David Polasek, MBA, DBA, CIA

Experience

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  Emergency Medical Service - Vitkovice Hospital

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Paramedic

  Paramedic - emergency medicine.

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  SunFun Remodeling inc.

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Full-time job in a small construction company

  Remodeling of housing in Atlanta and Atlanta´s surroundings.

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  Various Full and Part-Time Jobs During Studies

  Jan 2000 - Jul 2003

  Assistant, Paramedic

  U & A United Group s.r.o. - Assistant to General ManagerThe Shirt - Shop Assistant (including various activities to help launch the new brand on the Czech market)Moser a.s. (Prestigeous Crystal Maker) - Shop Assistant in the factory shopEmergency Medical Service of the Capital Prague - Paramedic

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  Ceska pojistovna

  Aug 2003 - Apr 2005

  Accounting Methodologist

  - participation on preparation of monthly and annual closure of accounts and financial statements- management of insurance provisions from accounting point of view- reporting- managing of communication with external auditor (kpmg)- participation on various projects (finance and accounting)- occasional deputy chief accountant

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  Raiffeisenbank a.s.

  Jun 2005 - May 2010

  Senior Internal Auditor

  - regular internal auditing of the following areas: finance, support services, corporate banking, retail banking, real-estate leasing, leasing, treasury, is/it and others- leading/managing a team of internal auditors during audit- extraordinary auditing based on management requests- regular follow-up of audit tasks from performed audits- consultancy support to other departments in the bank- reporting to the board of directors and supervisors- participation on annual audit planning- preparation of annual report on internal control and management system- continuous improvement of audit methodology- cooperation with the Raiffeisen Group Audit in Vienna Show less

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  Ceska Sporitelna

  Jun 2010 - Nov 2019

  Managing a department of 17 internal auditors covering the corporate business and credit risk, market risk, operational risk, and core central function of the bank such as accounting, controlling, reporting, compliance and AML/CTF, fraud management, payments, human resources, marketing and communication, facility management, and others. - Extraordinary auditing based on management requests - Cooperation with the Group Audit of Erste Group Bank - Regular follow-up of audit measures from performed audits - Consultancy support to other departments of the bank - Participation on reporting to the Board of Directors and Supervisors - Participation on annual audit planning process - Mentoring of junior internal auditors Show less Internal Auditor - Specialist IV (Band D - Expert), Deputy Manager of Audit of Centralized Activities- regular internal auditing of the following areas: financial markets, market risks, compliance, anti-money laundering, fraud management and security, operational risks, finance and reporting, back office activities, support services and others- leading a team of internal auditors during audit- performance of the function of Deputy Manager of Audit of Centralized Activities (department consists of 17 employees)- extraordinary auditing based on management requests- regular follow-up of audit tasks from performed audits- consultancy services to other departments in the bank- cooperation with the Erste Group audit in Vienna- reporting to the Board of Directors and Supervisors- participation on regular audit planning- participation on preparation of annual report on internal control and management system- continuous improvement of audit methodology Show less Internal Auditor - Specialist IV (Band D - Expert)- regular internal auditing of the following areas: financial markets, market risks, compliance, anti-money laundering, fraud management and security, operational risks, finance and reporting, back office activities, support services and others- leading a team of internal auditors during audit- extraordinary auditing based on management requests- regular follow-up of audit tasks from performed audits- consultancy services to other departments in the bank- cooperation with the Erste Group audit in Vienna- reporting to the board of directors and supervisors- participation on regular audit planning- participation on preparation of annual report on internal control and management system- continuous improvement of audit methodology Show less Internal Auditor - Specialist II- regular internal auditing of the following areas: security, back office activities, finance and reporting, support services and others- leading a team of internal auditors during audit- extraordinary auditing based on management requests- regular follow-up of audit tasks from performed audits- consultancy support to other departments in the bank- reporting to the board of directors and supervisors- participation on annual audit planning- continuous improvement of audit methodology Show less

  • Manager of the Audit of Centralized Activities

    Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Internal Audit Specialist, Deputy Manager of Audit of Centralized Activities

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Internal Auditor - Expert

    Jul 2013 - Jan 2017

  • Internal Auditor - Specialist

    Jun 2010 - Jun 2013
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  Globethics.net

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  Member of the core workgroup no. 13

  Objectives1. To give SMEs basic knowledge concerning ethics and CSR through development of Presentation with basic information concerning ‘SMEs and ethics' and other tools, as well as collection of practical resources on this topic that will be made available through the Globethics.net library2. To give SMEs recognition of their ethical / moral attitudes and behaviours by certification based in Globethics.net

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  Self-employed

  Dec 2019 - Oct 2020

  Lecturer

  Since December 2019 I focused on several part-time jobs:1) Lecturer - basics of first aid and emergency medicine2) Security Coordinator - physical security3) Paramedic - job for a biotech company at testing facility for COVID-19

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  PRONATAL

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  Head of COVID-19 Testing Site

  - operational management of the Covid-19 testing site- carrying out Covid-19 collection of samples from nasopharynx (both AMP Rapid Test SARS-CoV-2 Ag and standard PCR Test)

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  Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

  Jan 2021 - now

  I manage the Internal Audit and Public Control Department at the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. I am responsible for planning, auditing, public controls, reporting and personnel matters.

  • Director of the Internal Audit and Public Control Department

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Head of the Internal Audit Department at the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2021