Job Description
Title: Core Banking Architect
Location: Chennai
Exp: Minimum 15 year(s) of experience
Job Description:
Analyze the business requirements and convert them to technical requirements for the CASA platform implementation, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, IT standards and business objectives.
- Be a "go to” person for all functional needs for the requirements
- Be a trusted advisor for business stakeholders on the functional implementations
- Establish and enforce governance needs, compliance with security, scalability and performance requirements.
2 Solution Design, Development and Integration
- Be part of the solution design and development discussions. Provide inputs for the seamless integration with vendor solutions like Oracle FLEXCUBE and with bank's core and downstream systems like Payments / Trade Finance / Lending / Markets.
- Take ownership for the data models and dictionaries between systems for the appropriate integration
- Have a complete control on the requirements for the integrations with third-party CASA systems and regulatory systems
- Support system migration, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity during transitional phases.
- Collaborate with vendors, internal IT teams, and stakeholders to provide the required solutions and troubleshoot issues wherever applicable.
3 Risk and Quality Management
- Identify and mitigate operational and technical risks throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet business and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct configuration reviews, performance tuning to ensure robust and scalable implementations.
4 Stakeholder and Vendor Management
- Work closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors to ensure alignment between technical and business objectives.
- Act as the primary liaison between internal teams and platform vendors, ensuring smooth integration and issue resolution.
- Provide functional insights and updates to senior management, supporting strategic decision-making and project governance.
5 Continuous Improvement
- Stay updated with emerging industry trends, driving innovation in technology and core banking systems.
- Document best practices, functional standards, and lessons learned to support future implementations and organizational knowledge sharing.
Experience Requirements
- Strong expertise in CASA systems, with functional knowledge and implementation experience with focus on business analysis, testing, integration and implementation of solutions. Oracle FLEXCUBE DDA experience is highly preferred.
- Extensive experience in CASA implementations across various markets (preferably APAC region).
- Extensive experience leading functional delivery of large-scale, multi-market platform implementations in the international banking or financial services sector.
- Proven track record in overseeing solution design, integration, and end-to-end implementation for banking platforms.
- In-depth knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements for platform technology in the financial sector.
- Ability to manage and collaborate with geographically distributed teams across multiple APAC markets.
Preferred Geographical Areas
- Exposure to Asia Pacific markets is highly desirable.
Key Skills and Qualifications
1 Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
2 Certifications:
- Any cloud certifications could be added advantage (AWS or Azure)
- SWIFT Certifications if any, for instance, ISO 20022, could be value add.
- Other Product Certifications will be advantageous.
3 ISO 20022 Knowledge:
- ISO 20022 knowledge on the message formats for SWIFT
- Hands on experience working with both MT and MX message details and nuances
Key Skills:
- SQL: SQL knowledge will be important. Any tool knowledge of SQL will be mandatory.
- Documentation: BRD/FSD preparation experience, experience in coming up with test scenarios, reviewing test cases etc. will be required.
- Hands-on functional experience with platforms such as DDA's, Customer on-boarding, Reference Data, FX systems for various markets
Location: Chennai
Exp: Minimum 15 year(s) of experience
Job Description:
Analyze the business requirements and convert them to technical requirements for the CASA platform implementation, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, IT standards and business objectives.
- Be a "go to” person for all functional needs for the requirements
- Be a trusted advisor for business stakeholders on the functional implementations
- Establish and enforce governance needs, compliance with security, scalability and performance requirements.
2 Solution Design, Development and Integration
- Be part of the solution design and development discussions. Provide inputs for the seamless integration with vendor solutions like Oracle FLEXCUBE and with bank's core and downstream systems like Payments / Trade Finance / Lending / Markets.
- Take ownership for the data models and dictionaries between systems for the appropriate integration
- Have a complete control on the requirements for the integrations with third-party CASA systems and regulatory systems
- Support system migration, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity during transitional phases.
- Collaborate with vendors, internal IT teams, and stakeholders to provide the required solutions and troubleshoot issues wherever applicable.
3 Risk and Quality Management
- Identify and mitigate operational and technical risks throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet business and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct configuration reviews, performance tuning to ensure robust and scalable implementations.
4 Stakeholder and Vendor Management
- Work closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors to ensure alignment between technical and business objectives.
- Act as the primary liaison between internal teams and platform vendors, ensuring smooth integration and issue resolution.
- Provide functional insights and updates to senior management, supporting strategic decision-making and project governance.
5 Continuous Improvement
- Stay updated with emerging industry trends, driving innovation in technology and core banking systems.
- Document best practices, functional standards, and lessons learned to support future implementations and organizational knowledge sharing.
Experience Requirements
- Strong expertise in CASA systems, with functional knowledge and implementation experience with focus on business analysis, testing, integration and implementation of solutions. Oracle FLEXCUBE DDA experience is highly preferred.
- Extensive experience in CASA implementations across various markets (preferably APAC region).
- Extensive experience leading functional delivery of large-scale, multi-market platform implementations in the international banking or financial services sector.
- Proven track record in overseeing solution design, integration, and end-to-end implementation for banking platforms.
- In-depth knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements for platform technology in the financial sector.
- Ability to manage and collaborate with geographically distributed teams across multiple APAC markets.
Preferred Geographical Areas
- Exposure to Asia Pacific markets is highly desirable.
Key Skills and Qualifications
1 Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
2 Certifications:
- Any cloud certifications could be added advantage (AWS or Azure)
- SWIFT Certifications if any, for instance, ISO 20022, could be value add.
- Other Product Certifications will be advantageous.
3 ISO 20022 Knowledge:
- ISO 20022 knowledge on the message formats for SWIFT
- Hands on experience working with both MT and MX message details and nuances
Key Skills:
- SQL: SQL knowledge will be important. Any tool knowledge of SQL will be mandatory.
- Documentation: BRD/FSD preparation experience, experience in coming up with test scenarios, reviewing test cases etc. will be required.
- Hands-on functional experience with platforms such as DDA's, Customer on-boarding, Reference Data, FX systems for various markets
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