Gabriella Cziba CIA ACCA MSc

Enhancement of Internal Controls & Risk & Governance and risk & control awareness. Assessment & evalution of Risks & Controls. Advisory role towards the Management and the first line of defense (Business and Support Functions). Recommendations for improvement of processes, controls. Continuous testing of company & process level controls. Improving Compliance with regulatory and group requirements. Direct reporting to CEO. Functional reporting to Group Internal Control & Compliance.

Internal Audit (Compliance & AML)

Auditing risk management & compliance, AML / CFT related topics. Management & Involvement in internal audit assignments, continuous business monitoring, audit circles with emphasis on Risk related subjects – including Compliance / DFC (detecting financial crime), AML, ICLAAP, Credit Risk, Governance, Complisnce audits, Regulatory topics, Model risk among others. Review, evaluation of adequacy of governance, compliance and control framework, procedures & processes. Contribution to improvement of GCR.

Managing internal audit assignments from planning to fieldwork, release of audit reports and follow-up work. Auditing processes in the Global Head Office (Vienna), Shared Service Centre (Spain) and global locations (Europe, North & South America, Asia). Assessment of key processes, process mapping, risk & control analysis and advisory. Review and evaluation of adequacy of GRC framework, procedures & standardised processes. Assessment of compliance with group standards & industry best practice.

Managing internal audit assignments from planning to field-work, release of audit reports and follow up. Auditing in the Regional Head Office, European Branches and Shared Service Centre. Process mapping, risk & control analysis and advisory. Providing recommendations on enhancement of internal controls and governance structures; review of compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies and group guidelines.

Project involvement, elaboration and implementation of enhanced audit methodology and risk-based & continuous risk & control monitoring processes based on COSO framework. Supervision of process mapping & documentation of retail banking processes. Monthly, quarterly reporting on local audit activity to Vienna HQ. Managing & participation in audit assignments. Management, supervision, support of a staff of five Internal Auditors of subsidiaries incl.Fund Management, Leasing Group.

Involvement & Management in various projects (6 Sigma project: focusing on improvement of internal controls & processes in budgeting & reporting; AT Kearney cost benchmarking project). Core project: SAP implementation, introduction of new, EVO-compliant procedures, training of Project Managers & staff. Managing the annual & quarterly budgeting & forecasting process in TechDivision. Reporting Vodafone HQ in UK and local management. Managing a team of two.

Product Control in Equity Derivatives business. Preparation of the daily, month-end reporting package including analysis of results. Regular liaison with relevant front and back office functions (Traders, Operations, Financial Control, Risk Analysis). Enhancement of efficiency of procedures. Supervision, mentoring & developing junior colleagues. Involvement & management of annual update of Sarbanes-Oxley documentation; Reporting & quarterly coordination of RCSA (Risk Control Self Assessment).

Establishment of a well-functioning Internal Audit. Improvement in audit procedures. Managing internal audit assignments from planning to field-work & release of audit reports. Providing recommendations on improvement of internal controls, compliance with Law and Group Guidelines: enhancement of efficiency and robustness of procedures. Analysis of business processes, assessment of risks & controls. Stand alone role. Reporting to the Audit HQ in Germany.

Supervision of Accounting & Reporting (US GAAP) & Cash management function. analysis, budgeting & forecasting of two Netherlands based UPC entities. Operational controlling: liaison with suppliers, project managers, banks. Managing a team of two. Preparation of process-documentation based on Sarbanes-Oxley Act principles including Risk & Controls matrices. Ensuring reliability & accuracy of monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

Financial controlling tasks: month-end closing & relating activities, regular analyses & reporting to Management and HQ in the UK, preparation of Management Reports according to UK GAAP. Ensuring continuous cost control & monitoring, preparation of Cost Center reports. Process controlling: improvement of procedures, process mapping, review & documentation of Finance-related & telecom-industry-specific procedures, preparation of internal policies & procedures of a start-up company.

Managing audit assignments from planning to field work, reporting and follow-up. Audit planning. Process, risk & control reviews; preparation of Risk & Control documentation. Auditing Treasury, Credit approval process, Loan Administration, Risk Management; risk reporting, Relationship Management, Documentary Operations, Payments process, AML, Collection process. Providing recommendations on improvement of internal controls. Managing audit teams. Involvement in major banking projects (eg.Y2K / BCP).

Accounting, Reporting, Advanced Reporting, Information Management, Audit, Tax etc.

Professional translation - English, specialized on Economics, Business English. Experience in translation in subjects covering: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Banking..etc.

Trade & Marketing. Subjects also covered: Micro & Macro Economics, Management & Planning, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Information Management, Business Law, Maths related subjects (Analysis, Probability calculation, Linear algebra, Operational Research, Decision Theory)