Program Turnaround Specialist

I Rescue Failing Regulatory Programs at Tier-1 European Banks

When your AML, IFRS9, or Market Risk program is off track—budget overrun, timeline slipping, regulators asking questions no one can answer—I get brought in to fix it.

€5M–€40M
Program Budgets
9–11
Countries Coordinated
15+
Years Experience
200+
Contributors Managed

Your program is in crisis. The regulator is asking questions no one can answer.

Budget is 60% spent

The timeline everyone agreed to is now fiction. Leadership wants answers, but the real problem is that no one has end-to-end visibility.

Vendor blames your data

Your data team blames your vendor. The steering committee wants "transparency," but no one can trace data from source to regulatory output.

Auditors are circling

ECB, National Bank, or external auditors are demanding explanations. No single person in the organization can provide them.

How I Rescued a €40M+ IFRS9 Program Under Auditor Scrutiny

The Crisis

A major European banking group implementing a complete treasury and accounting subledger replacement. The system went live with limited test coverage. Core systems were unstable. Auditors demanded answers no one could provide.

What I Did

I took ownership of reconciliation and all regulatory reporting. Built end-to-end transparency. Together with business partners, created data lineage so every number could be traced. Spent 12 months in auditor meetings explaining every data movement.

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€40M+
Program Budget
200+
Contributors
12 mo
To Stabilize
Auditor
Sign-off Achieved

The 15-Minute Program Health Assessment

This is the framework I use when I first walk into a crisis program. Five questions that reveal whether a program is on track or heading for failure.

  • Can anyone explain the end-to-end data flow?
  • When was the last fact-based status update?
  • If the regulator asked a hard question, who would answer?
  • What's the biggest unresolved conflict between teams?
  • What happens if we do nothing for 30 days?
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Program Health Assessment Framework
Andreas Hackl

I'm not a strategy consultant. I stay until it's delivered.

For 15+ years, I've been brought into Treasury, Risk, and Compliance programs that were already in crisis. Programs where the previous approach had failed. Where timelines were called "impossible." Where the ECB was watching.

I work end-to-end—from source systems through data platforms to regulatory output. I don't treat symptoms; I find root causes. I build transparency, enforce hard prioritization, and create fact-based reporting so complex programs become controllable again.

"The difference is end-to-end thinking. I don't hand off to juniors. I stay until it's delivered."

Let's Talk

If a critical program needs to be rescued, I'd like to hear about it.

DM me "AUDIT" on LinkedIn and I'll send you my 15-minute Program Health Assessment framework.