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Lead Product Manager | Product Management |Cross Border Payments, Domestic Payments, ISO20022, MT-MX | Retail International | Digital Transformation |Product Implementation | Business Consulting

About

15 + years of experience in Business Analysis, Product Management, Product Implementation of Digital and Core Banking Solutions on Cloud and on Premise. Responsibilities include. • Liaise with the clients to analyze, and document the customer’s business requirements; thereby allowing Finastra to make recommendations, provide advice & guidance and challenge our clients to help them find a solution to their business needs • Identify product configuration and customization requirements; Identify solution gaps and help Finastra to specify and develop global complex solutions which will add value to the client’s business • Carry out the installation of Finastra applications and designated 3rd party products and lead the process of detailing the system design and build together with the client and assist him with the parameterization and configuration necessary to deliver the functionality defined in the solution requirements documentation • Analyze, resolve/escalate problems encountered by the team during the implementation of Finastra products and when interfacing to third party systems. This will include detailed issue escalation and resolution through interaction with other Finastra departments and, where appropriate, the escalation of complex or system wide issues to the Project Manager. • Advise clients on test planning to ensure successful solution implementation and lead unit test the installed system to ensure basic system integrity; define the detailed test strategy with the client; assist with System Test and Disaster Recovery /Business Continuity, support the User Acceptance & Operations testing of the system with the client • Contribute towards developing consultancy tools and processes that could ease future implementation and provide technical and functional training of other Consultants to increase knowledge and skills transfer • Good understanding of usage of Rest and Open API's, exposure to Cloud implementation. Responsible in coming up with Product Road Map, Vision and Strategy. Listed are some of the financial areas worked on: •CASA •Deposits •SWIFT •Foreign Exchange • Money Markets • Corporate & Retail Lending • Teller • ATM •Clearing •SEPA •Payments • Limit Processing • Anti Money Laundering • Loan Origination • Loan Processing #iso20022, #CBPR+, #MT-MX transformation #OpenBanking, #NeoBanks, #CloudImplementation, #BusinessAnalysis,#ProductManagement

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

ChatGPT

Work experience

Lead Product Manager at Finastra, Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead Product Consultant at Finastra, Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Involved in Belize Bank Implementation. (Jan 2017 - Aug 2017) - Acted as SPOC with Banks Business Team. - Led the SIT, UAT and Interface Testing Team. - Involved in the go-live product support of Belize Bank. Worked as an Interface Expert for AYA Bank. (Sep 2017 to Dec 2017) - International Payments - ATM and Card Management Systems - Interfacing with FBE Core Banking system with AYA Banks 3rd Party Systems Lead Business Consultant for Zenith Bank Implementation (Jan 2018 - May 2018) - Involved in Customization Developments. - Involved in Build Acceptance Testing, with the bank team and get a sign-off. - Involved in COA Discussions. Lead Business Consultant for Natixis Bank Implementation (Jun 2018 - May 2019) - Conducted BPA Workshops - Acted as an SME for Accenture Implementation team - Involved in Banks Customizations - Integration with different Systems --> Tethys, Calypso, Picasso, SWIFT Lead Solutions Consultant - Gravity and TONIK Bank (Jun 2019 - Till Date) - Digital Banks on Cloud - Conducted BPA and requirement Workshops with the banks business team - Help the banks Business and Solution Architects in understanding the CBS Workflows. - Help the Banks IT team in understanding the API's, Business Flows, and Testing Workflows. - Configure the Cloud ready deployment model for these banks involving below modules. - Party, Savings, Time Deposits, Retail and Mortgage Lending - Local Payments like Faster Payments, BACS, Paynamics and InstaPay

Senior Consultant at Misys, Sep 2014 - Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore, Zenith Bank Implementation (Mar 2016 - Present) Responsibilities include: › Conducting BPA Workshops for FBE Implementation, and Connected Corporate Banking solutions Ferratum Bank Implementation (Mar 2015 - Feb 2016) Responsibilities include: › Implementation of Essence and Digital Channels Core Banking Application for a branch less bank. › Integration of Payments rails using DC and FBE through FFC › Workshops, Requirements gathering and Gap Analysis › Documentation

Senior Business Analyst at Misys, Sep 2009 - Aug 2014 · 5 yrs, Bangalore, •Gathered functional requirements by liaising closely with business users to provide technical solutions. Created the functional requirement (BRD), use cases, detailed design documents and project-managing the implementation of the code. •Performed GAP analysis to provide clarity to stakeholders on the difference in functionality between the existing system and the proposed system. •Developed business use case scenarios and functional test case scenarios for the proposed functionality releases. •Analysed and evaluated existing systems and designed end to end solutions for the identified issues. Also mitigated risks in the designed solution by being involved in the proof of concept activity before implementation of the solution. •Conducted workshops for business users, stakeholders and clients to demonstrate the working of the designed system. •Carried out additional responsibilities of project scoping and effort estimation. • Liaised with external consultant implementing a new version control system (SVN) and associated procedures.

Software Engineer at Misys, Sep 2005 - Sep 2008 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, • Provided coding reviews, supervision and mentoring of existing and transitional development team. • Wrote many technical specification documents associated with multiple areas of the banking system to aid transition of the product.

Graduate Trainee at Misys, Sep 2004 - Sep 2005 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bangalore

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), ECE, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

IPE, MPC, Little Flower Junior College