Managing internal audit function of UniCredit Leasing entities, including annual planning, executing internal audit assignments, reporting to the Supervisory Board, acting as a single point of contact for regulatory reviews.

Implementing Internal Control System Framework for the banking entity and its subsidiaries. Establishing structured process for identification and documentation of key controls, then initiating cultural change by introducing control self-assessment concept.

Leading the Budapest team of 8 professionals.Supporting the Risk and Control Self-assessment program on a global level to all business lines by providing professional and technical assistance to stakeholders and challenging compliance with Risk and Control Self-assessment program requirements.Managing overall project deliverables and key milestones such as senior and regulatory reporting, and quality assurance.Increasing program efficiency with automation and streamlined processes to achieve 20% year-on-year expense save.

Member of senior leadership team of an 1500+ employee Service Center with a focus on enhancing culture of controls/ethics among diverse Product teams using influencing skills. Established and delivered a legal vehicle level control strategy with best-in-class executive reporting. Acted as site fraud manager by performing fraud risk assessment, conducting reviews and sharing lessons learnt. Coordinated managers' control self-assessment activities across a cluster of countries with responsibility for challenging control design, identifying control gaps and analyzing root causes, quarterly summarizing and presenting results to management.Developed and delivered class-room and virtual trainings in control awareness domain.Managed and developed 2 direct reports.

Managed operational risks for a multi-business (corporate, retail, commercial) bank with focus on control gap identification, root cause analysis, development of corrective actions for the business and also validation of issue resolution. I was responsible for managing senior risk forum (BRCC) to report significant risk exposures, losses, control issues and facilitated discussions over emerging risk themes.Driven local implementation of global Citi policies (Manual Payments Processing; Fraud Management). Implemented and coordinated managers' control self-assessment process in-country.

I was promoted to lead the combined local internal audit unit of corporate, retail and commercial bank with 6 auditors. Scope of responsibilities has been extended to retail branch network and small and medium enterprises as well. Acted as a single point of contact person for corporate audit as well as for regulatory reviews.

Coordinated independent internal audit activities within the corporate bank by planning, performing/supervising audit reviews; managed performance of 3 auditors; liaised with corporate auditors; run corporate operational risk committee; reported to the Supervisory Board. Audit assignments included the execution of local regulatory internal audit requirements (review of outsourcing relationships).

Managed a unit of Internal Audit Department of 7 professionals including annual planning, supervising and performing audit assignments and staff’s performance management. I took charge of the implementation of risk-based audit methodology. Scope of audit coverage included subsidiaries of Central Bank such as banknote printing firm, mint and paper mill. As a deputy of Internal Audit Head I was exposed to senior reporting to the Supervisory Board of Central Bank of Hungary. After Hungary’s accession to the European Union, I was also appointed to represent Hungary in the Internal Audit Committee of European System of Central Banks.

Designed and performed internal audit reviews on my own of corporate banking activities. Scope of reviews encompassed financial, operational and general control areas.

Participated in external - especially banking - audit assignments with a supervisory responsibility over a few audit assistants.