 2005 Senior Audit Manager Group Audit ABNAMRO, Amsterdam;
Implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in the ABNAMRO Bank world wide as program manager/architect and quality assurance manager, with the aim to disclose a
management “in control statement” during the period, end 2003-2005; entailing: set up of project/ reporting structure, managing 4 streams: scoping and mapping; developing
guidance; delivering trainings, implementation of the supporting tool. Managing project office of five, indirectly five decentralized projects;
Auditing the sustainability report of the Bank, a new project, advising in the setup, first delivery year 2004; audit team of five.
Worldwide Audits on the implementation of operational risk management, based on the Basle II accords; reporting to head risk management; in various stages of development, virtual team of 15-20;
Extensive Management Audit of a large Hungarian Bank; reporting to the board; outcome resignation of senior bank management;
Review of a large international e- commerce platform project; reporting to head of business development, consequence timely ending of the project;
Various (vendor) due diligence investigations in ICT projects;
Operational audits of various business units in the EMEA region;
Quality assurance manager, developing audit manual, rating system, website.

1997 – 2000 Head Operational Audit Ministry van Traffic & Water management;
Setup an approach to operational audit, get buy in from senior staff; develop a risk based planning, reporting technique, developing an operational audit manual;
Execute and manage various operational audits for the departmental council, directorates general with both internal and external resources like: operational audits like, project traffic tax, management of subsidies, Rotterdam harbor project, infrastructure subsidies, procurement policies, agreements with municipalities;

1993 – 1997 Project manager Operational Audit, IAB ;
Setup an approach to operational audit, get buy in from senior staff; staff 15 fte; execute and manage operational audits in assignment of the directorate of the inland revenue; like: structuring and resourcing of the international ruling team, fraud plan, system development tenders, controllability and client appreciation, personnel development, evaluation of the Fiscal Intelligence Unit, fine system in Dutch Customs; evaluation of the integral customer approach, banking and insurance products, personnel hiring policy.
As chairman of professional standards: development of the approach to operational auditing and a manual;

1990 – 1993 Coordinator Special Investigations, Financial Audit Divisions SME and
Corporate Enterprises, IAB;
Design of the audit of enterprise and income taxes; quality assurance and file review of financial audits executed.

1983- 1990 Head Budget Department Finance Directorate, Ministry of Finance;
Set up of new department, reorientation from bookkeeping to controlling; staff of 15.
Multi-year-planning, budget negotiations and drafting budget proposals for parliament; monthly reporting to the leadership of the ministry; reviewing business cases of new government policies; answering questions from Parliament; cost cutting operations; like reassessment cash management of the state;
Project lead decentralization of the financial function, implementation of a financial support and personnel system for the ministry of Finance.

1979 – 1983 Regional Head of Internal Audit Ministry of Welfare;
Review of financial audits performed by external auditors. Effectiveness investigations of subsidized organizations in the sport, art, and social sector; team of seven. Region of central Netherlands.

1976 - 1979 Team leader Financial Audit van Dien & Co Amsterdam ;
Financial audits of some multinational building and textile enterprises;

1974 – 1975 Assistant Student, Economical Department VU , Amsterdam.
Investigation into the effectiveness of the university library under the direction of a Dutch top consultancy company.

Schooling

2003 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);
1999 Certified Internal Auditor (CIA);
1994 Post graduate Operational Audit Erasmus University, Rotterdam (RO);
1991 Post graduate Auditing VU, Amsterdam (RA);
1988 System development & project management E&Y CapGemini, Utrecht;
1982 Policy and strategy - analysis State University, Utrecht (BA);
1976 Business Administration Free University, Amsterdam (doctorandus, drs, Dutch MBA);
1970 HBS-B, 5 year grammar school preparing for university, majoring in
science.

Other professional activities

Teaching
From 1992 Teaching, Accounting Administration Systems, Bachelor training, Free University and Post Graduate Auditing;
From. 1998 Coaching students in writing their thesis;
From 1999 Developer study programs in the Free University; and operational audit training programs;
2000-2004 Developer training programs as member of the committee Professional education of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

Publications
1994 De Accountant , “How operational is the audit of Internal audit of the Inland Revenue”;
1995 Nivra geschrift 65, Focusing on Effectiveness, Kluwer Bedrijfswetenschappen; Case
Inland Revenue;
1997 Nivra publication Control in Government, as member of the platform effectiveness and efficiency in Government;
1998 VRO Magazine “Stop or continue”?;
1999 In the series, auditing in practice of Kluwer Publishers “The auditor as coach in change”;
2000 De Accountant, A polder model in auditing.

Language skills

Fluent in English, French and German; good passive knowledge of Spanish and passive knowledge of Italian.

Hobbies

Singing in a choir
Riding the bike
Local d’art club

Domestic Situation

Married, since 1980, wife is working as a HR consultant;
Two children, girl of 20, studying psychology, boy of 17 in his graduating year.

Education

2003 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);
1999 Certified Internal Auditor (CIA);
1994 Post graduate Operational Audit Erasmus University, Rotterdam (RO);
1991 Post graduate Auditing VU, Amsterdam (RA);
1988 System development & project management E&Y CapGemini, Utrecht;
1982 Policy and strategy - analysis State University, Utrecht (BA);
1976 Business Administration Free University, Amsterdam (doctorandus, drs, Dutch MBA);
1970 HBS-B, 5 year grammar school preparing for university, majoring in
science.

Skills

see cv

Languages

Fluent in English, French and German; good passive knowledge of Spanish and passive knowledge of Italian.

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