SUMMARY:

• A dynamic, highly motivated, Project Management Institute (PMI) certified project management professional (PMP) with over 11 years of IT consultancy experience in Project Management, Product integration, Product Implementation, Application Rollout Management, Market Research, Business Analysis, Pre Sales Functions and Customer Relationship Management.
• Extensive international work experience in Europe and APAC regions with Fortune 500 Financial Institutions.
• Presently working with Standard Chartered Bank Singapore from Confidential, Asia’s largest software consultancy company, as system integration manager and market expert.
• Expert in product Implementation with emphasis on Brokerage and custody solution, system integration, solution designing, migration and transition strategy planning.
• Managed multiple project streams across multiple continents and managing large teams, from strategy planning to production support operations activities.
• Excellent exposure in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end - user requirements, process re-engineering, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for complex information systems challenges.
• Expertise in design, development and delivery of cost-effective, high performance technology solutions to meet challenging business demands with preset budgets and timelines.
• In-depth knowledge about capital Market especially in investment and wholesale/custodian banking operations including trading, clearing, settlement, transfers, corporate actions, portfolio management and reconciliation processes of North American, Western European, Middle East, South African and APAC markets.
• Experience in Pre Sales activities for Western European, North American, Middle East and APEC’s fortune 500 Financial Institution clients.
• Pivotal in solutioning and implementing the Central Clearing and settlement system Hong-Kong ( CCASS ) Participant Gateway integration with BαNCS product as part of a thirty country product implementation program for APAC and MINA countries.
• Responsible for integration of Central Depository Singapore’s pre-settlement matching service (PSMS) and Client Account System (SGX CAS) with BαNCS product, System integration Testing (SIT) and User acceptance testing (UAT).
• Accredited for integrated solution of TCS’s BαNCS Security Trading and Security Processing Products for Saudi American bank ( Confidential )’s Global Brokerage and Fund Management operations in record time with unprecedented trade SLAs.
• Successfully led the Migration Project of 800,000 investment banking customers of 147 local branches for Confidential Netherlands and timely sign off on the SIT and UAT for application rollout.
• Implementation of Interface Application of London International Financial future and Options Exchange (LIFFE) for Orbay ( Confidential Netherlands).
• Instrumental in the implementation for Clearing 21® Interface Application for Confidential Netherlands.
• Significantly implemented the SWIFT ISO15022 changes for TCS BαNCS Security Processing Product in record time which enabled the product for swift gold certification.
• Efficiently handled RFP and workshops for prospective clients (Big Financial Institutes) of Netherlands, United Kingdom and Portugal and converted deals of 8 million Euros in total.
• Successfully rolled out TCS BαNCS Product and successfully replaced the existing 32 systems of Confidential Netherlands.
• Designed and successfully implemented the new Management information system (MIS) and Data ware house project for Confidential Netherlands.
• Led the production support activities for Confidential Switzerland and handover activities to TCS BαNCS global support team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Computer System: SUN-ultra Enterprise 450, HP 7000C, DEC, VAX, INTEL586X

Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, SQR, Pro C, UNIX Shell, XSL, TCP/IP, J2EE

Special Software: TUXEDO, QDE, ADEX-Object Modeller, RDBMS, PVCS, Power Builder 6.5, IPMS, JVM, FIX, SWIFT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Integration Manager and subject matter expert

Responsibilities:

• Led requirement gathering and Solutioning for Integration of BαNCS product with 50 different applications related to cash management systems, limit management systems, anti money laundering system etc and depository systems as part of thirty country product rollout program primarily on post trade processing area.
• Business Analysis and Solutioning and integration of Central Clearing and settlement system Hong-Kong ( CCASS ) Participant Gateway and C3 Terminal integration.
• Analysis, solutioning and integration of Central Depository Singapore ‘s pre-settlement and matching system ( PSMS) and SGX Client Account management ( SGX CAS) system for the integrated solution provided to SCB.
• Solutioning and integration of BαNCS product with other systems like Golden Source market reference data solution product, General lager system, cash systems, ALM system, reconciliation system TLM, Customer limit monitoring system LTP.
• Leading System Integration testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for this multi geography implementation.
• Managing and delivery for all change requests for the program which includes discussion in change control board, costing and delivery planning for the changes.

Confidential

Business Solution and System Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implemented integrated solution of TCS’s BαNCS Security Processing and Security Trading products.
• Change request Management, worked as single point of contact between onsite implementation team, client and product management team.
• Design team lead for the required changes in product and product interfaces and its overall impact on the solution .
• Monitoring the overall development of Interface development and product integration for the required changes.
• Responsible for complex areas analysis for the system performance impact and to recommend changes required to achieve agreed SLAs with Confidential .

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Handled change requests worth of 90,000 Euros from Confidential .
• Offshore SPOC for onsite and Confidential operational teams.
• Reviewed approach notes prepared by Product Management Team.
• Mentored project team, groomed the offshore project team for end to end daily, week end, month end and year end processing and provided functional support for the project.

Confidential

Various Roles Application Rollout Manager/Senior Business Analyst/ Market Expert

Responsibilities:

• Served as Implementation Manager, Team Lead for Transition Enabler, Lead for Back Office Operations, Migration activities and for London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) processing.
• Provided support to TCS Sales team in providing RFP responses, carried workshops for business study as well as understanding pain areas of prospective European Financial institutional clients.
• Worked as Product rollout manager and ensured the smooth transition of Orbay ( Confidential Netherlands securities services) for security trading operation from old system to TCS BαNCS product.
• Provided business analysis for security back office (including corporate action, settlement, clearing and reconciliation processing) areas and for migration from old system to BαNCS Securities and led the launch activities for rollover from the existing system.
• Led transaction enabler and migration project for Orbay.
• Imparting design and functional support for LIFFE application area as well as designing and functional support for clearing 21® interfaces.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as business analyst for Management Information System (MIS) project & lead for back office operations areas.
• Done business analysis for cash and derivative trading, transfer, settlement and corporate actions for new MIS system of Confidential .
• Provided business analysis for all core areas including business relation, account management, financial instrument, market information, pricing services, system security areas for the MIS project.
• Imparted functional support to build management information system for Confidential Netherlands & functional support for the back office operation area (including security settlement as well as corporate actions) of BαNCS Securities Implementation for Confidential Netherlands.
• Carried analysis for the third party interfaces like SWIFT, FIX, LIFFE and Clearing21, telekurs and Reuters.

Confidential

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Prepared design documents for development of data migration tools.
• Responsible for analysis and functional support for the security administration, market information and cash clearing areas.
• Provided strategies for various go-live scenarios.
• Done co-ordination with client for the closure and sign off of design documents.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led migration analysis activities for security trading, corporate action, portfolio management, Security administration and market information areas.
• Carried analyses and studied the business process flow of existing 32 different application areas of Confidential system, done the mapping between database structure for the existing systems and BαNCS product data structure.
• Did business analysis for the different go-live, migration scenarios (branch by branch and big bank approach) to provide the strategies for the same.

Confidential

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Prepared design documents and approach notes for the changes required in BαNCS Product for security administrator including position keeping, statements, market information, corporate actions, EuroNext cash and derivative clearing modules.
• Led 4 members design review team for security trading, settlement, cash account management and portfolio management areas.
• SPOC for security administration area handled client queries, clarification for prepared design documents and delivered low level diagram for security administration and clearing areas.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as one of the key member of Confidential Gap Analysis core team.
• Led the gap analysis team for Security Administrator (including deliveries, receipts and book keeping), announcement capture and corporate action modules from the existing processing in Confidential Netherland System.
• Carried gap Analysis for the Market information, Euronext Cash and derivative clearing processing.
• Reviewed MOM for the conducted gap sessions as mentioned above.

Confidential

Developer/ System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, development of programs, code review, coordination with client and onsite project team for reported issues for the delivered solution and changes requests.
• Led analysis and design for development of functionality in product for change request worth of 120,000 CHF
• Conducted training for new team member for the different business areas and end to end functionality (from BOD to EOD operations of Confidential production operation support).
• Implemented SWIFT ISO15022 changes in BαNCS Securities product for security settlement and payment areas in record 45 days, which enabled the product to get swift gold certification.
• Led handover activities of Confidential Switzerland project production support to BαNCS Global support center team.