Thomas Jeschke, MBE, CIA, CISA

Experience

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  Frontline Furniture

  Aug 2000 - Feb 2001

  Intern

  Intern in the Marketing, Purchasing and Logistics Department. I received my own areas of responsibility including creating purchase plans and developing a forecasting system.

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  T-Systems International GmbH

  Jul 2002 - Feb 2003

  Intern/Bachelor Thesis

  Intern in the product management department. Completed my bachelors thesis about customer oriented product management.

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  ALLcom Sp. z o.o.

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  Intern

  Assistant in different departments within the international forwarding company. My work included maintaining forwarding business files, creating orders and seeking best offers.

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  SZST Salzgitter Service und Technik GmbH

  Oct 2003 - Jun 2004

  Consultant/Master Thesis

  Consultant for SAP process evaluation and improvement in the Controlling and Production Planning Department. Completed my master thesis about business and SAP processes in production planning and controlling.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Oct 2004 - Oct 2012

  Senior Associate & Manager in the IT & Process Assurance Practice- Focused on SAP finance transformations, SAP GRC Process Control, Risk Management and Audit Management implementations, security and control optimization and automation, intercompany reconciliations, and SAP pre-implementation assessments.- As the interim Global Head of IT Internal Audit at an industrial products company, led IT SOX audits and assisted the client in auditing their SAP implementation. Associate & Senior Associate in the System and Process Assurance practiceFocused on IT, internal controls and financial audits, SAP pre-implementation assessments, SOX implementations and fraud prevention (FCPA) services.

  • Manager

    Aug 2008 - Oct 2012

  • Senior Associate

    Oct 2004 - Jul 2008
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  Ernst & Young

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2015

  Senior Manager

  Senior Manager in the Advisory IT Risk Transformation - Application Risk & Controls practiceAs the EY US lead for SAP enterprise risk management solutions built a team from scratch and won multiple projects with a total revenue of over $4 million.Sold and delivered multiple projects as program manager for GRC transformations, SAP Process Control and Risk Management, SOX and enterprise risk assessments, internal controls optimizations and implementations, continuous control monitoring, and compliance framework redesign, which increased the client’s efficiency and effectiveness of managing those processes. Show less

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  Ernst & Young

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2019

  Director

  Senior Manager & Director in the Advisory Risk Transformation practice.As the Agile Business Risk leader for the GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) region, responsible for expanding EY´s digital SAP Advisory RISK services from €14m to €28m revenue per year.- Led the development of new SAP related service offerings in collaboration with the global EY network and SAP’s product, development and sales leaders.- Member of EY’s Global Next Generation leadership program & EY’s GSA Advisory Leadership support team.- Engagement leader for various large scale GRC digital transformation programs including the implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud & Digital Boardroom for GRC, SAP Access Control, SAP Process Control, SAP Risk Management, SAP Audit Management, control automation and continuous control monitoring, identity and access management technology, and S/4HANA authorization concepts which significantly reduced the client’s compliance costs.- Innovator for a first of a kind General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) project which focused on the implementation of SAP Information Lifecycle Management (SAP ILM) for GDPR to enable the client to successfully comply with the new regulation. Show less

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  PwC

  Jul 2019 - now

  Director

  Director in the Trust - Digital Assurance & Transparency practice.Currently focusing on growing PwC’s $40m S/4HANA and Microsoft Dynamics implementation assessment market share as well as leading IT audits.- Successfully win and lead large-scale ($5m-$400m) SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics, other ERP, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), and digital transformation assessment projects to improve business processes, controls, security, interfaces, reports, data, and achieve better transformation success rates and reduced compliance issues.- Lead external audits, focusing on IT General Controls and IT Dependent controls to identify control deficiencies and increase audit efficiency.- Provide technical and functional expertise in SAP and Microsoft Dynamics, applying compliance frameworks such as SOX, COSO, COBIT, ITIL, US GAAP, and data privacy to solve client issues.- Engage regularly with C-Suite executives, application and process owners, internal audit leads, and other key stakeholders to drive collaborative decision-making and strategic initiatives.- Develop and enhance PwC's pursuit and delivery model, integrating emerging technologies like process automation, and Generative AI which increased sales and improved efficiency in pursuits and project deliveries.- Manage operational processes of a professional services firm, including opportunity identification, proposal development, engagement letters, successful project acquisition, recruitment and staffing, engagement economics, project status and risk monitoring, billing and collection, time reporting, and adherence to personal independence and compliance requirements.- Effectively manage staff on up to 13 projects concurrently and up to a project team size of 15 members while serving as a formal career coach and leader within the practice. This includes performance appraisals, year-end performance reviews and promotion recommendations. Show less