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Sukesh P.M

Senior Business Analyst | Digital Channels and Data Analytics - Transaction Banking
Bangalore

Summary

Close to 20 years of experience in delivering digital cash management solutions for corporate banking clients across the globe, was part of the various critical initiatives that were successfully rolled out by banks across the region.
Deep knowledge in Banking Payments and collection solutions, Digital solutions including proxy payments, handling FPS, Domestic and Cross border payments, Tax and Bill payments and regulatory changes across the markets. Involved in critical initiative such as SEPA payments, ISO200222 MX migration projects and core banking upgrade projects. Also well versed in industry formats such as SWIFT, PACS and PAIN.
With certification on SAFe 5.0 , CSPO , ICP-BAF, Management 3.0, well adapted to scrum principles and Agile methodologies.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
08.2017 - Current
  • Currently designated as Senior Business Analyst with Standard Chartered Bank, Bangalore and working closely with Product Owners - Digital Payments for CCIB – DCDA group
  • Deep knowledge in Banking Payments Solutions, Digital Solutions including proxy payments, Tax payments in various regions, End to End solution Implementation and consulting
  • Hands on experience in various SWIFT format and ISO200222 standard formats like PACS and PAIN messaging structures
  • Hands on experience in implementing brand new Cash Management Service for corporate customers in multiple markets
  • Experienced in various corporate banking cash management products (both payments and collection) and good understanding about corporate banking Trade Finance products
  • Hands on experience in analysing business requirements, participate in functional gap discussions & requirement gathering workshops, drafting business requirement documents, user stories and participate walkthrough and document reviews
  • Hands on experience in coordinating with multiple business units across globe to conclude business requirements and closely interacting with IT and PMO organizations to monitor progress and deliver project on time
  • Experienced in Agile methodologies and framework, Software Quality Assurance with solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Software testing life cycle (STLC), processes and methodologies
  • Good communication & interpersonal skills with proven abilities in resolving complex product issues
  • Received Real Time Award for successful Project Leading and Implementation.

Sr. Business Analyst

ISI-Dentsu South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
12.2012 - 08.2017
  • Involved in implementing brand new regional Cash Management Service for corporate banking customers of BTMU Singapore and Hong King to comply TRM guidelines and migrating existing Singapore customers to new regional Cash Management Service
  • Involved in reviewing and analysing different vendor packages and supporting business users to finalize vendor package
  • Prepare Business Requirement Documents, participate in Functional Gap Discussions and requirement gathering workshops, review Functional Specification Document and feedback to IT/Vendor
  • Co-ordinate with different business units to discuss and confirm various issues/clarifications raised during requirement gathering discussions
  • Co-ordinate with project management office to monitor project progress and report project progress to business units
  • Drafting supporting documents such as FAQ, Business flow documents, Training Plan, User Guide and security policy etc
  • Involved in preparing UAT test plan, executing UAT test cases and business verification test cases, conducting end user training, supporting promotion team to migrate existing customers to new CMS, supporting implementation team during implementation of new CMS.

Senior Technical Consultant

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2006 - 12.2012
  • Played key role in implementing various modules like Internet Collection Reporting module which will help customers to download, view and export various collection products records, Virtual Account Configuration and Maintenance for end customers, Remote Cheque Printing module which will help customers to print payment cheque by themselves, other various product enhancement to match industry growth etc for RBS corporate banking application.

Product Specialist/QA Engineer

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2004 - 10.2006
  • Preparing test plan, test cases and test scenarios for front-end application
  • Participate in Functionality testing, GUI testing and Regression testing, Integration testing, Black box testing and System testing
  • On-site support during implementation of India and Indonesia module of DBS Bank wholesale banking application
  • Supporting onsite resource and actively involved in testing and releasing production patch releases
  • Handling off-shore Production support after implementation of project.

Education

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
KASC Coimbatore
06.1999 - 04.2002

Bachelor of Science (Physics) -

Kannur University
S N College
06.1996 - 04.1999

Skills

Requirements Gathering

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Profile Snapshot

A seasoned professional with more than 20 years of rich and qualitative experience in analysing Business Requirements and designing solutions for CCIB clients across the globe. Currently designated as Senior Business Analyst with Standard Chartered Bank, Bangalore and working closely with Product Owners - Digital Payments for CCIB – DCDA group. Deep knowledge in Banking Payments Solutions, Digital Solutions including proxy payments, Tax payments in various regions, End to End solution Implementation and consulting. Hands on experience in various SWIFT format and ISO200222 standard formats like PACS and PAIN messaging structures. Hands on experience in implementing brand new Cash Management Service for corporate customers in multiple markets. Experienced in various corporate banking cash management products (both payments and collection) and a good understanding about corporate banking Trade Finance products. Hands on experience in analysing business requirements, participate in functional gap discussions & requirement gathering workshops, drafting business requirement documents, user stories and participate walkthrough and document reviews. Hands on experience in coordinating with multiple business units across globe to conclude business requirements and closely interacting with IT and PMO organizations to monitor the progress and deliver the project on time. Experienced in Agile methodologies and framework, Software Quality Assurance with solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Software testing life cycle (STLC), processes and methodologies. Good communication & interpersonal skills with proven abilities in resolving complex product issues. Received Real Time Award for successful Project Leading and Implementation.

Core Competencies

Java, ICP-BAF from iCAgile, ICP-ACC from iCAgile, SAFE 5.0 from Scaled Agile, Management 3.0

Technical

Java, Oracle 11g., JIRA, Sales Force

Functional

Creating user stories and sprinting with scrum team to deliver changes. Well versed with Agile principles and methodologies. Participate in Functional Gap Discussions and Requirement Gathering Workshops, drafting BRD and involved in Functional and Interface Specification documents reviews. Closely work with IT and project management office to monitor project progress and reporting project progress to various business units. Preparing and executing User Acceptance Test cases and Business Verification Test cases. Involved in drafting supporting documents and release documents during implementation. Conducting end to end user training for various business units and supporting them during the implementation process., Analyse business requirements, participate in requirement discussions and functional specification walkthrough. Provide implementation support during the SIT/UAT period and analyse the defects reported during the implementation stage. Co-ordinate with off-shore team and project managers to plan and deliver changes. Prepare project reports and progress reports for higher management., Perform various testing on wholesale banking payments. Participate in preparing test plan, test cases, and test scenarios for UAT and PVT.

Organisational Experience

  • Standard Chartered Bank, Sr. Business Analyst, Since August 2017, S2B NextGen, Involved in implementing a brand new Cash Management Service for corporate banking customers of Standard Chartered Bank across the globe., Analysing existing cash management service and identifying gaps and areas of improvement to include in new cash management service. Analyse new enhancement requests received across the market. Some of the key enhancements that involved are CMS implementation in UK, US and Germany markets, implementing SEPA products in UK and Germany, US NACHA implementation, ISO 20022 MX upgrade projects etc. Discuss with product owners and country stakeholders to finalise the requirements and prepare the user stories. Provide story walkthrough to the scrum team and sprint with team to deliver the changes. Work with migration team to conclude on migration impact. Support migration team in building logics in migration activity to move existing clients from older system to new cash management service (S2B NextGen)
  • ISI-Dentsu South East Asia Pte. Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sr. Business Analyst, December 2012 – August 2017, CMS Singapore, CMS Hong Kong, Involved in implementing a brand new regional Cash Management Service for corporate banking customers of BTMU Singapore and Hong King to comply TRM guidelines and migrating existing Singapore customers to new regional Cash Management Service., Involved in reviewing and analysing different vendor packages and supporting business users to finalize the vendor package. Prepare Business Requirement Documents, participate in Functional Gap Discussions and requirement gathering workshops, review Functional Specification Document and feedback to IT/Vendor. Co-ordinate with different business units to discuss and confirm various issues/clarifications raised during requirement gathering discussions. Co-ordinate with project management office to monitor the project progress and report project progress to business units. Drafting supporting documents such as FAQ, Business flow documents, Training Plan, User Guide and security policy etc. Involved in preparing UAT test plan, executing UAT test cases and business verification test cases, conducting end user training, supporting promotion team to migrate existing customers to new CMS, supporting implementation team during the implementation of new CMS.
  • ISI-Dentsu South East Asia Pte. Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sr. Business Analyst, December 2012 – August 2017, Host to Host implementation - Phase 1, Involved in implementing a new host to host solution for CMS customers in Asian region. Using this module, customers will be able to send their payment and collection files to cash management system through dedicated channel., Prepare business requirement document, participate in Functional Gap Discussions & requirement gathering workshops, review Functional Specification Documents and Interface specification documents. Co-ordinate with Head Office business division team to discuss and confirm the business requirements from various other units. Co-ordinate with project management office to monitor the project progress and report project progress to business unit including Head Office unit. Involved in preparing UAT test plan, executing UAT test cases and business verification test cases, conducting end user training etc.
  • ISI-Dentsu South East Asia Pte. Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sr. Business Analyst, December 2012 – August 2017, G3 FAST Service, Involved in analysing business requirements from G3 Project team, coordinate with local CMS team and Head office core-banking team to implement G3 FAST service., Prepare Business Requirement Document and End to End flow diagrams. Review Functional Specification Document for frontend system and core banking system, review conceptual design document and migration policy document. Prepare Project Plan and UAT plan for user division. Co-ordinate with project management office to monitor the project progress and report progress to business unit. Prepare UAT test cases, co-ordinate with different business unit to execute UAT test cases and report progress to stakeholders.
  • ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd, Senior Technical Consultant, Oct 2006 – December 2012, ACI Global Banker Application, Royal Bank of Scotland, Singapore, Played key role in implementing various modules like Internet Collection Reporting module which will help customers to download, view and export various collection products records, Virtual Account Configuration and Maintenance for end customers, Remote Cheque Printing module which will help customers to print payment cheque by themselves, other various product enhancement to match industry growth etc for RBS corporate banking application., NISP Bank Indonesia, Played key role in implementing products like account sweep-in and Bill presentments, modules like Auto Payment File Upload processing, other various payment product enhancement to cater industry growth for bank NISP corporate banking product., Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore /Malaysia/China, Played key role in implementing various projects like implementing 2FA for corporate banking application, implementing MT103 message download for TT product, implementing OCBC China payment products, upgrading corporate banking application to sync up with SIBS host upgrade, revamping OCBC Malaysia MT940 statement processing flow, implementing IBTRM requirement to cater MAS requirements for payments etc for OCBC corporate banking product.
  • ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd, Product Specialist/QA Engineer, Oct 2004 – Oct 2006, DBS Bank (SG, ID, IN, CN), Singapore, DBS Ideal 2 [Customized version of Global Banker application for DBS Bank], The product comprises of Cash Management and Trade Finance Application. Preparing test plan, test cases and test scenarios for the front-end application. Participate in Functionality testing, GUI testing and Regression testing, Integration testing, Black box testing and System testing. On-site support during the implementation of India and Indonesia module of DBS Bank wholesale banking application. Supporting onsite resource and actively involved in testing and releasing production patch releases. Handling off-shore Production support after the implementation of project., ABN AMRO BANK, Singapore, Access Online Asia [Customized version of Global Banker application for RBS Bank], The product comprises of Cash Management Application. Preparing test plan, test cases and test scenarios for the front-end application. Participate in Functionality testing, GUI testing and Regression testing, Integration testing, Black box testing and System testing. Supporting onsite resource and actively involved in testing and releasing production patch release. Handling off-shore Production support with the Bank., Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation,Singapore/OCBCBank(Berhad), Malaysia, Velocity [Customized version of Global Banker application for OCBC Bank], The product comprises of Cash Management and Trade Finance Application. Preparing test plan, test cases and test scenarios for the front-end application. Participate in Functionality testing, GUI testing and Regression testing, Integration testing, Black box testing and System testing. Supporting onsite resource and actively involved in testing and releasing production patch release. Handling off-shore Production support with the Bank.

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: J4517629
  • Date of Birth: 04/27/79
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Visa Status: Employment Pass

Software

Java

Certification

ICP-BAF from iCAgile

Timeline

ICP-BAF from iCAgile

01-2022

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
08.2017 - Current

Sr. Business Analyst

ISI-Dentsu South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
12.2012 - 08.2017

Senior Technical Consultant

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2006 - 12.2012

Product Specialist/QA Engineer

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2004 - 10.2006

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
06.1999 - 04.2002

Bachelor of Science (Physics) -

Kannur University
06.1996 - 04.1999
Sukesh P.MSenior Business Analyst | Digital Channels and Data Analytics - Transaction Banking