
Leonardo Lazzeri
@leonardolazzeri
I lead enterprise incident governance, risk analytics, and control frameworks for global financial services organizations.
What I'm looking for
At Invesco, I lead enterprise incident management, coordinating ERM and Compliance governance, escalation, closure, and reporting for significant risk events.
I own ServiceNow incident data and improve taxonomy, data quality, workflows, reporting, and platform functionality. I also develop executive committee MI and partner with Intel & Analytics to standardize classifications, supervise LLMs, and turn incident learnings into remediation priorities.
Previously at Invesco, I managed Group ERM policies and standards, Internal Audit methodologies, GRC system implementation, and risk-and-control framework enhancements. I delivered audit-process gap analysis aligned to Global IIA 2024 and CIIA 2025 standards and supported RCSA, risk indicators, automation, and digital MI dashboards.
My experience also includes audit, finance and treasury risk, operational risk, internal control, and consulting roles at Revolut, Deutsche Börse, Sanofi, and Accenture. I hold a Master of Science in Business Consulting and Auditing from LUISS Guido Carli University, graduated with honors.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
• Lead enterprise ERM and Compliance coordination, ensuring consistent governance, timely escalation and closure, and accurate reporting of significant risk events.
• Own ServiceNow incident data, driving taxonomy standardization, data‑quality improvements, and workflow enhancements to strengthen reporting accuracy and platform functionality.
• Develop executive committee reporting and MI, partne
• Manage Group ERM Policies and Standards (control enhancement, aligned assurance, issues/incidents, risk indicators, risk acceptance, emerging risks, dashboards, analytics, training).
• Oversee Group Internal Audit methodologies and frameworks, including the quality assurance programme, templates, committee reporting and training.
• Selected transformation initiatives:
- Led the implementation an
Delivered end-to-end audits across support functions and core products (credit, FX, subscriptions, rewards, trading), assessing risks, controls and regulatory obligations.
• Led the Finance & Treasury risk and control framework (RCSA, control design, issues/incidents, risk indicators, emerging risks, committee reporting and training).
Managed key Finance initiatives including SOX implementation, risk & control library enhancement, onboarding/offboarding processes and audit-finding remediation
• Interim team lead in Q3-Q4 2022
• Onboarding and coaching of new team
Operational Risk Management Associate at STOXX
• Leading the Internal Control framework for STOXX/DAX Index Operations
• Definition and set-up of Controls Assessment, analysis of data, monitoring, follow up on Actions Plan
• Develop and maintain compliance monitoring and third-party data providers
• Project management of incidents, track resolution and closure, preparation of internal/external rep
Internal Control & Processes Evaluation - Financial Controller - South Europe C
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020 (11 months)
Activities performed for Internal Control:
• Annual self-assessment of controls (cluster 14 countries)
• Identification of gaps, recommendation of improvements and support in the development of appropriate action plans. Follow up with process owners
• Internal Control Lead Project (simplification, efficiency, Ethics and Business Integrity)
• Forecast and Budget activities, Financial forecasting, r
Internal Control & Processes Evaluation - Corporate Internal Control - Project M
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019 (11 months)
• Definition and set-up of 2019 Control Self-Assessment (Business Unit, Industrial Affairs, SOX campaigns), analysis of data, monitoring, follow up on Actions Plan (AP)
• Restructuring and maintenance of dashboard and report for Executive Board
• Analysis and reconciliation of data for trend and forecast analysis
• Report for Executive Board with key indicator for regions, countries, GBU, Processe
• GDPR regulation and connected projects/tasks in one of the main Italian Bank and its Legal Entities
• Project manager for one of the Bank Legal Entities for Risk and Control framework
• Data mining and analysis and interpretation of Bank Big data
• Scoping of process to be enhanced
Selected as one of the 100 “The Future Makers 2018” participants, among Talented students from Italy for a workshop held at The Boston Consulting Group’s office in Milan.
Topics ranged from current economic, corporate and social issues to digital and big data.
A variety of specific leadership tools have been taught to participants in dedicated sessions.
Main speakers:
• Claudio Descalzi - CEO EN
Business Management, Audit and Control
Mar 2016 - Aug 2016 (5 months)
• Managerial Accounting and Management controlling including budget forecasting,
• Definition of enterprise’s strategy, present and future relationship with local and foreign Customers
• Administrative and structural Re-organization of warehouse
• Scoping of process to be enhanced
• Restructuring and maintenance of dashboard and report for Management
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Luiss Guido Carli University
Master's degree, Business Consulting and Auditing
2016 - 2018
Thesis: Internal control system and its relations with firm's performance. Focus on the "Control Triangle" (IA, AC, Board)
Grade: 110 cum Laude (honors)
University of St.Gallen
Master's degree, Accounting and Finance
2017 - 2017
Exchange program
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management
2013 - 2016
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, with a focus on business management and finance.
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Bachelor's degree in Business management and finance, Business Administration and Management
2013 - 2016
School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg
Bachelor's degree, business and finance
2015 - 2015
Exchange program
University of Gothenburg
Bachelor's degree, Business and Finance
2015 - 2015
Exchange program in business and finance at the School of Business, Economics and Law.
Liceo Scientifico Niccolò Rodolico
Diploma maturità liceo scientifico, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
2008 - 2013
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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