Clara W.

• - Developing client mandates independently - including scoping, proposals, and ongoing account management.

• - Advising a German manufacturing group on Chinese market entry strategy, covering regulatory exposure mapping, data localisation requirements, and technical and financial standards harmonisation.

• - Supporting clients on digital transformation and internal controls modernisation, including ERP automation and AI-assisted controls frameworks.

• - Managing delivery through a team of EY consultants, providing oversight, quality control, and client-facing leadership across workstreams.

- Led multilingual audits across 10+ countries, assessing compliance with EU and local regulations and internal control frameworks. Issued 720+ recommendations, 27% addressing high or medium-high risks.

- Advised senior leadership on regulatory alignment and operational resilience strategy; contributed to group-wide international control implementation, coordinating across legal, sales, procurement, finance, and IT functions.

- Authored the group's AI policy alongside 15+ policies covering emerging legal and regulatory developments — translating complex requirements into actionable governance frameworks.

- Designed and executed the group's internal control questionnaire across 80+ entities in recurring cycles, introducing a standardised and scalable method for assessing end-to-end process flows for continuous monitoring.

- Translated EU and global compliance requirements (GDPR, Sapin II, sector-specific regulation) into actionable guidance for technical and operational teams across all international entities.

Conducted controls testing and regulatory gap analysis for EU-based financial institutions across AML/CFT, sanctions, cryptocurrency, and KYC frameworks - translating findings into practical guidance and training materials for clients and internal teams.